Lois B Swiden

Lois B. Swiden serves as a Procurement Assistant for the Sierra National Forest under the U.S. Forest Service, supporting the agency’s mission to sustain ecological health and public safety through strategic acquisition of operational and infrastructure services. In this role, she facilitates the procurement lifecycle for critical field support activities, including forest restoration, trail and road maintenance, snow removal, and facility management. Her responsibilities include preparing solicitation documents, coordinating with program managers, ensuring compliance with FAR and USDA procurement policies, and managing contract administration for low-to-mid-tier acquisitions. She plays a vital operational role in enabling field teams to execute mission-critical work across the Sierra Nevada region. Lois maintains consistent working relationships with LAKESHORE RESORT, LLC, a key vendor providing specialized forestry support services. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for established contractors with proven experience in remote, environmentally sensitive operations. She fosters collaborative vendor partnerships grounded in reliability, regulatory compliance, and responsiveness to seasonal operational demands, particularly during wildfire season and winter access periods. These relationships are built on performance history and adherence to environmental and safety standards. Her contracting portfolio reflects a strong commitment to small business participation, with nearly half of all procurements structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. While the majority of awards remain open to all competitors, her consistent use of small business set-asides demonstrates a deliberate effort to expand economic opportunity for local and regional small firms aligned with forest service priorities. Lois’s procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), which accounts for nearly half of her acquisitions, followed by highway and bridge construction (237310) and industrial building construction (236210). She routinely procures services related to fuel reduction, vegetation management, trail rehabilitation, and maintenance of forest infrastructure, demonstrating deep familiarity with the technical and environmental requirements of federal land management operations.