Christina M Graves

Christina M. Graves serves as a Procurement Assistant within the USDA Forest Service, supporting the agency’s mission to sustain forest and grassland ecosystems through strategic acquisition of critical goods and services. In this role, she facilitates the execution of procurements aligned with operational readiness in remote and rugged environments, focusing on logistics, technical consulting, and aviation support. She assists in the full lifecycle of contract actions—from solicitation and vendor outreach to award documentation and compliance—ensuring alignment with FAR guidelines and agency priorities such as wildfire response, ecological restoration, and infrastructure resilience. Her work directly enables mission-critical operations by securing timely access to specialized resources and services. Christina collaborates regularly with a core 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 span staffing solutions, medical services, aviation logistics, and technical consulting, reflecting a diverse vendor ecosystem tailored to the Forest Service’s unique operational demands. Her procurement patterns indicate consistent engagement with niche providers capable of delivering flexible, on-demand support in austere conditions, often requiring rapid mobilization and specialized expertise. She demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with over half of her assigned acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, and a notable emphasis on HUBZone contracting. This reflects a deliberate effort to foster economic opportunity in underserved rural communities, many of which overlap with Forest Service operational areas. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize socioeconomic goals alongside mission effectiveness. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 481212 (nonscheduled chartered freight air transportation) and 481211 (nonscheduled chartered passenger air transportation), supporting aerial firefighting and personnel transport. She also regularly procures services under 541690 (technical consulting) and 423450 (medical equipment supply), underscoring her expertise in aviation logistics and field medical readiness for remote operations.