Jennifer McCord

Jennifer McCord serves as a key procurement professional within the USDA Forest Service, supporting mission-critical acquisitions that advance forest health, wildfire resilience, and operational readiness across remote federal lands. She manages a portfolio of contracts focused on hardware manufacturing and specialized equipment essential for field operations, including fire suppression systems, remote sensing tools, and ruggedized infrastructure components. Her work directly enables the agency’s strategic priorities in ecological restoration and emergency response, ensuring that field personnel are equipped with durable, mission-specific hardware tailored to challenging terrain and environmental conditions. McCord maintains consistent partnerships with a select group of contractors, including ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. These relationships reflect a blend of niche hardware manufacturers, specialized staffing providers, and technical service firms aligned with the Forest Service’s operational needs. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, technical specificity, and rapid deployment capability, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in performance and compliance. She demonstrates an unwavering commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to empower small, agile vendors capable of delivering customized, high-integrity hardware solutions. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize small business eligibility, reinforcing the agency’s broader socioeconomic goals and fostering innovation through diverse supplier engagement. Her primary technical focus is on NAICS 332510 (Hardware Manufacturing), where she procures ruggedized, field-deployable equipment designed for extreme environmental conditions. This includes specialized tools for invasive species control, wildfire monitoring systems, and durable infrastructure components used in remote forest service stations. Her expertise lies in bridging technical specifications with procurement compliance to ensure that acquired hardware meets stringent operational and safety standards.