Olivia Garcia

Olivia Garcia serves as a key procurement professional within the Csa Intermountain 5 USDA-FS, supporting the U.S. Forest Service’s mission to sustain forest ecosystems through strategic acquisition of environmental and technical services. She manages a portfolio of contracts focused on ecological restoration, wildfire preparedness, and infrastructure remediation, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and agency sustainability goals. Her work directly enables field operations by securing expert services that maintain the ecological integrity and operational readiness of national forest lands. Garcia maintains consistent partnerships with TETRA TECH, INC. and ALLIED ENGINEERING SERVICES INC, both of which provide specialized environmental consulting and engineering support for forest health initiatives. These long-standing vendor relationships reflect a preference for firms with proven technical expertise in ecological assessment, reforestation planning, and hazardous fuel reduction. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, requiring contractors to deliver science-driven solutions aligned with Forest Service protocols and environmental standards. A staunch advocate for small business participation, Garcia implements a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside strategy across her acquisitions, fully aligning with FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate commitment to fostering economic opportunity within the environmental services sector by prioritizing small, woman-owned, and minority-owned firms capable of delivering high-quality technical services. Her contracting patterns consistently channel opportunities to small businesses with demonstrated capability in ecological restoration and land management. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services) and 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), reflecting expertise in ecological monitoring, habitat restoration, and site-specific remediation. She procures services ranging from soil and hydrologic analysis to wildfire risk modeling and post-fire reforestation planning, ensuring that technical solutions are grounded in scientific rigor and adaptive management principles.