Oscar Mena

Oscar Mena serves as a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for the USDA Forest Service, providing critical oversight of operational contracts that support the agency’s mission to sustain forest and grassland ecosystems. In this role, he ensures contractor performance aligns with federal acquisition regulations and mission-critical objectives, including wildfire mitigation, ecological restoration, and infrastructure resilience in remote terrains. Mena typically manages service-based acquisitions related to personnel support, technical consulting, and emergency response operations, acting as the primary liaison between contracting officers and on-the-ground contractors to ensure compliance, quality, and mission readiness. Mena maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of contractors, including ACI Federal Inc., One Stop Recruiting LLC, Gondo Roy E MD, The Locums Co, LLC, and AMD International Technologies LLC. These partnerships primarily involve specialized staffing, medical and logistical support services, and technology-enabled field operations. His procurement patterns reflect a reliance on vendors with proven experience in federal land management environments, particularly those capable of deploying personnel and systems in austere, high-risk conditions. Mena’s oversight emphasizes performance-based outcomes, contract compliance, and timely delivery of mission-critical services. While no formal set-aside data is available, Mena’s contracting activity suggests a pragmatic approach to vendor selection grounded in capability and operational readiness rather than socioeconomic preferences. His portfolio includes a mix of large and small entities, indicating a focus on mission needs over socioeconomic categorization, though small business participation may occur organically through specialized service providers with niche expertise in forest service operations. Mena’s procurement focus centers on NAICS categories related to professional, scientific, and technical services—particularly human resources staffing (541611), medical and health services (621399), and information technology support (541513). He routinely procures services including field medical support, emergency response personnel, remote IT infrastructure management, and contract-based ecological monitoring. His technical domain expertise lies in securing mission-enabling services that sustain operational continuity across the nation’s most challenging and inaccessible federal lands.