Carrie Spradlin

Carrie Spradlin serves as a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for the Umatilla National Forest R6 under the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. In this role, she provides technical oversight and contract administration for forest health and land management projects, ensuring contractor performance aligns with agency objectives for ecological restoration, fuel reduction, and reforestation. She works closely with contracting officers to monitor compliance, evaluate deliverables, and facilitate communication between field crews and vendors. Her acquisitions primarily support active forest management, including prescribed burning, vegetation treatment, and invasive species control, all critical to mitigating wildfire risk and enhancing ecosystem resilience across the Pacific Northwest. Spradlin collaborates with a network of specialized forestry contractors, including small businesses with expertise in ecological restoration, timber harvesting, and wildfire mitigation services. She maintains strong working relationships with vendors who possess field-ready capabilities in manual and mechanical fuel treatment, seedling propagation, and habitat rehabilitation. Her oversight emphasizes safety, environmental compliance, and adaptive management practices, fostering partnerships with contractors who demonstrate proven experience in implementing Forest Service directives under complex terrain and seasonal constraints. A steadfast advocate for socioeconomic equity in federal contracting, Spradlin consistently prioritizes HUBZone-certified firms, with 100% of her supported acquisitions designated for HUBZone set-asides. This reflects a deliberate strategy to channel resources into economically distressed rural communities, many of which border the National Forest and rely on forestry employment. Her contracting patterns actively promote geographic and economic inclusion, ensuring that local businesses with deep regional knowledge benefit from stewardship opportunities. Her procurement focus is exclusively aligned with NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—encompassing services such as forest inventory, prescribed fire implementation, erosion control, and post-treatment monitoring. Spradlin’s technical expertise lies in managing contracts for labor-intensive, ecologically sensitive operations that require specialized training, equipment, and adherence to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) protocols.