Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor serves as a key procurement lead within the USDA Forest Service, overseeing acquisitions critical to sustaining the nation’s forest and grassland ecosystems. He manages a portfolio focused on support activities for forestry operations, ensuring the agency maintains operational readiness in remote and rugged environments. His responsibilities include planning, soliciting, and awarding contracts for services that enhance forest health, support wildfire mitigation, and enable ecological restoration efforts. Taylor’s work directly advances the agency’s mission by securing specialized technical and logistical support essential to field operations, emergency response, and infrastructure resilience on federal lands. He maintains consistent partnerships 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 vendors provide specialized services ranging from forestry support and workforce staffing to medical and technical consulting tailored to field operations. Taylor’s contracting patterns reflect a preference for established, mission-aligned vendors with proven experience in federal land management contexts, fostering long-term, performance-driven relationships grounded in compliance and operational reliability. Taylor demonstrates a firm commitment to socioeconomic goals, directing 100% of his procurements toward total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. His contracting strategy prioritizes small business participation across all award categories, ensuring equitable access for firms certified under HUBZone, 8(a), and other small business programs. This approach reinforces the Forest Service’s broader objective of strengthening local economies while building a resilient, diverse contractor base capable of responding to dynamic land management needs. His procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—which encompasses services such as vegetation management, invasive species control, trail and infrastructure maintenance, fire suppression support, and ecological monitoring. Taylor’s expertise lies in acquiring technical and field-based services that enable the Forest Service to execute its stewardship mandate with precision, efficiency, and environmental integrity.