Lisa Peterson

Lisa Peterson serves as a key procurement lead within the USDA Forest Service’s Csa Northwest 3 office, where she manages acquisitions critical to sustaining forest infrastructure and operational readiness across the Pacific Northwest. She oversees the planning, solicitation, and award of contracts for maintenance, construction, and resource management services that support public safety, ecological resilience, and wildfire preparedness. Her portfolio includes a broad range of non-construction and specialized service contracts, with a focus on logistical, environmental, and facility support functions essential to federal land management operations. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s strategic priorities for infrastructure stewardship. Peterson maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of vendors, notably Hamilton Excavation LLC and Spring Fountain Studios LLC, reflecting a pattern of repeat engagement with specialized contractors. These partnerships are typically centered on niche capabilities in site preparation, wood product fabrication, and facility maintenance services. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, technical specificity, and proven performance, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in past performance evaluation and contract compliance. She demonstrates an unwavering commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to maximize economic opportunity for small, locally based firms and aligns with USDA’s broader socioeconomic goals. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize small businesses without favoring any single socioeconomic category, enabling broad-based participation across diverse entrepreneurial communities. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 321999 (miscellaneous wood products), 339999 (miscellaneous manufacturing), and 561720 (janitorial services), indicating deep expertise in procuring custom-fabricated forest infrastructure components, specialized equipment, and facility support services. This technical domain requires precise specification development and an understanding of forestry-specific operational needs, positioning her as a subject-matter expert in non-traditional federal procurement for land management agencies.