Elna E. Black

Elna E. Black serves as a Procurement Technician within the USDA Forest Service, supporting the agency’s mission to sustain national forest and grassland ecosystems through timely and compliant acquisition of critical operational services. In this role, she facilitates the procurement of specialized transportation, logistics, and support services essential for remote field operations, wildfire response, and ecological restoration efforts. Her responsibilities include preparing solicitation documents, evaluating vendor proposals, ensuring regulatory compliance under the FAR, and coordinating with program managers to align contracting actions with operational priorities in rugged and underserved terrains. Elna 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 primarily support aviation logistics, personnel staffing, and air transportation services critical to deploying personnel and equipment across vast federal lands. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, regulatory adherence, and responsiveness to dynamic field needs, often requiring rapid contract execution under time-sensitive conditions. While the majority of her acquisitions—74.4%—are conducted without set-asides, she actively supports small business participation, with 25.6% of awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. Her contracting patterns reflect a balanced commitment to both efficiency and socioeconomic goals, consistently engaging qualified small businesses in support roles without compromising mission-critical timelines. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 481212 and 481211, reflecting a deep specialization in nonscheduled chartered air transportation for personnel and cargo, complemented by significant activity in 488190 for air support services and 532411 for equipment leasing. She also manages niche acquisitions in textile product manufacturing (314999) for specialized field gear. Her technical expertise centers on aviation logistics and operational support systems tailored to the unique demands of federal land management.