Rayma Daigle

Rayma Daigle serves as a key procurement professional within the Stewardship Contracting Branch of the U.S. Forest Service, advancing the agency’s mission of ecological restoration through strategic contracting. She manages a portfolio of complex, landscape-scale stewardship contracts that integrate timber harvesting with watershed protection, wildfire risk reduction, and infrastructure maintenance. Her acquisitions are designed to achieve long-term forest health outcomes by aligning commercial timber operations with ecological restoration goals, often involving multi-year, performance-based agreements that require coordination across multiple federal, state, and local stakeholders. Daigle’s work is central to implementing the Forest Service’s stewardship contracting authority under Title III of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors including Brink Brothers Inc., Peak Engineering LLC, Miller Timber Services, Inc., AZ Hammer Down, LLC, and Dennis Kirby, all of whom possess demonstrated expertise in forest management, mechanical thinning, and ecological restoration services. These partnerships are built on technical proficiency, operational reliability, and alignment with federal environmental standards, reflecting a preference for contractors with proven experience in silvicultural practices and forest ecosystem restoration. Daigle’s procurement strategy does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of her acquisitions issued as full and open competitions. This reflects a focus on technical capability and operational readiness over socioeconomic criteria, prioritizing the most qualified firms capable of executing complex, high-stakes stewardship projects across diverse terrain and environmental conditions. Her primary procurement focus is exclusively under NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—encompassing services such as fuel reduction, trail maintenance, erosion control, and forest thinning. She specializes in contracting for ecological restoration activities that require specialized equipment, certified personnel, and adherence to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements, demonstrating deep domain expertise in sustainable forestry and landscape-scale resource management.