Mike Honeycutt

Mike Honeycutt serves as a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for the Southern Research Station within the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. In this role, he provides critical oversight of operational contracts supporting field-based ecological research, infrastructure maintenance, and environmental compliance activities. He ensures contractor performance aligns with mission-critical objectives, including the upkeep of remote field laboratories, monitoring equipment, and research site logistics. His procurement focus centers on service-based acquisitions essential to sustaining scientific operations across the Southern region, with an emphasis on contract administration, performance evaluation, and regulatory adherence under FAR guidelines. Mr. Honeycutt maintains a primary working relationship with LSG Management, LLC, a contractor consistently engaged to deliver lodging, hospitality, and site support services for research personnel operating in remote and transient field environments. His procurement patterns reflect a reliance on vendor partnerships that provide turnkey operational support, including accommodation management, food services, and logistical coordination for extended-duration field campaigns. These relationships are characterized by long-term, performance-based engagement with a strong emphasis on reliability, compliance, and mission adaptability. Mr. Honeycutt exhibits a strict commitment to small business participation, with 100% of his acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate and consistent preference for small business contractors, ensuring equitable access to federal opportunities and fostering economic development within underserved communities. His contracting practices align with the Department of Agriculture’s broader socioeconomic goals, prioritizing small business viability and capacity building. His primary NAICS focus is 721110—Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels—indicating a specialized procurement domain centered on temporary lodging and hospitality services for scientific staff. He procures managed accommodations, on-site lodging infrastructure, and related support services critical to sustaining multi-week field research operations, demonstrating deep expertise in non-traditional federal procurement contexts where operational continuity depends on reliable hospitality solutions.