Joshua Kline

Joshua Kline serves as a key procurement lead within the USDA Forest Service, supporting critical operational needs across national forests and grasslands. He manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on sustaining ecological resilience, emergency response readiness, and infrastructure integrity in remote terrains. His work centers on securing specialized services and equipment essential to wildfire mitigation, invasive species control, and field-level maintenance operations. Kline’s acquisitions are strategically aligned with the agency’s mission to ensure long-term forest health and public safety, often involving complex, mission-critical contracts requiring technical expertise and rapid deployment capabilities. Kline 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 workforce support, technical maintenance, and specialized service delivery. His contracting patterns prioritize vendors with proven experience in field operations, equipment repair, and niche staffing solutions tailored to federal land management environments. He fosters collaborative, performance-driven engagements that emphasize reliability, compliance, and adaptability in high-stakes, low-access settings. Kline demonstrates an unwavering 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 cultivate local, mission-aligned vendors and strengthen economic opportunity within rural and underserved communities. His procurement practices consistently favor small businesses across multiple socioeconomic categories, reinforcing the Forest Service’s broader goals of equitable access and community-based resilience. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance), and 335312 (Motor and Generator Manufacturing). These categories underscore his expertise in acquiring forestry support services, field-deployable equipment maintenance, and power generation systems critical to off-grid operations. Kline’s domain knowledge spans technical systems used in remote firefighting, forest monitoring, and infrastructure sustainment, ensuring acquisitions meet rigorous operational standards in austere environments.