Health & human services
Refugee health, HIV services, nursing, ambulance transportation and community-health programs.
J.D. · FTA trained · Public procurement
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I translate operational needs, public law, and institutional constraints into contracts government can act on—and defend.
Transit procurement foundation. County-scale judgment.
12years in public procurement
Full cycleplanning through closeout
Micro to multipurchase scale through multimillion-dollar acquisitions
3 settingscounty · regional planning · transit
01 / Portfolio
The county through one procurement officer.
Across 12 years in county government, regional planning, and transit, I have managed the full acquisition lifecycle: planning, solicitation, evaluation, fair-and-reasonable analysis, negotiation, award, administration, amendments, performance, and closeout. The public record under my name moves from health programs to landfill engineering, from law-enforcement data to library connectivity, and from transit operations to multimillion-dollar professional-services portfolios.
Housing & community stability
Emergency sheltering, homelessness prevention, domestic-violence programs and affordable housing.
Engineering & infrastructure
A&E and construction-management portfolios, GIS, environmental review and emergency remediation.
Technology, data & public safety
Cloud systems, law-enforcement data tools, public-safety consulting and emergency systems.
Environment, waste & water
Closed-landfill work, hazardous waste, water efficiency and watershed programs.
Fleet, facilities & operations
Towing, repair, auctions, maintenance, inspection and operational support.
02 / Working knowledge
Procurement is a system, not a form.
Acquisition methods
RFP · IFB/RFB · RFQ · RFI · RFSQ · qualifications-based selection · low bid · best value · cooperative and schedule purchasing · sole-source and emergency justifications
Pricing & contract structure
Pricing structures and cost forms · independent cost estimates · fair-and-reasonable determinations · market and historical pricing · negotiation · fixed price · cost reimbursement · GMP · time and materials · escalation · task orders
Rules & funding
California Public Contract Code · DIR and labor compliance · 2 CFR Part 200 · FTA and FAR exposure · FHWA-funded work · DBE/SBA requirements · E-Rate · local policy and delegated authority
Source selection & administration
Scope and evaluation design · vendor conferences · responsiveness and responsibility · evaluator governance · award records · amendments · performance issues · change orders · closeout
Records, SOPs & systems
Public Records Act research and responses · procurement SOPs · templates and process maps · PlanetBids · BuyNet · Ariba CLMS · Oracle JD Edwards · Laserfiche · NAICS and UNSPSC classification
Operating domains
Professional services · A&E and infrastructure · transit · technology and connectivity · public safety · environment · public health and human services · libraries · fleet and operations
03 / Scale + judgment
Selected proof.
A&E / infrastructure
Contracting Officer for a qualifications-based procurement establishing as many as six on-call A&E agreements, each valued at up to $15 million over five years.
Emergency acquisition
Prepared the single-source justification for Palomar closed-landfill emergency remediation after analysis with County Counsel, technical staff, and senior leadership.
Federal + transit compliance
FTA Procurement Certificate Program and National Transit Institute coursework, supported by direct NCTD and SANDAG procurement experience.
Pricing + performance
Cost and price analysis, negotiation, vendor performance, and contract structures for requirements where simple unit pricing did not reflect operational or market reality.
Selected workPalomar closed-landfill emergency
“How fast can we lawfully fix this, and how do we leave a record that will still make sense after the emergency has passed?”
A failed detector and control system created a potential subsurface combustion risk at a site the County was legally obligated to monitor. Ordinary work at that scale might have required public-works bidding, A&E procurement, labor-compliance review, task-order limits, and advance Board approval. The emergency did not erase those requirements. It made identifying the lawful path through them urgent.
I prepared the single-source justification supporting remediation after analysis with County Counsel, technical staff, departmental leadership, procurement leadership, and the office of Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer.
The work was recognized by County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer as “thorough, thoughtful, and helpful.”
04 / Current work
Procurement analysis in public.
The same questions recur across sectors: What is actually being bought? Who has leverage? How is the price supported? Which rule governs? Does the contract structure advance the public goal—or quietly defeat it?
Digital access · Software licensing
OverDrive, Libby, and the public cost of digital lending
Analyzing library e-book and audiobook licensing as a public software acquisition: per-circulation economics, license duration, price stability, procurement records, platform leverage, and the market structure behind what patrons can borrow.
- Contract and pricing research
- Fair-and-reasonable analysis
- Licensing and term structure
- Public purchasing leverage
Federal funding · Market participation
DBE policy from goal to procurement structure
Examining whether disadvantaged-business participation is supported by the actual solicitation: scope design, task-order structure, evaluation criteria, incumbent advantage, outreach, technical assistance, and the economic reality of performing the work.
- 2 CFR Part 200 and funding context
- Solicitation and evaluation design
- Small-business entry points
- Competition and implementation
05 / Experience
County of San Diego
2019–2026Procurement Contracting Officer
Complex acquisitions across A&E and infrastructure, technology, public safety, environmental services, health and human services, libraries, and emergency operations.
SANDAG
2015–2016Associate Contracts & Procurement Analyst
Professional-services procurements from acquisition planning and scope development through evaluation, cost analysis, negotiation, award, task orders, and administration.
North County Transit District
2013–2014Contract Administrator
Transit goods and services under FTA, FAR, state, local, and agency requirements, from micro-purchases through multimillion-dollar acquisitions.
06 / Foundation
Law, transit, and the public record.
Juris Doctor, University of Nebraska College of Law · Full Academic Scholarship
B.A., Criminology, Law & Society, University of California, Irvine
FTA procurement training, National Transit Institute / University of the Pacific · Procurement Series and Senior Leadership coursework
Additional training, Mediation Certified · CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Legal Writing
07 / Services
Bring me the procurement, the proposal, or the impossible process.
I support public agencies, firms pursuing public work, organizations, and individuals who need the record reconstructed, the governing process identified, and the next document made usable.
Explore servicesProcurement is not simply the department that buys things.