Jeremy Bedner

Jeremy Bedner serves as a key procurement lead within the USDA Forest Service’s CSA Southwest 6 office, responsible for managing complex infrastructure acquisitions across national forests and grasslands in the Southwest. He oversees the solicitation and award of contracts for critical public works projects, including transportation, water systems, and facility rehabilitation, ensuring alignment with federal engineering standards and environmental compliance. His role is central to advancing the agency’s mission of ecological resilience and public safety through strategic contracting that prioritizes durable, sustainable infrastructure. Bedner typically handles high-value, mission-critical construction and engineering services under FAR Part 36, with a focus on performance-based acquisition methods. He maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced heavy civil contractors, including Jilk Heavy Construction, Inc., MWC Group, Inc., Herback General Engineering LLC, JD General Engineering Corp, and White Bear Construction, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in heavy civil construction and site-specific environmental adaptation. Bedner’s contracting approach emphasizes reliability, past performance, and regional familiarity, fostering long-term vendor collaboration to meet the unique logistical and ecological challenges of remote federal lands. Bedner demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 82.3% of his awards set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5. His portfolio consistently prioritizes small business participation, with a notable emphasis on general small business set-asides and a smaller but meaningful allocation to women-owned small businesses. This pattern reflects a deliberate strategy to broaden economic opportunity while ensuring contractor capacity and local workforce engagement in underserved regions. His procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), reflecting the agency’s need for transportation infrastructure maintenance and rehabilitation. He also frequently procures services under NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) and 541330 (Engineering Services), underscoring his expertise in managing complex civil works, geotechnical assessments, and structural design support for remote and environmentally sensitive sites.