Greg Gardner

Greg Gardner serves as a Civil Engineer within the USDA Forest Service’s Incident Procurement unit, where he plays a pivotal role in securing critical civil engineering services to support wildland fire response and all-hazard incident management. His responsibilities include evaluating technical requirements, developing acquisition strategies, and managing contracts for infrastructure and site-specific construction needs across national forests and grasslands. He routinely handles complex procurements for emergency response assets such as mobile command units, temporary access roads, water distribution systems, and heavy equipment mobilization, ensuring rapid deployment aligned with incident action plans. His technical background enables him to bridge engineering specifications with procurement compliance, ensuring solutions meet both operational urgency and federal contracting standards. Greg cultivates partnerships with a diverse pool of contractors specializing in heavy civil construction, site preparation, and emergency infrastructure support. He works closely with firms possessing proven experience in remote, high-risk environments and prioritizes vendors with demonstrated capability in rapid mobilization, modular construction, and incident-specific engineering solutions. His working relationships are characterized by collaborative pre-solicitation engagement, technical clarification sessions, and post-award performance monitoring to ensure mission-critical outcomes are met under dynamic field conditions. Greg maintains a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with over two-thirds of his acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 and approximately one-third designated as HUBZone set-asides. He actively promotes participation from small, disadvantaged firms with expertise in rural and wilderness infrastructure, aligning procurement goals with federal priorities for equitable economic opportunity and community resilience. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), and 238910 (Site Preparation Contractors). He specializes in acquiring services related to emergency road repair, debris removal, erosion control, temporary grading, and infrastructure stabilization—domains requiring deep technical understanding of geotechnical constraints and incident-driven timelines.