Monika W. Wood

Monika W. Wood serves as a Contracting Officer Representative for the USDA Forest Service, providing critical oversight and technical expertise on acquisitions supporting forest management and ecological resilience. In this role, she ensures contract compliance, monitors contractor performance, and facilitates communication between technical teams and contracting personnel to uphold mission-critical objectives in wildfire mitigation, invasive species control, and infrastructure maintenance across remote federal lands. Her responsibilities center on support activities for forestry operations, including field services, logistics, and specialized labor contracts, ensuring that procurement actions align with agency priorities and federal acquisition regulations. Ms. Wood maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of contractors specializing in forestry support services, including ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. These partnerships primarily involve the provision of skilled labor, temporary staffing, and technical consulting services essential to operational readiness in challenging terrain. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, domain-specific expertise, and timely delivery, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in performance accountability and regulatory adherence. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong commitment to small business participation, with 66.7% of her acquisitions designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This demonstrates a deliberate strategy to expand economic opportunity for small, locally rooted enterprises capable of delivering specialized forestry support services. While no set-asides are used for the remaining third, the overwhelming preference for small business awards underscores her alignment with federal socioeconomic goals and the Forest Service’s mission to empower community-based contractors. Ms. Wood’s procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 115310 — Support Activities for Forestry — encompassing services such as prescribed burning assistance, fuel reduction, trail maintenance, pest management support, and emergency response logistics. Her technical domain expertise lies in contracting for field-based, labor-intensive operations that require specialized knowledge of forest ecology, safety protocols, and remote-area logistics, ensuring that all acquisitions directly enhance the sustainability and resilience of national forest ecosystems.