Susie Kramer

Susie Kramer serves as a Contracting Officer at the Denver Federal Center under the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, where she manages the acquisition of critical infrastructure and environmental support services essential to the nation’s western water resources. Her portfolio centers on heavy civil engineering, specialty trade contracting, and operational systems that ensure the integrity of hydraulic structures, hydrologic monitoring networks, and ecosystem restoration projects. Kramer is responsible for end-to-end procurement lifecycle management, from market research and solicitation development to contract award and administration, ensuring compliance with federal regulations while advancing the agency’s mission of sustainable water resource management. She maintains established relationships with a core group of contractors including AECOM Technical Services, Inc., Frontiers Precision Inc., BenchLab LLC, BMACK Interpreting L.L.C., and Royal Media Network, Inc., reflecting a balanced mix of large technical firms and specialized small businesses. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a preference for long-term, performance-based partnerships, particularly in environmental data collection, geospatial analysis, and field engineering services. Kramer consistently engages vendors with proven expertise in water infrastructure maintenance, remote sensing, and compliance-driven reporting. Kramer exhibits a strong commitment to socioeconomic diversity in procurement, with 40% of her awards designated for SBA Certified Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB), while the remaining 60% are open competitions. Her approach prioritizes equitable access for qualified small businesses without compromising technical rigor, aligning with federal goals to expand opportunities for underrepresented entrepreneurs in the civil engineering and environmental services sectors. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) and 238990 (All Other Specialty Trade Contractors), with additional activity in 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction). She routinely procures services involving concrete rehabilitation, hydrologic instrumentation installation, environmental remediation, and precision field data acquisition—demanding deep technical understanding of water resource systems and federal construction standards.