Cheryl A. Zollicoffer

Cheryl Zollicoffer serves as a Procurement Technician within the USDA Forest Service, supporting the agency’s mission to sustain national forest and grassland ecosystems through efficient and compliant acquisition processes. She facilitates the procurement of essential goods and services critical to operational readiness in remote and rugged environments, with a focus on facility maintenance, infrastructure support, and mission-critical logistics. Her responsibilities include preparing solicitation documents, evaluating vendor responses, ensuring regulatory compliance under the FAR, and coordinating with program managers to align acquisitions with strategic priorities such as wildfire mitigation and ecological restoration. Zollicoffer 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 in construction trades, staffing solutions, and technical support, indicating a preference for vendors with proven experience in federal land management environments. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, local responsiveness, and adherence to federal contracting standards, fostering long-term vendor collaboration to meet dynamic field operational needs. She demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with nearly 80% of her acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This pattern underscores her dedication to socioeconomic contracting goals, consistently prioritizing small businesses to strengthen community resilience and expand economic opportunity within rural and forest-adjacent regions. Her procurement decisions align with federal mandates to increase access for small, disadvantaged, and locally-based vendors. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS codes related to building maintenance and facility services, particularly roofing (238160), plumbing and HVAC (238220), and flooring (238330), alongside janitorial (561720) and linen supply (812331) services. This technical specialization reflects her expertise in sustaining infrastructure integrity across dispersed, high-use forest service facilities, ensuring safe, functional, and resilient environments for both personnel and the public.