Ashley Witmer

Ashley Witmer serves as a Contract Specialist for the Allegheny National Forest under the U.S. Forest Service, where she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions critical to sustaining forest health and public safety. Her responsibilities include developing solicitation documents, evaluating proposals, negotiating contract terms, and ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations. She plays a pivotal role in executing acquisitions aligned with the agency’s mission of ecological stewardship, particularly in vegetation management, habitat restoration, and infrastructure maintenance. Witmer routinely handles complex contracts for environmental services, specialty construction, and operational support, ensuring that procurement activities directly advance wildfire resilience and invasive species mitigation efforts. She maintains strong, ongoing relationships with key contractors including Boh Environmental, L.L.C., and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, both of which provide specialized environmental and forestry support services. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for long-term, performance-based partnerships with vendors possessing proven expertise in ecological restoration, herbicide application, and forest infrastructure work. Witmer emphasizes vendor reliability, technical capability, and regulatory compliance, fostering collaborative relationships that ensure mission-critical services are delivered efficiently and sustainably. Witmer demonstrates a steadfast commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. She consistently prioritizes contracting opportunities for small businesses, ensuring equitable access to federal resources and promoting economic development within rural communities. Her approach reflects a deliberate strategy to maximize small business involvement across all phases of procurement, reinforcing the agency’s broader socioeconomic goals. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), and 238990 (All Other Specialty Trade Contractors), reflecting deep expertise in environmental construction, forest management support, and specialty trade services. She procures services ranging from trail and road maintenance to invasive species control and janitorial support for remote forest facilities, demonstrating technical fluency in ecological operations and civil works contracting.