Nannette D. Carter-Jafri

Nannette D. Carter-Jafri serves as a Contract Specialist with the USDA Forest Service–SPOC NW, where she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions critical to sustaining the nation’s forest ecosystems. Her work centers on acquiring specialized services for trail and bridge rehabilitation, wildfire resilience infrastructure, reforestation, and maintenance of remote recreational and administrative facilities. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s mission to balance public access with ecological preservation. Carter-Jafri routinely handles task and delivery order contracts under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles, as well as sole-source and competitive acquisitions for technical support services. Carter-Jafri collaborates closely with a network of small business contractors specializing in forestry support activities, fostering long-term partnerships grounded in technical expertise and environmental stewardship. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with proven experience in ecological restoration, forestry operations, and remote infrastructure maintenance. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and clear statement of work development to ensure accountability and mission alignment. A staunch advocate for small business participation, Carter-Jafri applies a 100% total small business set-aside policy across all her acquisitions, in full alignment with FAR 19.5. She actively prioritizes contracting opportunities for small businesses, including those certified under 8(a), HUBZone, and SDB programs, ensuring equitable access to federal resources and promoting economic development in rural and forest-adjacent communities. Her primary procurement focus is NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—encompassing services such as vegetation management, erosion control, fuel reduction, and ecological monitoring. She specializes in acquiring technical, field-based support services that enable sustainable forest management, with deep familiarity in the operational requirements of remote, high-risk environments. Her expertise lies in translating complex ecological objectives into clear, enforceable contract requirements that deliver measurable outcomes.