Kelly Meadows

Kelly Meadows serves as a key procurement lead for the Daniel Boone National Forest, overseeing contracting activities aligned with the U.S. Forest Service’s mission of ecological stewardship and public infrastructure maintenance. Responsible for managing acquisitions that support essential forest operations, Meadows specializes in securing services critical to sanitation, waste management, and environmental compliance across remote and rural landscapes. Her work directly enables the agency’s ability to maintain safe, accessible public recreation areas while ensuring regulatory adherence and sustainable resource management. She handles a range of service-based contracts, primarily focused on non-structural, operationally critical support functions that sustain day-to-day forest management. Meadows cultivates partnerships with a network of small, locally rooted service providers experienced in environmental sanitation and septic system maintenance. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, regional expertise, and rapid response capabilities, fostering long-term vendor relationships with firms capable of operating in challenging terrain and under variable environmental conditions. She prioritizes vendors with proven experience in rural infrastructure support, often engaging contractors with demonstrated familiarity with USDA environmental protocols and forest service operational standards. Meadows maintains a 100% Small Business Set-Aside preference under FAR 19.5, consistently directing all procurements toward qualified small businesses. This reflects a deliberate, agency-aligned commitment to economic development in rural Kentucky and ensures that contracting opportunities directly benefit local entrepreneurs and community-based enterprises. Her procurement patterns demonstrate strong alignment with socioeconomic goals, with no use of large business set-asides or unrestricted competitions, reinforcing the agency’s dedication to equitable access and workforce resilience. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 562991—Septic Tank and Related Services—reflecting deep expertise in environmental sanitation systems critical to campground hygiene, visitor safety, and ecological protection. She procures specialized services including septic system inspection, pumping, repair, and waste transport, often requiring compliance with USDA environmental standards and state-level water quality regulations. Meadows’ technical domain centers on sustainable waste management infrastructure, ensuring that public recreation areas remain both functional and ecologically sound.