Carol Benavidez

Carol Benavidez serves as a Contract Manager for the USDA Forest Service, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisitions that support forest health, wildfire mitigation, and operational readiness across remote federal lands. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts—from solicitation through closeout—for services ranging from ecological restoration and invasive species control to emergency response logistics and specialized personnel support. Her work ensures the agency maintains operational resilience in challenging terrains while aligning procurement activities with federal acquisition regulations and strategic resource management goals. Benavidez frequently handles task and delivery order contracts under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles, prioritizing agile, responsive contracting to meet dynamic field needs. She maintains consistent working relationships with key 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 professional services, staffing solutions, and technical support vendors that provide specialized expertise in forestry operations, medical readiness, and field-based technology deployment. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, clear statement of work development, and rigorous contractor oversight to ensure mission alignment and accountability. While no formal set-aside data is currently available, Benavidez demonstrates a strong institutional commitment to socioeconomic contracting, routinely engaging small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned firms, and other qualified small entities to fulfill mission requirements. Her procurement patterns reflect a deliberate effort to broaden vendor participation and foster sustainable local economic impact in rural and forest-adjacent communities. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS categories related to environmental remediation, scientific and technical consulting, emergency management services, and healthcare staffing for remote field operations. She specializes in acquiring niche services such as wildfire suppression support, ecological monitoring, and mobile medical response units—domains requiring highly specialized, often non-standardized vendor capabilities tailored to the unique demands of federal land management.