Lydia Moore-Ward

Lydia Moore-Ward serves as a Procurement Technician with the USDA Forest Service, supporting the agency’s mission to sustain national forest and grassland ecosystems through efficient and compliant acquisition processes. In her role, she facilitates the execution of solicitations, evaluates vendor proposals, and administers contracts for critical operational services, with a focus on janitorial, infrastructure support, and workforce housing needs in remote and rugged environments. She works closely with program managers to align procurement activities with operational readiness goals, ensuring timely delivery of essential services that enable field operations, wildfire response, and ecological restoration efforts across federal lands. Lydia maintains consistent working relationships with a select 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 labor services, technical support, and facility management solutions tailored to the Forest Service’s unique operational demands. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, compliance, and performance-based outcomes, fostering long-term vendor collaborations that meet the agency’s needs in transient and high-mobility work settings. A strong advocate for small business participation, Lydia consistently prioritizes Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with 75% of her acquisitions designated for small businesses. This reflects a deliberate strategy to enhance economic opportunity and build a resilient supplier base capable of supporting the agency’s dispersed and often isolated field operations. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a clear commitment to socioeconomic programs that empower small, community-based vendors to contribute meaningfully to federal land management. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 561720 (Janitorial Services), which accounts for half of her portfolio, alongside specialized contracts in workforce housing (721310), heavy civil engineering (237990), and miscellaneous wood product manufacturing (321999). These categories underscore her expertise in procuring services and goods essential to maintaining safe, functional, and sustainable infrastructure in remote forest service locations.