Martha Montoya

Martha Montoya serves as a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for the Cibola National Forest under the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. In this role, she provides critical oversight of service contracts essential to maintaining forest operations, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and performance standards. Her responsibilities include monitoring contractor performance, verifying deliverables, and facilitating communication between field personnel and vendors to support mission-critical activities such as wildfire mitigation, sanitation services, and public recreation area maintenance. Montoya primarily handles non-construction service acquisitions, with a consistent focus on janitorial and facility support contracts that sustain operational readiness across remote and high-use forest sites. She maintains strong, long-standing relationships with key contractors including RELIANCE CONTRACTORS INC and ALERTWEST, INC, both of which deliver consistent, high-quality janitorial and environmental services across the forest’s dispersed infrastructure. Montoya’s oversight emphasizes accountability, safety, and adherence to performance metrics, fostering collaborative partnerships grounded in reliability and regulatory compliance. These vendors are regularly engaged for recurring, task-based work that supports daily field operations and seasonal demands. Montoya demonstrates a steadfast commitment to socioeconomic contracting, directing 100% of her acquisitions toward total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She prioritizes contracting with small businesses that meet the definition under the Small Business Act, ensuring equitable access to federal opportunities and reinforcing the agency’s mission to strengthen local economies through procurement. Her portfolio reflects a deliberate and consistent preference for small business participation without reliance on other set-aside programs. Her technical expertise centers on NAICS 561720 (Janitorial Services), where she procures comprehensive cleaning, waste management, restroom sanitation, and debris removal services tailored to the unique challenges of forested and recreational environments. This specialization requires deep understanding of environmental compliance, seasonal operational demands, and the use of eco-friendly protocols in sensitive ecological zones.