Helen Curlee

Helen Curlee serves as a Supervisory Contract Specialist, providing strategic leadership in the planning, execution, and administration of federal acquisitions aligned with environmental and forestry support missions. In her role, she ensures full compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) while guiding a team of contract specialists through complex procurement cycles—from market research and solicitation development to source selection and contract award. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to sustainably manage natural resources through specialized contracting solutions, with a primary focus on forestry-related support services requiring technical expertise in land management, equipment maintenance, and ecological monitoring. While specific contractor names are not available, Curlee consistently engages a diverse pool of small business vendors, particularly those certified under socioeconomic programs, fostering long-term partnerships built on performance reliability and regulatory compliance. Her team maintains a collaborative relationship with contractors who demonstrate capacity in delivering field-based forestry services, including brush control, firebreak maintenance, and invasive species management, often under time-sensitive operational conditions. Curlee exhibits an unwavering commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This pattern reflects a deliberate strategy to maximize economic opportunity for small enterprises, ensuring that contracting resources directly benefit qualified small businesses without reliance on large business prime contractors. Her approach reinforces the government’s socioeconomic goals by prioritizing vendor diversity and equitable access. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—encompassing services such as forest inventory, silvicultural assistance, wildfire preparedness support, and equipment servicing for federal land management operations. Curlee’s technical expertise lies in understanding the operational demands of forestry agencies, enabling her to craft precise statements of work and evaluation criteria that ensure mission-critical outcomes are met through capable, compliant small business contractors.