Phyllis R. Coburn-Harriel

Phyllis R. Coburn-Harriel serves as a Contract Specialist within the USDA Forest Service–SPOC IM, where she plays a pivotal role in executing procurement strategies that support the agency’s mission to sustain and modernize national forest infrastructure. She manages the full lifecycle of construction and engineering contracts, with a focus on highway, bridge, and recreational facility projects essential to public access and resource management. Her acquisitions encompass complex civil works requiring compliance with federal construction standards, environmental safeguards, and federal acquisition regulation (FAR) protocols, ensuring that critical infrastructure remains resilient and accessible. Coburn-Harriel maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including GCS LLC, ACME ASPHALT INDUSTRIES INC, and TwentyoneTwentyseven LLC, all of whom have demonstrated expertise in heavy civil construction and forest service-specific project delivery. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and contractor accountability, fostering long-term partnerships with vendors capable of executing technically demanding work in remote and ecologically sensitive environments. She prioritizes reliability, safety compliance, and timely delivery in vendor selection. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong commitment to socioeconomic goals, with nearly half of her awards designated as HUBZone set-asides, reflecting a deliberate strategy to support economically distressed communities. She also actively utilizes total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 and 8(a) competed contracts, ensuring broad participation from small and disadvantaged businesses while maintaining competitive integrity across the acquisition spectrum. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), with significant activity in commercial building construction, water and sewer infrastructure, and heavy civil engineering. She specializes in procuring services related to trail and road rehabilitation, bridge replacement, and campground modernization, demonstrating deep domain expertise in federal forest infrastructure projects requiring coordination with environmental and land management stakeholders.