Paul Azevedo

Paul Azevedo serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Forest Service’s Csa Intermountain 5 office, overseeing acquisitions that support critical forest ecosystem restoration and infrastructure resilience. His work centers on securing specialized transportation equipment essential for wildfire response, reforestation operations, and remediation efforts across national forest lands. He manages full lifecycle contracting processes—from market research and solicitation development to award and contract administration—ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and alignment with the agency’s mission of ecological stewardship and public safety. Azevedo maintains a consistent partnership with TETRA TECH, INC., and ALLIED ENGINEERING SERVICES INC., both of which provide engineered solutions for forest service mobility and operational support systems. These relationships reflect a preference for contractors with demonstrated expertise in environmental compliance, ruggedized equipment design, and logistics tailored to remote, high-risk terrains. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and technical fidelity, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in regulatory adherence and mission alignment. Azevedo exhibits a 100% commitment to Small Business Set-Aside contracting under FAR 19.5, ensuring all eligible procurements are reserved exclusively for small businesses. This reflects a strategic dedication to fostering economic opportunity within the rural and environmental services sectors, prioritizing small business participation without reliance on other socioeconomic categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. His contracting patterns reinforce the Forest Service’s broader goal of building resilient, locally rooted supply chains. His procurement focus is narrowly concentrated on NAICS 336999—All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing—encompassing custom-built vehicles, trail-ready transport systems, and specialized equipment for forest access and fire suppression. This specialization underscores deep technical expertise in ruggedized, off-road, and environmentally compliant mobility solutions, directly supporting field operations in ecologically sensitive and topographically challenging landscapes.