Kellen

Kellen A. Logan serves as a Contracting Officer within the USDA Forest Service, responsible for managing the acquisition of critical services that support the agency’s mission of ecological restoration, wildfire mitigation, and operational readiness in remote terrains. He oversees the full lifecycle of procurements under FAR Part 12 and Part 13, with a focus on professional, technical, and logistical support contracts essential to field operations. His portfolio includes complex, mission-critical acquisitions requiring rapid mobilization, specialized expertise, and compliance with federal environmental and safety standards, ensuring the Forest Service maintains operational resilience across its vast national landholdings. Logan maintains consistent working relationships 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 partnerships reflect a reliance on niche service providers offering specialized staffing, air transportation, medical support, and technical consulting services tailored to the unique demands of federal land management. His contracting approach emphasizes reliability, regulatory compliance, and performance-based outcomes, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in clear scope definition and accountability. While the majority of his acquisitions—68.4%—are conducted without set-asides, Logan demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with 31.6% of awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. He actively leverages small business capabilities to meet mission needs, particularly in areas requiring agile, localized support, and consistently prioritizes vendors with proven capacity to deliver in austere environments. His procurement focus centers on NAICS codes 541990 (professional and technical services), 481212 (nonscheduled air transportation), 541922 (commercial photography), and 532411 (transportation equipment leasing). These reflect a specialization in contracting for field-based technical services, aerial surveillance and logistics, environmental documentation, and mission-critical equipment support, all vital to sustaining forest health and emergency response operations.