Michael Corico

Michael Corico serves as a key procurement lead within the USDA Forest Service’s CSA Southwest 7 unit, overseeing the acquisition of critical infrastructure projects essential to national forest operations in the southwestern U.S. His responsibilities include planning, soliciting, and managing contracts for highway, bridge, and drainage infrastructure, ensuring alignment with the agency’s mission to enhance public access, support wildfire response, and maintain resilient transportation networks. He specializes in full-cycle contract administration for construction services under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, with a focus on performance-based specifications and lifecycle cost analysis to ensure long-term infrastructure integrity. Corico maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of experienced contractors, including Atlantic Pacific Standard LLC, 358 Investments, LLC, Boom Concrete Inc, Kramme Construction, LLC, and Schuck Development Corp. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in heavy civil construction, concrete infrastructure, and remote-site project execution. His procurement approach emphasizes reliability, safety compliance, and local capacity, fostering long-term vendor engagement through clear performance metrics and collaborative pre-solicitation outreach. He maintains a strict 100% small business set-aside preference under FAR 19.5, ensuring all highway and bridge construction opportunities are reserved exclusively for small businesses. This reflects a robust commitment to socioeconomic equity, with all awards directed to small business concerns without regard to specific subsets like 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB—prioritizing overall small business participation as a core contracting principle. His procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), encompassing road rehabilitation, culvert installation, erosion control, and bridge deck replacements. He specializes in procuring complex civil works requiring geotechnical expertise, stormwater management systems, and adherence to environmental compliance standards under NEPA and state-specific regulations, demonstrating deep technical fluency in transportation infrastructure modernization for federal land management.