Paul Larsen

Paul Larsen serves as a key procurement lead within the USDA Forest Service’s Csa Intermountain 8 office, overseeing the acquisition of critical infrastructure services essential to maintaining operational continuity across national forests in the Intermountain West. His responsibilities include managing competitive solicitations for heavy civil construction, transportation-related engineering, and facility maintenance contracts that support forest management personnel and public access infrastructure. He ensures compliance with federal procurement regulations while aligning acquisitions with the agency’s mission of environmental stewardship and resilient infrastructure development. His portfolio consistently prioritizes projects requiring technical expertise in structural integrity, environmental compliance, and remote-site logistics. Larsen maintains long-standing relationships with a core group of contractors including JACKSON EXCAVATION, INC, MEDVED GLOBAL INC, CT ELECTRIC LLC, SPRING FOUNTAIN STUDIOS LLC, and VEREN INDUSTRIES LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven experience in heavy civil works, electrical systems for remote facilities, and specialized environmental compliance services. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, with a focus on vendors capable of operating in challenging terrain and under stringent regulatory oversight. A defining feature of Larsen’s procurement strategy is his strong commitment to small business participation, with 95% of his acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate effort to foster economic opportunity among local and regionally based firms, particularly those with expertise in forestry support and rural infrastructure development. His contracting patterns consistently prioritize socioeconomic programs that enhance community resilience and workforce development in underserved areas. His technical focus centers on NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction) and 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), with significant activity in roofing (238160) and transportation equipment manufacturing (336999). He routinely procures services related to road rehabilitation, erosion control, bridge maintenance, and facility upgrades in remote forest service locations, demonstrating deep expertise in mission-critical infrastructure procurement within ecologically sensitive environments.