Britta Wolsey

Britta Wolsey serves as the primary procurement lead for the USDA Forest Service’s Incident Procurement unit, responsible for rapidly acquiring critical logistical and operational resources to support wildland fire response and all-hazard incident management. She manages time-sensitive, mission-critical acquisitions under emergency and expedited contracting authorities, ensuring incident management teams have immediate access to essential services such as mobile command units, heavy equipment, temporary housing, and water systems. Her role is central to sustaining operational readiness across national forests and grasslands, requiring agile decision-making within strict federal acquisition frameworks to meet dynamic incident demands. Wolsey works closely with a network of specialized vendors qualified in forestry support, incident logistics, and emergency response infrastructure. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with small businesses capable of mobilizing rapidly and deploying specialized equipment in remote, high-risk environments. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for responsive, mission-aligned partners with proven experience in wildland fire support, including firms offering equipment rental, crew transportation, and field service maintenance under indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and task order mechanisms. Wolsey maintains a 100% small business set-aside preference under FAR 19.5, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals. All acquisitions are reserved exclusively for small businesses, prioritizing those certified under HUBZone, 8(a), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) programs. This strategy ensures that contracting opportunities directly benefit economically disadvantaged and geographically underserved enterprises while building a resilient, decentralized vendor base capable of scaling during large-scale incidents. Her procurement focus is entirely centered on NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—encompassing services such as fireline construction support, aerial ignition logistics, incident communications, and temporary infrastructure deployment. She specializes in procuring technical services that enable field operations, including equipment maintenance, fuel management support, and incident-specific logistics coordination, reflecting deep domain expertise in wildland fire response systems and federal emergency procurement protocols.