Cynthia Armour

Cyndy Armour serves as a key procurement professional within the Malheur National Forest, supporting the U.S. Forest Service’s mission to sustain forest health and manage public lands through strategic acquisitions. She oversees contracting activities centered on ecological restoration, wildfire risk mitigation, and infrastructure maintenance, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and agency priorities. Her work primarily involves managing service-based contracts for fuel reduction, trail and road rehabilitation, and forest management support, aligning procurement with the Forest Service’s long-term land stewardship goals. She plays a critical role in translating operational needs into competitive, compliant solicitations that advance environmental resilience and public safety. Armour cultivates partnerships with a diverse pool of vendors specializing in forestry support services, including vegetation management contractors, erosion control specialists, and technical consultants. While specific contractor names are not publicly disclosed, her procurement patterns reflect consistent engagement with firms possessing field expertise in prescribed burning, mechanical thinning, and forest inventory systems. Her working relationships emphasize performance-based outcomes, requiring contractors to demonstrate technical proficiency in ecological restoration practices and adherence to environmental compliance standards. A staunch advocate for small business participation, Armour consistently prioritizes small business set-asides, with 93.9% of her acquisitions reserved under FAR 19.5 for small businesses. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster local economic development and leverage the agility of small, regionally based firms with intimate knowledge of the Malheur landscape. Her contracting patterns show minimal use of no-set-aside awards, underscoring a strong institutional commitment to socioeconomic equity in federal procurement. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), reflecting her core expertise in contracting for fuel reduction, forest health treatments, and ecological monitoring services. Secondary emphasis on NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction) indicates involvement in maintaining access infrastructure critical to forest operations. She also procures technical consulting services under NAICS 541690 to support environmental assessments and land management planning, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach to forest stewardship through targeted acquisition strategies.