Matthew Jaquette

Matthew Jaquette serves as a key procurement lead within the U.S. Forest Service’s Region 3 Southwestern Regional Office, overseeing the acquisition of critical infrastructure and environmental services essential to public land stewardship. He manages a portfolio of contracts focused on civil works, facility maintenance, and sustainable land management, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations while advancing the agency’s mission of resilient forest infrastructure. His acquisitions primarily support trail and road systems, water and sewer utilities, and visitor facility enhancements, requiring precise technical specifications and environmental compliance standards. Jaquette operates within a streamlined contracting environment that prioritizes efficiency, accountability, and mission alignment across the Southwestern jurisdiction. His primary contractor relationship is with GERMRIP LLC, a vendor consistently engaged for landscaping and land management services. Jaquette’s contracting patterns reflect a long-term, performance-based partnership model, emphasizing reliability, ecological stewardship, and adherence to federal land use protocols. While he maintains a singular primary contractor, his procurement approach supports continuity of operations through repeat engagements grounded in proven performance and compliance with federal standards. Jaquette’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic preference for selecting the most qualified vendor based on technical merit and operational capability, rather than socioeconomic preferences. While no 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides are utilized, his process remains transparent and compliant with all federal procurement equity requirements. His procurement focus is exclusively aligned with NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services), encompassing vegetation management, erosion control, native plant installation, and habitat restoration. He specializes in acquiring services that integrate ecological sustainability with infrastructure resilience, requiring expertise in USDA Forest Service environmental guidelines and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) considerations. His domain expertise lies in the intersection of land management and landscape engineering, ensuring public lands remain accessible, safe, and ecologically sound.