Jon Gellings

Jonathan Gellings serves as a key procurement lead within the Csa East 13 USDA-FS, supporting the U.S. Forest Service’s mission to maintain and modernize critical infrastructure across national forest lands. He manages a diverse portfolio of construction and engineering contracts focused on transportation networks, public facilities, and utility systems essential to public access and operational resilience. His acquisitions primarily involve heavy civil engineering projects, including road and bridge construction, drainage systems, and site development, ensuring compliance with federal environmental and safety standards. Gellings plays a central role in aligning procurement strategy with the agency’s long-term infrastructure goals, emphasizing sustainable, mission-critical outcomes. He maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including RAZOR CONSULTING SOLUTIONS, INC, LABODA GRADING INC, CPM CONSTRUCTORS, JOE DANIELS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., and ATOAH CONTRACTING LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced firms with proven capabilities in heavy construction and land development within sensitive forested environments. Gellings fosters collaborative, performance-based contracting relationships, often leveraging firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement structures to ensure accountability and quality control on complex, geographically dispersed projects. His procurement patterns demonstrate a strong commitment to small business participation, with nearly 70% of awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, and over 20% designated as HUBZone set-asides. He actively prioritizes socioeconomic programs to promote economic opportunity in rural and underserved communities, with occasional use of Women-Owned Small Business set-asides. This pattern underscores a deliberate strategy to cultivate a resilient, diverse contractor base aligned with federal equity goals. Gellings’ primary technical focus lies in NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), followed by 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction). He routinely procures services related to earthwork, grading, erosion control, and utility installation, with supplementary contracts for landscaping and civil engineering design. His expertise centers on managing large-scale, environmentally sensitive infrastructure projects requiring coordination with federal land use regulations and natural resource protection standards.