Delynn Lovelace

Delynn Lovelace serves as a Forestry Tech within the USDA Forest Service’s Incident Procurement unit, playing a critical role in securing rapid-response resources for wildland fire and all-hazard incident management. In this capacity, she supports the acquisition of specialized logistical and operational services essential to field operations, including mobile command units, temporary housing, water systems, and heavy equipment deployment. Her work ensures incident management teams have timely access to mission-critical infrastructure across national forests and grasslands, directly enabling suppression, containment, and recovery efforts. She handles time-sensitive, task-order-based procurements under emergency and non-emergency authorities, often coordinating with regional incident command structures to align procurement timelines with operational needs. Lovelace works closely with a network of qualified small business vendors specializing in forestry support services, including contractors offering equipment rental, crew mobilization, fireline construction, and incident logistics. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with firms possessing proven incident response experience and certifications in forestry operations. Her working relationships are built on responsiveness, compliance with federal safety standards, and the ability to deploy resources rapidly under dynamic field conditions, fostering a collaborative, performance-driven vendor ecosystem. She maintains a 100% Small Business Set-Aside preference under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a steadfast commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals. All her procurements are reserved exclusively for small businesses, with a strong emphasis on firms certified under HUBZone, 8(a), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) programs. This pattern reflects a deliberate strategy to strengthen local and regional economic resilience while ensuring access to agile, community-based service providers with intimate knowledge of forested terrain and incident environments. Her procurement focus is exclusively aligned with NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—encompassing services such as fuel reduction support, fire detection and monitoring, equipment maintenance, and incident-specific forestry logistics. She specializes in acquiring technical services that support wildland fire operations, including chain saw operations, hand crew support, and temporary infrastructure setup, leveraging deep domain expertise in forest management practices and incident response protocols.