Joe Heisel

Joe Heisel serves as a Technical Contracting Specialist within the USDA Forest Service, where he plays a pivotal role in evaluating and managing technical acquisitions that support forest health, wildfire mitigation, and infrastructure resilience across federal lands. His responsibilities include defining technical requirements, assessing vendor capabilities, and ensuring compliance with federal procurement standards for mission-critical services. Heisel specializes in procurements related to field operations, ecological restoration, and emergency response systems, often coordinating with field biologists, engineers, and emergency management teams to align contracting outcomes with operational needs in remote and rugged terrains. Heisel maintains consistent working relationships with a focused set of contractors, including ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. These partnerships reflect a blend of specialized technical services, workforce staffing solutions, and niche engineering support tailored to the Forest Service’s unique operational environment. His procurement approach emphasizes reliability, on-site adaptability, and rapid mobilization, particularly for time-sensitive field deployments and seasonal labor needs. Heisel demonstrates a strong, consistent commitment to small business participation, with 100% of his acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to empower small, locally based firms with the technical capacity to deliver forestry support services, site preparation, and infrastructure maintenance in federally managed lands. His contracting patterns prioritize socioeconomic inclusion, ensuring that small business vendors are integral to the agency’s operational success. His primary technical focus lies in NAICS 238910 (Site Preparation), 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), and 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), reflecting deep expertise in land management infrastructure, trail and road maintenance, and ecological support services. Heisel routinely procures specialized equipment, labor-intensive restoration work, and technical consulting services that directly enable the Forest Service’s mission of sustaining healthy, resilient ecosystems.