Debra Albright

Debra Albright serves as a Purchasing Agent for the Allegheny National Forest under the U.S. Forest Service, where she manages the acquisition of goods and services critical to sustaining forest ecological integrity and public safety. Her responsibilities include soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts aligned with the agency’s mission of vegetation management, habitat restoration, and infrastructure resilience. She primarily handles procurements for forestry support activities, specialty trade contracting, and civil engineering services, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and environmental stewardship goals. Albright plays a pivotal role in translating operational needs into legally sound, mission-driven contracts that advance conservation and wildfire mitigation efforts across Pennsylvania’s largest national forest. She maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including Boh Environmental, L.L.C., and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, both of which provide specialized environmental remediation, herbicide application, and ecological restoration services. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor partnerships grounded in technical expertise, regulatory compliance, and performance reliability. These relationships are cultivated through transparent solicitation processes and performance-based contract management, ensuring alignment with the Forest Service’s ecological and safety objectives. Albright demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 88.9% of her awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, and 11.1% reserved for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. Her procurement patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to maximize small business participation, fostering economic opportunity while ensuring access to niche capabilities essential for forest management. She consistently prioritizes vendors certified under small business programs, reinforcing the agency’s mandate to support diverse and qualified suppliers. Her primary NAICS focus is 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), encompassing invasive species control, prescribed burning support, and forest health monitoring. She also procures services under 238990 (Specialty Trade Contractors) for site preparation and 237310/237990 for trail and infrastructure maintenance. Her domain expertise lies in environmental contracting, with deep familiarity in herbicide application protocols, forest engineering, and sustainable land management practices.