Fred Fischer

Fred Fischer serves as a Contracting Officer for the USDA Forest Service, where he manages the acquisition of critical services and infrastructure support essential to sustaining the nation’s forest and grassland ecosystems. His procurement portfolio focuses on mission-critical operations including ecological restoration, wildfire mitigation, and remote-area infrastructure development. Fischer oversees the full lifecycle of contracts—from solicitation and evaluation to award and administration—ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning with the agency’s strategic priorities in forest health, emergency response, and operational resilience in rugged terrain. He routinely handles complex, multi-year procurements requiring technical expertise in environmental services, construction, and specialized staffing solutions. Fischer 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 reflect a blend of specialized staffing support, technical consulting, and field-based service delivery critical to sustaining Forest Service operations. His contracting patterns emphasize reliability, niche expertise, and on-the-ground responsiveness, particularly in roles requiring seasonal or emergency deployment in remote locations. He fosters long-term vendor engagement built on performance accountability and regulatory compliance. Fischer demonstrates a balanced commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with HUBZone set-asides accounting for half of his awards, equally matched by open competitions without set-aside restrictions. This pattern signals a deliberate approach to leveraging both small business innovation and broader market competition, ensuring access to qualified vendors while supporting economic development in designated rural and underserved communities. His consistent use of HUBZone preferences reflects a strong alignment with federal goals to stimulate job creation and investment in economically distressed areas. His primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), 212319 (Other Crushed and Broken Stone Mining and Quarrying), 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), and 237110 (Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction). These categories reflect his expertise in acquiring environmental remediation services, site preparation, and critical infrastructure development—particularly for firebreaks, access roads, water systems, and facility upgrades on federal lands. His technical domain knowledge spans land management operations, construction in ecologically sensitive zones, and workforce mobilization for transient field missions.