Gloria R Sanders

Gloria R. Sanders serves as a Contracting Officer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, where she manages the acquisition of critical support services essential to maintaining national forest infrastructure and ecological resilience. Her portfolio centers on enabling wildfire mitigation, trail accessibility, and facility operations through strategic procurement of transportation, logistics, and forestry support services. Sanders plays a pivotal role in aligning contract awards with the agency’s mission to sustain healthy ecosystems while ensuring efficient public access across vast federal lands. She routinely handles complex, mission-critical contracts requiring coordination across multiple federal, state, and local stakeholders. Her primary contractor relationship is with 358 INVESTMENTS, LLC, a trusted partner in delivering specialized air transportation and logistical support for remote forest operations. Sanders fosters long-term, performance-based vendor partnerships that emphasize reliability, safety, and mission adaptability, particularly in high-risk or geographically isolated environments. Her contracting approach prioritizes sustained collaboration with vendors who demonstrate operational excellence in challenging terrain and weather conditions, often requiring niche capabilities in aerial logistics and field support. Sanders exhibits a strong commitment to small business participation, with 81% of her awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She consistently leverages socioeconomic programs to empower small, locally based firms, with a notable emphasis on HUBZone contractors representing 4.8% of her portfolio. Her procurement patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to stimulate economic development in rural communities adjacent to national forests while ensuring contract compliance and mission readiness. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 481212 (Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation), which accounts for 85% of her activity, alongside NAICS 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation) and NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry). She specializes in acquiring aerial cargo transport, equipment deployment, and field logistics services that support fire suppression, ecological restoration, and infrastructure maintenance across remote federal lands.