Elizabeth Hawke

Elizabeth Hawke serves as a key procurement lead within the USDA Forest Service, overseeing contracting activities critical to maintaining the agency’s operational resilience across national forests and grasslands. Her work centers on securing specialized services that support ecological restoration, wildfire mitigation, and infrastructure maintenance in remote and rugged terrains. She manages a high-volume portfolio of service-based acquisitions under FAR Part 12 and Part 13 procedures, with a strong emphasis on rapid-response and mission-critical contracts that ensure continuity of forest management operations. Her role directly supports the agency’s strategic priorities in forest health, emergency preparedness, and public land stewardship. Hawke maintains consistent partnerships with a select group of contractors specializing in landscape and vegetation management, including ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. These relationships reflect a pattern of engagement with firms capable of delivering specialized labor, temporary staffing, and ecological services tailored to seasonal and emergency needs. Her procurement approach prioritizes vendors with proven experience in federal land management environments and a demonstrated capacity to operate under challenging field conditions. She exhibits a 100% commitment to small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, ensuring that all qualifying acquisitions are reserved exclusively for small businesses. This reflects a deliberate and sustained effort to foster economic opportunity within the environmental services sector and to leverage the agility and local expertise of small firms in delivering mission-critical services across diverse geographies. Her procurement focus is entirely concentrated under NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services), encompassing vegetation management, invasive species control, trail maintenance, erosion control, and fuel reduction activities. She specializes in acquiring services that require technical knowledge of native plant systems, forestry best practices, and environmental compliance, making her a key conduit for translating ecological objectives into actionable, contractor-executed field operations.