Nora Gamino

Nora Gamino serves as a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for the Tahoe National Forest under the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. In this role, she provides critical oversight of contract performance to ensure alignment with agency mission objectives, including forest restoration, wildfire mitigation, and infrastructure stewardship. She acts as the primary liaison between contractors and field personnel, monitoring compliance with technical specifications, safety standards, and environmental regulations. Her acquisitions primarily support operational readiness through specialized field services, equipment maintenance, and ecological resource management contracts, ensuring that contracted work directly advances the Forest Service’s mandate for sustainable land stewardship. While specific contractor names are not currently available, Ms. Gamino maintains structured, performance-based relationships with vendors delivering technical services in forest management and environmental compliance. She works closely with contractors to enforce deliverables tied to ecological outcomes, safety protocols, and regulatory adherence, fostering collaborative, results-driven partnerships that prioritize accountability and mission success. Ms. Gamino demonstrates a strong and consistent commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to empower economically disadvantaged and locally rooted enterprises, ensuring that federal procurement dollars directly benefit small, community-based firms capable of delivering specialized forest service support. Her primary procurement focus is centered on NAICS 213111 — Drilling Oil and Gas Wells — indicating a specialized need for subsurface resource assessment, well remediation, or geotechnical operations within forested lands. This unusual but mission-critical specialization suggests she manages technical contracts involving environmental monitoring, hydrogeological interventions, or controlled subsurface operations to support wildfire prevention, water resource protection, or hazardous material containment in sensitive ecosystems. Her expertise lies at the intersection of environmental science and federal contracting, ensuring compliance with both ecological and procurement regulations.