G. Jeremy Staggs

G. Jeremy Staggs serves as a key procurement lead within the USDA Forest Service’s CSA Southwest 6 office, overseeing the acquisition of critical infrastructure services essential to maintaining public safety and ecological integrity across national forests and grasslands in the Southwest. He manages a diverse portfolio of construction, engineering, and forestry support contracts, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while advancing the agency’s mission of sustainable land management. His work centers on the planning, solicitation, and award of contracts for transportation, water systems, and facility rehabilitation projects, often requiring coordination with environmental, engineering, and land management teams to align procurement with operational priorities. Staggs maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of regional contractors, including Jilk Heavy Construction, Inc., MWC Group, Inc., Herback General Engineering LLC, JD General Engineering Corp, and White Bear Construction, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, locally rooted firms capable of executing complex civil engineering and forestry support tasks under challenging terrain and environmental conditions. His contracting approach emphasizes reliability, technical proficiency, and adherence to federal environmental standards, fostering long-term vendor collaboration built on performance and compliance. A strong advocate for small business inclusion, Staggs consistently prioritizes Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with 91.3% of his awards reserved for small businesses, including 8.7% designated for HUBZone firms. This pattern underscores a deliberate strategy to stimulate economic development in underserved rural communities while leveraging local expertise in forested and remote environments. His procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), and 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), reflecting deep expertise in forest road maintenance, erosion control, trail infrastructure, and structural fabrication. He also routinely procures specialized wire products and building equipment systems integral to remote facility operations, demonstrating a nuanced understanding of the technical demands of federal land management infrastructure.