Cassandra Potts

Cassandra Potts serves as the primary contracting lead for the CSA East 13 USDA-FS, a field office within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service responsible for infrastructure development across national forest lands. She manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions for critical public works projects, including transportation systems, utility upgrades, and facility construction. Her role ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while advancing the agency’s mission to enhance public access, resource management, and operational resilience in federally managed forest environments. Potts routinely handles complex construction and engineering acquisitions requiring rigorous environmental and safety reviews. Potts 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 firms are frequently engaged for heavy civil engineering, commercial building, and specialty trade services, reflecting a preference for experienced, locally rooted vendors with proven capacity in remote and ecologically sensitive terrains. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, with strong emphasis on schedule adherence, safety compliance, and environmental stewardship. Potts demonstrates an overwhelming commitment to small business participation, with 96% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to prioritize economically disadvantaged, veteran-owned, and HUBZone-certified firms, fostering local economic development and workforce capacity in rural forest communities. Her procurement patterns consistently align with federal socioeconomic goals, ensuring equitable access to federal contracting opportunities for qualified small entities. Her technical focus centers on NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) and 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), with significant activity in plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning systems (238220) and specialty trade contracting (238990). She procures infrastructure solutions tailored to forest service needs—including access roads, visitor centers, water systems, and utility retrofits—requiring deep expertise in federal construction standards, wildland-urban interface considerations, and sustainable building practices.