Kathy Duncan

Kathy Duncan serves as a key procurement lead within the Csa East 2 USDA-FS, supporting the U.S. Forest Service’s mission to sustain forest health and maintain critical infrastructure in remote, ecologically sensitive regions. She manages the acquisition of operational and logistical services essential to ecosystem stewardship, public land access, and wildfire resilience initiatives. Her procurement portfolio centers on support activities for forestry, ensuring that field operations—ranging from trail maintenance to native species propagation—are adequately resourced through compliant, mission-aligned contracting. Duncan’s work directly enables field teams to execute long-term conservation goals while adhering to federal acquisition regulations and environmental compliance standards. She maintains consistent working relationships with specialized vendors such as Xenturis LLC and EZ Dock of Texas LP, both of which provide niche logistical, infrastructure, and environmental support services tailored to federal land management needs. These partnerships reflect a preference for contractors with proven expertise in remote-site operations, ecological compliance, and durable infrastructure solutions for rugged terrain. Duncan’s contracting approach emphasizes reliability, technical specificity, and performance-based outcomes, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in regulatory adherence and mission alignment. Duncan’s procurement strategy is fully aligned with small business set-aside requirements under FAR 19.5, with 100% of her acquisitions designated for total small business participation. This reflects a deliberate and sustained commitment to expanding economic opportunity for small, locally rooted firms capable of delivering specialized forestry support services. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize small businesses without reliance on other socioeconomic categories, reinforcing the agency’s focus on grassroots economic development within rural and forest-adjacent communities. Her primary procurement focus is NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—which encompasses vegetation management, erosion control, trail construction, firebreak maintenance, and native plant propagation. She specializes in acquiring services that require technical knowledge of forest ecology, USDA environmental protocols, and field logistics in hard-to-reach areas, ensuring that contracted work meets both operational demands and ecological sustainability standards.