Nathan Eby

Nathan Eby serves as a Forestry Technician with the USDA Forest Service, playing a critical role in supporting operational readiness and ecological restoration efforts across federal forest lands. His responsibilities include assessing forest health, coordinating invasive species control, and facilitating infrastructure maintenance in remote and rugged terrains. Within the agency’s procurement mission, Eby acts as a technical liaison, identifying and validating acquisition needs for specialized forestry support services. He routinely initiates and reviews contract requirements for field-based operations, ensuring alignment with federal land management standards and emergency response protocols. His acquisitions are primarily focused on contracting technical services that enable sustainable forest stewardship and wildfire mitigation. Eby maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. These partnerships are centered on delivering skilled labor, medical support for field crews, and technical expertise in forestry operations. His contracting patterns reflect a preference for vendors with proven experience in remote-site service delivery, ecological monitoring, and emergency response logistics. These relationships are characterized by recurring, task-based engagements that prioritize responsiveness, safety compliance, and technical proficiency in forested environments. Eby demonstrates a full commitment to small business participation, with 100% of his procurements structured under the Small Business Set-Aside provisions of FAR 19.5. All acquisitions are intentionally reserved for small businesses, ensuring equitable access to federal forestry contracts and fostering economic resilience in rural and underserved communities. His consistent use of set-aside authorities reflects a strategic alignment with USDA’s socioeconomic goals and a dedication to building capacity among qualified small contractors in the forestry sector. His procurement activity is exclusively focused on NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—encompassing services such as tree planting, fuel reduction, trail maintenance, pest detection, and wildland fire support. Eby’s technical domain expertise lies in field-based ecological operations, and he specializes in procuring labor-intensive, mission-critical services that sustain forest resilience and public land accessibility.