Marlee O'Keefe

Marlee O’Keefe serves as a key procurement professional within the USDA Forest Service, supporting the agency’s mission to sustain national forest and grassland ecosystems through strategic acquisitions. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on ecological restoration, wildfire mitigation, and operational readiness in remote environments. Her work centers on securing specialized services and technical support critical to forest health management, emergency response, and infrastructure resilience. O’Keefe routinely handles acquisitions under FAR Part 13 and Part 15, ensuring compliance with federal procurement standards while aligning contracts with the Forest Service’s strategic priorities in resource conservation and public safety. She 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 professional staffing, technical consulting, and niche service delivery, particularly in forestry support and emergency medical operations. O’Keefe’s contracting patterns emphasize long-term vendor reliability and domain-specific expertise, often engaging firms with proven experience in federal land management contexts. Her procurement approach prioritizes broad competition, with 68.8% of awards issued under open, no-set-aside conditions, while 31.3% are structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a balanced commitment to both market efficiency and socioeconomic inclusion, with a clear preference for small business participation without mandating specific categories like 8(a) or HUBZone. O’Keefe’s primary focus lies in NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), which accounts for over half of her acquisitions, followed by 541690 (Scientific and Technical Consulting) and 562910 (Remediation Services). She procures specialized services such as invasive species control, forest thinning, soil stabilization, and ecological monitoring, demonstrating deep expertise in environmental remediation and field-based technical operations essential to federal land stewardship.