Beverly L. Winkler

Beverly L. Winkler serves as a Purchasing Agent for the USDA Forest Service, where she plays a critical role in acquiring goods and services essential to maintaining operational readiness across the nation’s forest and grassland ecosystems. Her procurement activities support wildfire mitigation, infrastructure resilience, and ecological restoration initiatives in remote and rugged environments. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions ranging from specialized equipment and maintenance services to professional staffing and environmental support solutions, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and mission-driven priorities. Winkler maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of contractors, including ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. These partnerships reflect a blend of specialized technical services, healthcare support for field personnel, and recruitment solutions tailored to the unique workforce needs of federal land management operations. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, responsiveness, and alignment with the agency’s on-the-ground operational demands. A strong advocate for small business participation, Winkler consistently prioritizes Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with approximately 82.5% of her awards designated for small businesses. She also actively supports HUBZone contractors, reflecting a deliberate commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals and geographic equity in federal procurement. Her pattern of award distribution underscores a strategic focus on empowering small, community-based vendors aligned with the Forest Service’s mission. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS codes including 321999 (miscellaneous wood products), 333120 (construction machinery), and 561720 (janitorial services), indicating a strong emphasis on field infrastructure, equipment maintenance, and facility support. She also procures specialized services such as septic system maintenance and physician services to sustain remote work sites. This technical domain expertise enables her to effectively source mission-critical solutions that support both ecological stewardship and workforce sustainability in challenging environments.