Alex Rudney

Alex Rudney serves as a key procurement lead within the USDA Forest Service’s Csa Intermountain 5 office, responsible for managing acquisitions that support critical forest health and infrastructure initiatives. Focused on operational sustainability, Rudney oversees contracts for reforestation, wildfire mitigation, and ecological remediation services, ensuring alignment with federal land management priorities. Their work directly enables the agency’s mission to restore and maintain the ecological integrity of national forest systems through timely, compliant, and mission-driven contracting. Rudney specializes in technical support services under the Support Activities for Forestry NAICS code, coordinating field-based operations that require specialized environmental expertise and regulatory adherence. Rudney maintains strong, recurring relationships with core contractors including TETRA TECH, INC. and ALLIED ENGINEERING SERVICES INC., both of which provide integrated ecological consulting, engineering, and field implementation services. These partnerships are characterized by long-term performance reliability and deep technical alignment with Forest Service protocols for habitat restoration, fuel reduction, and post-fire recovery. The contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, with contracts structured to ensure accountability in ecological metrics and operational safety standards. Rudney demonstrates an unwavering commitment to small business participation, with 100% of acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to cultivate capacity among small, locally rooted firms with expertise in forestry support services. By prioritizing small business awards, Rudney strengthens regional economic resilience while ensuring access to agile, community-informed contractors capable of responding to dynamic field conditions across the Intermountain West. The agency’s procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—encompassing services such as tree planting, invasive species control, trail and road maintenance, erosion control, and prescribed burn support. Rudney’s expertise lies in procuring specialized ecological services that require site-specific planning, environmental compliance, and coordination with state and tribal partners, ensuring that all acquisitions deliver measurable outcomes in forest resilience and public land stewardship.