Jacqueline Sotelo

Jacqueline Sotelo serves as a key procurement professional within the Oregon State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, supporting the agency’s mission to steward public lands through operational and safety-critical acquisitions. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts for security and patrol services essential to maintaining public safety, protecting natural resources, and ensuring compliance on federally managed landscapes. Her work directly enables the agency’s wildfire mitigation and infrastructure maintenance efforts by securing reliable, on-the-ground personnel to monitor and respond to incidents across remote and high-risk areas. Sotelo specializes in firm-fixed-price and time-and-materials contracts under the Security Guards and Patrol Services NAICS code, ensuring alignment with federal standards for federal land protection operations. Her primary contractor relationship is with L1 Enterprises Incorporated, a long-standing vendor providing trained security personnel and patrol services tailored to federal land management needs. Sotelo’s contracting patterns reflect a preference for established, experienced contractors with demonstrated capacity to deliver 24/7 coverage, rapid response capabilities, and compliance with BLM’s operational protocols. While she maintains a consistent working relationship with L1 Enterprises, her approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, contract compliance, and service reliability over vendor diversity. Sotelo’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside strategy, with no use of 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic preferences. This reflects the agency’s operational need for specialized, scalable security services that meet stringent federal land protection requirements, often requiring pre-vetted, nationwide contractors with proven track records in remote and high-risk environments. Her primary focus is on NAICS 561612—Security Guards and Patrol Services—encompassing static post coverage, mobile patrols, visitor assistance, and incident response on federal lands. She procures services that support trail maintenance zones, fire-prone wildland-urban interfaces, and high-traffic recreation areas, requiring contractors with expertise in federal land regulations, emergency response coordination, and environmental compliance.