Cheryl D. Jackson

Cheryl D. Jackson serves as a Procurement Technician with the USDA Forest Service – SPoC East, supporting the agency’s mission to maintain and modernize critical infrastructure across federal forest lands. In this role, she facilitates the acquisition of construction, engineering, and forestry support services essential to operational resilience and environmental stewardship. She manages the full lifecycle of procurements under FAR guidelines, from solicitation development to contract administration, ensuring compliance with federal procurement standards and timely delivery of mission-critical projects. Her work directly enables the rehabilitation of facilities such as job corps centers, food service operations, and transportation networks on national forest lands. Cheryl collaborates with a diverse pool of contractors specializing in civil engineering, heavy construction, and forestry support services. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with proven expertise in remote-site construction, concrete product manufacturing, and ecological infrastructure maintenance. Her procurement approach emphasizes vendor reliability, technical capability, and adherence to environmental and safety standards, fostering long-term partnerships with contractors who understand the unique logistical challenges of federal forest operations. Cheryl demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with the majority of her acquisitions conducted under open competition (65.7%), yet she actively promotes small business participation through HUBZone (14.9%), Total Small Business Set-Asides (10.4%), and 8(a) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-asides (4.5% each). Her contracting patterns reflect a balanced strategy that prioritizes competition while ensuring equitable access for disadvantaged businesses aligned with federal socioeconomic goals. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) and 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), with additional emphasis on 237990 and 236220. She procures services ranging from forest road maintenance and erosion control to institutional building upgrades and precast concrete components, demonstrating deep technical familiarity with civil and environmental infrastructure needs on federal lands.