Margaret (Meg) Shelley

Margaret (Meg) Shelley serves as a key procurement professional within the White River National Forest, supporting the U.S. Forest Service’s mission to sustain ecological resilience and public infrastructure across Colorado’s mountainous public lands. She manages the acquisition of construction and facility services critical to post-wildfire recovery, invasive species mitigation, and the operational upkeep of ranger stations, bunkhouses, and other institutional structures. Her work directly enables the agency’s stewardship priorities by ensuring timely delivery of compliant, high-quality building projects that meet federal environmental and safety standards. Shelley handles full-cycle contracting actions under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, with a primary focus on design-build and construction management contracts for commercial and institutional facilities. She maintains consistent working relationships with specialized contractors such as FRONTIER TINY HOMES, LLC and GERMRIP LLC, both of which deliver modular, durable, and site-adapted structures suited to remote forest environments. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in lightweight, low-impact construction methods and rapid deployment capabilities. Shelley’s procurement approach emphasizes performance-based specifications, technical compliance, and contractor reliability in challenging terrain, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in quality and adaptability. Shelley’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under general competition. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her procurement strategy remains transparent and open to all qualified bidders, ensuring competitive fairness and broad market access. Her approach reflects the agency’s operational urgency and the specialized nature of its construction needs, which often require niche technical capabilities rather than socioeconomic targeting. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 236220 — Commercial and Institutional Building Construction — encompassing new builds, renovations, and infrastructure repairs for forest service facilities. She specializes in acquiring projects requiring compliance with USDA environmental guidelines, sustainable building practices, and seismic or snow-load structural standards unique to alpine regions. Her technical expertise lies in managing complex construction scopes that integrate ecological restoration goals with functional facility outcomes.