Matthew Gagnon

Matthew Gagnon serves as a Supervisory Contract Specialist within the USDA Forest Service, where he oversees the acquisition lifecycle for mission-critical services supporting forest and grassland management. His role involves planning, soliciting, awarding, and administering contracts aligned with the agency’s priorities in ecological restoration, wildfire mitigation, and operational resilience in remote environments. He specializes in procurement under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements while enabling timely delivery of support services essential to field operations and emergency response. Gagnon’s portfolio primarily encompasses professional, technical, and logistical contracts that sustain the Forest Service’s workforce and infrastructure. Gagnon 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 forestry support, workforce staffing, medical services for field personnel, and technology integration. His contracting approach emphasizes reliability, performance-based outcomes, and long-term vendor collaboration, particularly with firms experienced in delivering services under challenging environmental conditions and in geographically isolated areas. While the majority of his acquisitions are unrestricted, Gagnon demonstrates a deliberate and consistent commitment to small business participation, with approximately 25% of his contracts set aside for total small business concerns under FAR 19.5. He actively leverages socioeconomic programs to foster competition and expand opportunities for small businesses capable of delivering forestry support and waste management services, though no specific set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB dominate his portfolio. Gagnon’s procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), which encompasses services like invasive species control, prescribed burning support, trail maintenance, and forest health monitoring. He also regularly procures solid waste collection services under NAICS 562111 to maintain sanitation and environmental compliance on federal lands. His technical expertise lies in acquiring field-based, mission-critical support services that directly enable the Forest Service’s operational readiness and ecological stewardship objectives.