Carmelita M. Hall

Carmelita M. Hall serves as a Purchasing Agent for the USDA Forest Service, where she plays a critical role in executing procurement actions that support the agency’s mission of sustaining national forest and grassland ecosystems. Her responsibilities include managing the acquisition of essential goods and services to maintain operational readiness across remote and rugged terrains, with a focus on janitorial support, infrastructure maintenance, and resource extraction services. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning purchases with strategic priorities such as wildfire mitigation, ecological restoration, and emergency response preparedness. Hall’s acquisitions directly enable field operations, facility upkeep, and environmental stewardship across federal lands. Hall 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 service providers, staffing solutions, and technical consultants who deliver mission-critical support—from janitorial and maintenance services to specialized medical and technology consulting. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, compliance, and performance-based outcomes, fostering long-term vendor collaboration to meet the unique logistical demands of federal land management operations. Hall demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with 88.2% of her acquisitions set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate and consistent strategy to prioritize socioeconomic programs, ensuring that small, disadvantaged, and locally based vendors have meaningful access to Forest Service contracting opportunities. Her pattern of set-aside usage underscores a dedication to fostering economic resilience within rural and underserved communities that border federal lands. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 561720 (Janitorial Services), which accounts for over 60% of her activity, followed by construction-related services such as highway and water infrastructure (NAICS 237310 and 237110) and construction materials sourcing (NAICS 212321). This specialization reveals deep expertise in supporting the operational and environmental infrastructure needs of the Forest Service, particularly in maintaining facilities, access roads, and sanitation systems in remote areas.