Paul Wood

Paul Wood serves as a key procurement lead within the USDA Forest Service, overseeing the acquisition of critical heavy civil engineering services essential to maintaining the nation’s forest and grassland infrastructure. His responsibilities center on managing contracts that support ecological restoration, wildfire mitigation, and resilience of remote infrastructure—including roads, trails, erosion control structures, and firebreaks—in rugged, often inaccessible terrain. He plays a pivotal role in translating the agency’s operational and environmental priorities into actionable contracting strategies, ensuring that procurements align with federal mandates for sustainability, safety, and emergency preparedness. Wood consistently engages with a focused group of contractors specializing in heavy civil construction and emergency response services, including ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in remote site logistics, specialized earthwork, and workforce mobilization under challenging conditions. His contracting patterns demonstrate a reliance on vendors capable of rapid deployment and compliance with stringent environmental and safety standards. All of Wood’s acquisitions are fully set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5, reflecting a steadfast commitment to socioeconomic equity and the empowerment of small business contractors. He prioritizes small business participation across all contract actions, ensuring that opportunities for growth and capacity-building are extended to firms with the technical agility to serve the Forest Service’s mission-critical needs in underserved regions. His procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 237990—Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction—encompassing earthmoving, grading, drainage systems, retaining structures, and non-structural civil works vital to forest health and public safety. His domain expertise lies in contracting for complex, environmentally sensitive projects requiring adherence to NEPA, ESA, and other federal environmental compliance frameworks.