Kimberly Tripp, Contract Specialist

Kimberly Tripp serves as a Contract Specialist within the FPAC Bus Cntr-Acq Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where she plays a pivotal role in executing procurements that advance the nation’s land conservation and agricultural resource planning initiatives. She manages the full lifecycle of technical service contracts, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurement actions with the agency’s mission to support soil health, land easement restoration, and data-driven farm management. Her portfolio is exclusively focused on engineering services, requiring deep subject-matter expertise in environmental engineering, geospatial analysis, and conservation planning technologies. Tripp maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including PROJECTELLA LLC, HOMESTEAD SERVICES, LLC, and JANIE B LLC, all of which provide niche technical services in conservation design, field data collection, and agricultural systems engineering. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term, performance-based partnerships with firms that demonstrate proven experience in delivering field-ready solutions for USDA conservation programs. She prioritizes vendors with demonstrated capacity to operate in rural and ecologically sensitive environments, fostering collaborative relationships built on technical reliability and regulatory adherence. Her procurement strategy is uniformly dedicated to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate and sustained commitment to expanding economic opportunity for small, locally rooted firms capable of delivering high-impact conservation engineering services. She actively engages with small business advocates and leverages socioeconomic programs to ensure equitable access to federal contracting opportunities. Tripp’s acquisitions are exclusively categorized under NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), with a sharp focus on environmental, agricultural, and land-use engineering. She procures services such as conservation planning, soil surveying, watershed modeling, and GIS-enabled land assessment tools—critical capabilities that enable field-level implementation of USDA’s Farm Bill conservation programs. Her expertise lies in translating complex ecological objectives into technically sound, compliant, and measurable contract requirements.