Erik Fallo

Erik Fallo serves as a key procurement lead within the USDA Forest Service – Spoc East, overseeing acquisitions critical to maintaining and modernizing federal forest infrastructure. His responsibilities include managing contracts for construction, environmental management, and operational support services that sustain forest ecosystems and public access facilities. He specializes in complex, mission-critical procurements involving facility rehabilitation, site preparation, and ecological services, ensuring alignment with federal sustainability and resilience goals. Fallo’s work directly supports the agency’s strategic priorities in upgrading aging infrastructure such as job corps centers and food service operations while adhering to rigorous environmental compliance standards. Fallo maintains collaborative relationships with a diverse pool of contractors specializing in commercial and institutional construction, forestry support services, and environmental consulting. He regularly engages with small businesses and niche technical firms capable of delivering site-specific solutions for remote forest lands, emphasizing performance-based contracting and adaptive project delivery methods. His procurement approach prioritizes vendor reliability, environmental stewardship, and local workforce integration, fostering long-term partnerships with contractors who demonstrate technical expertise and operational flexibility in challenging terrain. A staunch advocate for small business participation, Fallo consistently structures procurements to maximize opportunities for disadvantaged and underserved vendors. With 88.2% of his awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, he actively promotes socioeconomic contracting goals, frequently utilizing HUBZone, SDVOSB, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-asides to strengthen regional economic resilience and diversify the contractor base. His primary technical focus lies in NAICS 236220 (commercial and institutional construction), 115310 (forestry support activities), 238910 (site preparation), and 541620 (environmental consulting). He routinely procures services related to forest road rehabilitation, erosion control, water system upgrades, and ecological assessments, demonstrating deep expertise in federal land management procurement and the intersection of infrastructure development with environmental conservation.