Eric Coffey

Eric Coffey serves as a key procurement professional within the USDA Forest Service’s CSA Southwest 3 office, supporting operational readiness and public safety across national forests and grasslands. He manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on infrastructure maintenance, resource protection, and public access services, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations and agency mission priorities. His work encompasses the full lifecycle of contract execution—from solicitation through award and performance monitoring—for services critical to remote and high-use forested environments. Coffey’s acquisitions directly enable the Forest Service’s stewardship goals by securing essential support functions that sustain ecological integrity and visitor safety. He maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of contractors, including LOCG LLC, Pamer & Pamer LLC, Fortazo Corp., and L1 Enterprises Incorporated, all of which provide specialized services aligned with the agency’s operational needs. These partnerships are characterized by recurring engagements in niche service categories, indicating a preference for proven performers with demonstrated expertise in forestry support, vehicle maintenance, and landscape management. Coffey’s contracting approach emphasizes reliability, technical competency, and compliance, fostering long-term vendor collaboration while maintaining rigorous oversight. Coffey exhibits a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 50% of his awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 and an additional 25% awarded through 8(a) competed contracts. This pattern reflects a deliberate strategy to promote equitable access to federal opportunities for small, disadvantaged, and socially and economically disadvantaged businesses. His contracting practices align with federal mandates to enhance diversity in the supplier base while ensuring mission-critical services remain competitively sourced. His procurement focus is concentrated in four primary NAICS categories: Support Activities for Forestry, Landscape Architectural Services, Teleproduction and Other Postproduction Services, and Motor Vehicle Dealers for off-road and recreational vehicles. These reflect a technical domain expertise in environmental operations, public-facing recreation infrastructure, and communications support for remote field operations, demonstrating a nuanced understanding of the unique logistical and ecological challenges inherent to federal land management.