Heidi Andersen

Heidi Andersen serves as a key procurement professional within the Stewardship Contracting Branch of the U.S. Forest Service, supporting the agency’s mission to advance ecosystem resilience through integrated land management. She manages a portfolio of stewardship contracting actions that combine timber harvesting with ecological restoration, watershed protection, and infrastructure maintenance. Her acquisitions are strategically designed to achieve landscape-scale outcomes, leveraging authority under the Stewardship Contracting Program to align economic activity with conservation goals. She routinely handles complex, performance-based contracts requiring multi-year execution and cross-functional coordination between silviculture, fire management, and fisheries teams. Andersen maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors including BRINK BROTHERS INC., PEAK ENGINEERING LLC, MILLER TIMBER SERVICES, INC., AZ HAMMER DOWN, LLC, and DENNIS KIRBY. These partners specialize in forest thinning, fuel reduction, road maintenance, and biomass utilization, demonstrating deep technical competency in ecological restoration operations. Her procurement approach favors long-term, collaborative partnerships with firms possessing proven on-the-ground experience in federal forest environments, ensuring reliable execution of high-complexity, multi-objective projects. Andersen’s contracting portfolio reflects a strict preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued without set-asides. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, her focus remains on securing technically capable contractors capable of delivering complex stewardship outcomes at scale. This approach prioritizes performance, safety, and ecological integrity over socioeconomic classifications. Her primary procurement activity centers on NAICS 115310 — Support Activities for Forestry — encompassing forest thinning, prescribed burning, debris removal, and erosion control. She specializes in performance-based contracting mechanisms that incentivize ecological outcomes over volume-based outputs, ensuring that all acquisitions align with the Forest Service’s science-driven stewardship objectives.