Holly Smith

Holly Smith serves as a key procurement professional within the Stewardship Contracting Branch of the U.S. Forest Service, where she facilitates landscape-scale ecological restoration contracts aligned with the agency’s mission of sustainable forest management. She specializes in administering stewardship contracting instruments that integrate timber harvesting with watershed protection, fuels reduction, and infrastructure maintenance to enhance forest resilience and reduce wildfire risk. Her acquisitions primarily involve complex, performance-based contracts that require multi-objective outcomes, blending resource extraction with ecological restoration under the authority of the Stewardship Contracting Authority. Smith’s work ensures that federal land management goals are met through legally compliant, results-driven procurement practices. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors including Brink Brothers Inc., Peak Engineering LLC, AZ Hammer Down, LLC, Gabino D. Grano, and Gladhart LLC. These vendors are recognized for their technical proficiency in forestry support activities, including slash treatment, road decommissioning, erosion control, and ecological thinning. Smith’s procurement approach emphasizes long-term partnerships with contractors who demonstrate proven capacity in executing multi-year, landscape-level projects under dynamic environmental conditions, fostering reliability and operational continuity across federal forest lands. Smith’s contracting portfolio reflects a strict preference for open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside categories. This reflects a strategic emphasis on selecting the most qualified performers based on technical merit and past performance, rather than socioeconomic classifications. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her process remains fully compliant with federal procurement regulations and prioritizes mission effectiveness over socioeconomic preferences. Her procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—which encompasses services such as forest thinning, biomass utilization, trail maintenance, and invasive species control. She specializes in acquiring technical, field-based forestry support services that require specialized equipment, certified personnel, and adherence to environmental compliance standards under NEPA and other federal frameworks.