Julie Linton

Julie Linton serves as a Contract Specialist within the USDA Forest Service–SPOC IM, where she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions supporting critical forest infrastructure projects. Her responsibilities include developing solicitation documents, conducting market research, evaluating proposals, and awarding contracts for construction and maintenance services essential to public land access and ecological resilience. She specializes in complex, mission-critical acquisitions involving civil engineering, transportation systems, and recreational facility upgrades, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and agency strategic priorities. Linton maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including GCS LLC, ACME ASPHALT INDUSTRIES INC, and TwentyoneTwentyseven LLC, all of which have demonstrated technical proficiency in heavy civil construction and specialty trade services. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and risk-mitigated vendor partnerships, favoring firms with proven experience in remote-site operations, environmental compliance, and durable infrastructure delivery under challenging terrain conditions. Her contracting activity reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without set-asides, indicating a focus on technical capability and value over socioeconomic classifications. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her process remains transparent and competitive, ensuring the best-qualified vendors are selected based on merit and past performance. Linton’s portfolio is concentrated in three core NAICS categories: 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), and 238990 (All Other Specialty Trade Contractors). She routinely procures services related to trail and road rehabilitation, bridge replacement, campground upgrades, and erosion control systems, demonstrating deep expertise in public lands infrastructure procurement and the unique logistical demands of federal forest environments.