Anita Lusty

Anita Lusty serves as a key procurement professional within the USDA Forest Service’s Csa Intermountain 8 office, overseeing the acquisition of critical infrastructure services essential to maintaining operational continuity across national forests and remote work centers in the Intermountain West. Her role centers on managing competitive contracting processes for construction and specialty trade services that ensure structural integrity, environmental compliance, and public safety. She routinely handles sealed bids and negotiated contracts under FAR Part 36, with a focus on civil works, utility systems, and facility upgrades in remote and ecologically sensitive environments. Lusty maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of qualified contractors, including JACKSON EXCAVATION, INC, MEDVED GLOBAL INC, CT ELECTRIC LLC, SPRING FOUNTAIN STUDIOS LLC, and VEREN INDUSTRIES LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in water and sewer infrastructure, site grading, electrical systems, and specialized environmental remediation. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, compliance with federal environmental standards, and on-time performance in challenging terrain, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in technical competence and regulatory adherence. She exhibits a strong, unwavering commitment to small business participation, directing 100% of her acquisitions toward total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to maximize economic opportunity for locally based, certified small enterprises, particularly those with niche capabilities in rural infrastructure development. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize small businesses without reliance on other socioeconomic categories, reinforcing the agency’s mission to empower regional economic resilience. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 237110 (Water and Sewer Line Construction) and 238990 (All Other Specialty Trade Contractors), aligning with the agency’s need for resilient utility systems, drainage infrastructure, and custom-built support structures. She specializes in procuring services involving trenching, pipeline installation, non-structural site improvements, and environmentally sensitive construction techniques, demonstrating deep domain expertise in remote-area civil works and compliance-driven contracting.