Judy I. Reddin

Judy L. Reddin serves as a Contracting Officer for the U.S. Forest Service’s Region 5 Pacific Southwest Region, where she manages the acquisition of nonresidential real property leasing services critical to sustaining federal land management operations. In this role, she ensures compliance with federal procurement regulations while supporting the agency’s mission to maintain ecological health and public infrastructure across national forests and grasslands. Her acquisitions primarily involve long-term leases for administrative offices, visitor centers, and field operations facilities, requiring careful evaluation of site suitability, environmental compatibility, and infrastructure readiness under FAR Part 17 and 41. Reddin maintains a streamlined contracting process focused on efficiency and regulatory adherence, working with a broad base of commercial real estate lessors and property management firms. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages vendors with demonstrated experience in federal leasing, environmental compliance, and facility maintenance for remote or high-use public lands. Her approach emphasizes transparency, competitive solicitation, and performance-based contract management to ensure tenant agencies receive secure, functional, and cost-effective spaces. Her set-aside preferences reflect a strong orientation toward open competition, with 96% of her actions conducted as unrestricted procurements. Only 4% are designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a deliberate but limited use of socioeconomic programs. This pattern suggests she prioritizes market-wide competition while still providing targeted opportunities for qualified small businesses when appropriate. Reddin’s procurement activity is exclusively concentrated in NAICS 531120—Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses). She specializes in acquiring leased facilities that support field operations, ranger stations, and public service centers, requiring deep familiarity with federal real property standards, lease negotiation, and facility condition assessments. Her technical expertise lies in aligning real estate acquisitions with the Forest Service’s operational needs in ecologically sensitive and geographically diverse landscapes.