Nancy L. Ruggeri

Nancy L. Ruggeri serves as a Contracting Officer for the USDA Forest Service, where she manages a diverse portfolio of acquisition actions critical to sustaining the nation’s forest and grassland ecosystems. Her responsibilities include planning, soliciting, awarding, and administering contracts that support ecological restoration, wildfire mitigation, infrastructure resilience, and emergency response operations in remote and rugged terrains. She specializes in procuring engineering, construction, and support services essential to maintaining operational readiness across federal lands, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and mission-driven outcomes. Ruggeri maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. These partnerships span technical support, staffing services, and civil engineering disciplines, reflecting her reliance on both large and small vendors capable of delivering specialized expertise in field operations, workforce mobilization, and infrastructure development under challenging environmental conditions. Her procurement strategy prioritizes small business participation, with over 40% of awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a strong commitment to fostering economic opportunity within the contracting community. While the majority of acquisitions are unrestricted, she also routinely utilizes Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and HUBZone set-asides, aligning with federal socioeconomic goals and enhancing contractor diversity in mission-critical roles. Ruggeri’s primary NAICS focus areas include Support Activities for Forestry, Highway/Street/Bridge Construction, Water and Sewer Line Construction, and Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. She frequently procures services related to forest trail maintenance, erosion control, firebreak development, water infrastructure, and structural improvements on federal lands. Her technical expertise lies in civil works, environmental support services, and workforce mobilization for remote field operations, ensuring contracts deliver durable, mission-aligned outcomes across the Forest Service’s vast operational footprint.