Ethel Hill

Ethel M. Hill serves as a Procurement Technician with the USDA Forest Service, supporting the agency’s mission to sustain national forest and grassland ecosystems through strategic acquisition of critical goods and services. In her role, she facilitates the execution of procurement actions for infrastructure, technical equipment, and specialized personnel services essential to operational readiness in remote and rugged environments. She handles a diverse portfolio of acquisitions ranging from civil engineering construction to communications equipment and industrial components, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations and alignment with the Forest Service’s emergency response and ecological restoration priorities. Ethel maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. These partnerships reflect a blend of construction, staffing, medical, and technology service providers, indicating her involvement in both project-based infrastructure support and contingent workforce solutions. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability and niche expertise, particularly for mission-critical roles requiring specialized skills in wildfire response, remote logistics, and field communications. She demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with over 87% of her procurements structured as small business set-asides—primarily through Total Small Business and HUBZone preferences. This pattern underscores her active role in advancing opportunities for disadvantaged and geographically targeted businesses, aligning with federal mandates to promote equitable access to government contracting. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) and 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), reflecting her support for forest infrastructure resilience. She also regularly procures industrial valves, wireless communications equipment, and specialized maintenance services under NAICS 332911, 334220, and 811219, demonstrating technical fluency in engineering, telecommunications, and facility repair domains critical to sustaining operations across the National Forest System.