Eric King

Eric King supports the U.S. Forest Service’s Csa East 8 unit in managing operational maintenance and facility services critical to the stewardship of national forests and grasslands. He oversees the acquisition of essential support services that sustain infrastructure, ensure environmental compliance, and preserve historic and cultural resources. His procurement portfolio centers on facility operations, land management support, and mission-critical maintenance contracts, aligning with the agency’s strategic priorities of ecosystem resilience and public access. King typically handles task orders and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts under FAR Part 16, with a focus on service-based acquisitions that require technical specificity and regulatory adherence. His primary contractor relationships include VCloud Gov Inc., a trusted vendor delivering IT-enabled operational support and facility management solutions. King cultivates long-term partnerships with firms capable of integrating field-based logistics, environmental monitoring, and infrastructure maintenance under federal compliance frameworks. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based service delivery, requiring contractors to meet stringent operational standards tied to forest service protocols and sustainability benchmarks. King demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with 88.9% of his acquisitions set aside for total small businesses under FAR 19.5. His contracting patterns consistently prioritize small business eligibility, reflecting a deliberate strategy to expand economic opportunity within rural and forest-adjacent communities. While no other socioeconomic set-asides are predominant, his portfolio reinforces the agency’s mandate to empower small, locally based vendors with the capacity to deliver specialized services in remote environments. His procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 561720 (Janitorial Services), 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), and 332312 (Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing), reflecting a need for custodial, ecological support, and infrastructure fabrication services. He also procures specialized industrial instrumentation (NAICS 334513) and septic system maintenance (NAICS 562991), indicating technical expertise in environmental health and field-deployed utility systems essential to remote forest operations.