Barbara A. Castillo

Barbara A. Castillo serves as a key procurement professional within the USDA Forest Service-spoc Software, supporting the agency’s mission to sustain national forest infrastructure through strategic acquisitions in civil engineering and environmental remediation. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on infrastructure resilience, land management support, and public safety initiatives, including road and bridge construction, hazardous tree removal, and site preparation projects. Her role ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the Forest Service’s long-term ecological and operational goals. She typically handles complex, mission-critical contracts requiring technical expertise in civil works and environmental compliance. Castillo maintains a consistent working relationship with MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, a primary contractor for infrastructure and site development services. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for established, experienced vendors capable of executing large-scale, geographically dispersed projects under stringent environmental and safety standards. She fosters long-term vendor partnerships grounded in performance reliability, regulatory adherence, and technical capacity, particularly in areas requiring specialized field expertise such as hazardous material handling and forested terrain construction. Castillo’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on maximizing technical capability and geographic reach rather than socioeconomic set-asides, though she remains compliant with all federal small business reporting requirements. Her approach prioritizes mission need over socioeconomic preferences, ensuring that procurement decisions are driven by operational urgency and contractor capacity rather than preference programs. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), with significant activity in hazardous waste treatment (562211), roofing (238160), residential remodeling (236118), and communications equipment manufacturing (334290). This reflects a broad technical scope supporting forest infrastructure, from trail and road systems to communications networks and environmental cleanup, demonstrating deep expertise in multi-disciplinary land management contracting.