Klein Houston

Klein Houston serves as a key procurement lead within the USDA Forest Service, supporting critical infrastructure and operational missions across national forests and grasslands. Responsible for managing acquisition strategies aligned with the agency’s priorities in ecological restoration and emergency response, Houston oversees contracts essential to maintaining resilient public lands infrastructure. Their work centers on highway, street, and bridge construction projects that enable access to remote areas, support wildfire suppression efforts, and enhance the durability of forest service roads and bridges in rugged terrain. These acquisitions are vital to sustaining operational readiness, ensuring safe public access, and facilitating ecological management activities across federally managed landscapes. Houston maintains consistent procurement relationships with a select group of specialized 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 focus on firms capable of delivering construction services, logistical support, and technical staffing solutions tailored to the unique challenges of federal land management. The working relationships are characterized by long-term engagement, performance-based contract execution, and a reliance on vendors with proven experience in remote-site construction and emergency infrastructure response. A defining feature of Houston’s contracting approach is the exclusive use of HUBZone set-asides, demonstrating a strong institutional commitment to economic development in historically underserved rural communities. All procurements are structured to prioritize small businesses certified under the HUBZone program, reinforcing the Forest Service’s mission to invest in local economies while leveraging regional expertise for infrastructure projects in hard-to-reach areas. The primary NAICS classification for all acquisitions is 237310—Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction—indicating a narrow and highly specialized focus on civil infrastructure. Houston’s portfolio includes the design, rehabilitation, and maintenance of forest service roads, culverts, retaining walls, and access bridges, requiring deep technical knowledge of erosion control, geotechnical engineering, and environmental compliance in sensitive ecosystems.