Matthew E. Markovich

Matthew E. Markovich serves as a key procurement professional within the USDA Forest Service, responsible for managing acquisitions that support the agency’s mission of ecological restoration, wildfire mitigation, and operational readiness in remote terrains. He specializes in securing critical support services for forestry operations, ensuring that contracting activities align with federal mandates for sustainability, safety, and resource stewardship. His portfolio primarily encompasses contract vehicles for field-based technical assistance, logistical support, and specialized personnel services essential to maintaining forest health and infrastructure resilience across national lands. Markovich 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 focus on niche service providers offering workforce solutions, medical support for field personnel, and technical expertise in forest management operations. His contracting patterns emphasize reliability, mission alignment, and rapid mobilization, particularly for roles requiring specialized knowledge of federal land management protocols and emergency response readiness. His procurement strategy is uniformly oriented toward small business participation, with 100% of his acquisitions set aside under FAR 19.5 for total small business contracting. This reflects a deliberate and sustained commitment to fostering economic opportunity among small, independent vendors capable of delivering agile, localized support services. He consistently prioritizes firms that demonstrate capacity in forestry support, workforce deployment, and field-based technical services, reinforcing the agency’s broader goal of empowering small business communities in rural and forest-adjacent regions. Markovich’s primary procurement focus is concentrated under NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—encompassing services such as vegetation management, invasive species control, trail and infrastructure maintenance, and operational logistics for remote field teams. His expertise lies in acquiring specialized labor and technical support that directly enables the Forest Service’s on-the-ground mission, ensuring that contracting decisions are grounded in the unique operational demands of managing vast, ecologically sensitive federal lands.