Denise D. Finney

Denise D. Finney serves as a Contracting Officer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, where she manages the acquisition of critical services and supplies essential to the stewardship of national forests and grasslands. Her portfolio focuses on supporting infrastructure resilience, ecological restoration, and public access initiatives, including transportation corridors, facility operations, and wildfire mitigation efforts. She specializes in procuring complex, mission-critical contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, ensuring compliance with environmental, safety, and socioeconomic requirements while aligning acquisitions with the agency’s strategic goals for sustainable land management. Finney maintains consistent working relationships with a select 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 reflect a blend of specialized consulting, logistics support, healthcare staffing, and technology integration services tailored to the Forest Service’s remote and operational needs. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, regulatory compliance, and mission alignment, fostering long-term vendor collaborations that support field-level readiness and administrative efficiency. A strong advocate for small business participation, Finney consistently prioritizes Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with over 80% of her awards designated for small businesses. She also regularly utilizes Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-asides, reflecting a deliberate commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals. Her pattern of award distribution underscores a strategic emphasis on empowering small, community-based vendors capable of delivering niche services across vast federal lands. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 481212 (Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation), supporting aerial firefighting and remote logistics, followed by administrative consulting (541611), nursery and tree production (111421), and specialized logistics and accounting services. This technical specialization reveals deep expertise in procuring services that directly enable ecological restoration, workforce support, and operational mobility in challenging terrain.