Kimberly J Jones

Kimberly J. Jones serves as a Purchasing Agent for the Malheur National Forest under the U.S. Forest Service, where she plays a critical role in advancing the agency’s mission of ecological stewardship and infrastructure resilience. She is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions related to forestry support services, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and aligning acquisitions with strategic land management goals. Her portfolio primarily includes contracts for fuel reduction, prescribed burning operations, mechanical thinning, trail and road maintenance, and related field support services. Jones ensures that procurement activities directly support the Forest Service’s priorities in wildfire risk mitigation and ecosystem restoration. While specific contractor names are not publicly disclosed, Kimberly consistently engages with a network of specialized forestry service providers, including firms with expertise in ecological restoration, wildfire response, and heavy equipment operations. Her procurement approach emphasizes collaboration with vendors possessing field-ready capabilities and proven experience in remote, high-risk forest environments. She fosters long-term vendor partnerships grounded in performance reliability, safety compliance, and environmental stewardship, ensuring continuity in mission-critical operations across the forest’s vast and varied terrain. Kimberly maintains a 100% total small business set-aside preference across all procurements, fully aligning with FAR 19.5 and demonstrating a robust commitment to socioeconomic inclusion. She actively prioritizes small businesses, including HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), and Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs), ensuring equitable access to federal contracting opportunities within the forestry sector. Her consistent application of set-asides reinforces the agency’s dedication to community-based economic development and workforce capacity building in rural Oregon. Her procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 115310 — Support Activities for Forestry — encompassing services such as vegetation management, fireline construction, chain saw operations, timber marking, and ecological monitoring. She specializes in acquiring technical field services that require specialized training, equipment, and on-the-ground knowledge of forest ecology and fire behavior, making her a key liaison between operational needs and contractor capabilities in the forestry support domain.