Alison Newell

Alison Newell serves as a Lease Contracting Officer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, where she manages the acquisition of nonresidential real property leases critical to operational continuity across national forests and grasslands. Her role ensures the agency secures suitable facilities to support wildfire mitigation, trail maintenance, ranger stations, and visitor services, aligning procurement with the Forest Service’s mission of ecological stewardship and infrastructure resilience. She specializes in full lifecycle lease contracting, including site evaluation, lease negotiation, rent determination, and compliance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, ensuring all acquisitions meet federal real property standards and fiscal accountability requirements. Newell maintains a consistent working relationship with 358 INVESTMENTS, LLC, a primary lessor of nonresidential facilities under her portfolio. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term, performance-driven partnerships with landlords who provide mission-critical space that supports field operations in remote and environmentally sensitive areas. She prioritizes reliability, location suitability, and compliance with federal environmental and accessibility standards, fostering collaborative vendor relationships grounded in transparency and regulatory adherence. Newell’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of her leases awarded through full and open competition. This reflects a strategic alignment with the Forest Service’s need for rapid, scalable facility access across diverse geographies, where specialized real estate providers are limited and socioeconomic set-asides are not operationally viable. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her process remains fully compliant with all federal socioeconomic contracting regulations. Her primary procurement focus is NAICS 531120—Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses)—encompassing office spaces, maintenance facilities, and operational outposts leased for federal use. She possesses deep expertise in evaluating property suitability for federal operations, understanding zoning constraints, utility access, and seismic or environmental compliance requirements essential for mission-critical infrastructure in federally managed lands.