Susan M. Yenne

Susan M. Yenne serves as a Contract Specialist for the Western Federal Lands Division of the Federal Highway Administration, where she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions supporting critical transportation infrastructure across federally managed lands in the western United States. Her responsibilities include developing solicitation documents, conducting market research, evaluating proposals, negotiating contract terms, and ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations. She specializes in engineering services contracts for the design, construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of highways, bridges, and related civil works within national parks, forests, and other federal territories, aligning procurement activities with the agency’s mission to ensure safe, resilient, and accessible transportation networks. Yenne maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors, including STRIDER CONSTRUCTION CO INC, MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, M.A. DEATLEY CONSTRUCTION, INC., OFTEDAL CONSTRUCTION, INC., and HAZ-TECH DRILLING INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven technical expertise in civil engineering, site development, and specialized environmental drilling services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous technical evaluations, and long-term vendor reliability over rapid turnover, fostering stable, mission-critical collaborations. Yenne’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside preference, indicating a focus on full and open competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. This pattern suggests an operational emphasis on technical capability and past performance as the primary selection criteria, with no formal reliance on small business set-aside authorities to meet mission objectives. Her primary procurement focus is squarely on NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), encompassing civil engineering design, geotechnical analysis, environmental compliance, and construction oversight for federal transportation projects. She routinely procures complex engineering solutions requiring specialized knowledge in road alignment, bridge retrofitting, erosion control, and infrastructure resilience—demonstrating deep expertise in the technical and regulatory demands of federal lands transportation systems.