L. Bryce Eddy

L. Bryce Eddy serves as a Contracting Officer for the USDA Forest Service, responsible for managing the acquisition of critical services and construction projects that support the agency’s mission of forest health, wildfire mitigation, and infrastructure resilience across remote federal lands. Eddy oversees the full lifecycle of procurements under FAR Part 19 and other statutory frameworks, ensuring compliance with national environmental and operational priorities. His portfolio primarily includes support activities for forestry, civil engineering, and emergency response services, with a strong emphasis on mission-critical, field-deployable solutions tailored to rugged terrain and ecological restoration needs. Eddy maintains consistent working relationships with a core 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 blend of specialized technical support, workforce staffing, and engineering services essential to sustaining Forest Service operations. His procurement approach emphasizes reliability, regulatory compliance, and operational readiness, often engaging vendors with proven experience in remote site logistics, ecological monitoring, and emergency response coordination. Eddy demonstrates a pronounced commitment to small business participation, with approximately 70.7% of his awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. He actively leverages HUBZone set-asides, reflecting a strategic focus on economically distressed communities with direct ties to forested regions. His contracting patterns align with federal socioeconomic goals, prioritizing small businesses capable of delivering high-impact services in underserved rural and tribal areas. His primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) and 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), with significant activity in highway and bridge construction (237310), geophysical surveying (541360), and site preparation (238910). Eddy specializes in acquiring services related to fuel reduction, trail maintenance, erosion control, and ecological mapping—domains requiring precise technical expertise and deep familiarity with federal land management protocols.