Blake Freking

Blake Freking serves as a key procurement lead within the Csa East 13 Usda-fs, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, where he oversees the acquisition of critical infrastructure services essential to maintaining public access and operational resilience across national forest lands. His responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of contracts for construction, facility modernization, and security systems, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations and alignment with the agency’s mission to sustain forest infrastructure. He specializes in complex, mission-critical acquisitions involving civil works, building rehabilitation, and safety-critical systems, often coordinating with engineering and environmental teams to meet stringent federal land-use requirements. Freking maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including RAZOR CONSULTING SOLUTIONS, INC, LABODA GRADING INC, CPM CONSTRUCTORS, JOE DANIELS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., and ATOAH CONTRACTING LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with demonstrated expertise in forest-service-specific environments, particularly those experienced in working under challenging terrain and ecological constraints. His procurement approach emphasizes reliability, compliance, and on-time delivery, fostering long-term vendor relationships built on performance and regulatory adherence. He maintains a 100% Small Business Set-Aside policy across all procurements under his purview, fully leveraging FAR 19.5 to prioritize small business participation. This reflects a strong institutional commitment to socioeconomic contracting, ensuring that contracts are reserved exclusively for small businesses without discrimination among HUBZone, 8(a), or other certified categories, as long as they meet technical qualifications. His procurement focus centers on NAICS 238160 (Roofing Contractors), 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), and 561621 (Security Systems Services). He routinely acquires services involving structural repairs, access road upgrades, visitor facility construction, and perimeter security systems tailored to remote forest environments, demonstrating deep technical expertise in infrastructure resilience within federally protected lands.