Sarah H. Khan

Sarah H. Khan serves as a Contract Specialist within the 693JJ3 Acquisition and Grants Management unit of the Federal Highway Administration, where she plays a pivotal role in executing procurements that advance the safety, resilience, and innovation of the nation’s transportation infrastructure. She manages the full lifecycle of complex acquisitions for engineering services, transportation research, and operational consulting, ensuring compliance with federal regulations and alignment with the agency’s mission to support data-informed infrastructure decision-making. Her portfolio primarily consists of professional, scientific, and technical services contracts that enable cutting-edge highway system analysis and deployment of emerging transportation technologies. Khan maintains enduring relationships with key contractors including K & M Transportation Services LLC and the University of California, Los Angeles, reflecting a balanced approach between private-sector engineering firms and leading academic research institutions. She fosters collaborative partnerships that integrate technical expertise with practical implementation, often leveraging long-term, performance-based agreements to ensure sustained innovation and accountability. Her procurement strategy emphasizes quality, technical rigor, and mission alignment over volume, resulting in consistent engagement with high-caliber vendors capable of delivering specialized transportation solutions. Her contracting activity reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside provisions. This indicates a focus on selecting the most technically qualified offerors regardless of socioeconomic status, rather than prioritizing designated small business categories. While she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her approach ensures that competition remains robust and merit-based, consistent with the technical demands of federal transportation research. Khan’s primary NAICS focus areas include 541990 (Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), 541611 and 541690 (Management and Technical Consulting Services), and 541712 (Research and Development in Physical and Engineering Sciences). She routinely procures advanced transportation analytics, traffic modeling systems, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) design, and infrastructure resilience studies, demonstrating deep expertise in engineering consulting and applied research domains critical to modern highway operations.