Janet Scaggs

Janet Scaggs serves as a Contracting Officer for the Western Zone of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, where she manages the acquisition of critical services supporting sustainable forest management and public land stewardship. Her portfolio encompasses contracts for wildfire risk mitigation, trail and road infrastructure maintenance, habitat restoration, and facility operations, ensuring alignment with federal environmental and safety standards. She applies full and open competition with strategic set-asides to advance agency missions while adhering to FAR procurement protocols and interagency collaboration requirements. Janet cultivates collaborative relationships with a diverse range of contractors, primarily small businesses and specialty trade firms experienced in forestry support, environmental consulting, and land-based infrastructure. She frequently engages vendors with technical expertise in ecological restoration, prescribed burning operations, and forest health monitoring, fostering long-term partnerships grounded in performance-based outcomes and compliance with NEPA and ESA requirements. Her procurement approach emphasizes vendor reliability, safety record, and demonstrated capacity in remote, high-risk environments. A strong advocate for socioeconomic inclusion, Janet consistently prioritizes Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with over 63% of her acquisitions reserved for small businesses. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate focus on broad-based small business participation, with minimal use of other set-asides such as 8(a) or HUBZone, indicating a preference for general small business eligibility over targeted socioeconomic programs. This approach ensures competitive diversity while maintaining flexibility to meet urgent operational needs across the Western Zone’s vast jurisdiction. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), which includes brush clearing, fuel reduction, and forest inventory services, followed by environmental consulting (541620) for ecological assessments and compliance planning. She also procures specialty trade contracting (238990) for structural repairs and maintenance of forest service facilities, as well as machinery repair (811310) for heavy equipment used in land management operations. Janet’s expertise lies in integrating technical forestry requirements with federal contracting frameworks to deliver mission-critical outcomes on complex public lands.