Rebekah Bramer

Rebekah Bramer serves as a key procurement professional within the USDA Forest Service’s CSA East 6 office, where she manages acquisitions critical to sustaining forest health and public land infrastructure. Her role centers on executing contracting actions that support operational forestry activities, including vegetation management, soil preparation, landscaping, and janitorial services for federal facilities. She ensures alignment with the agency’s mission to promote ecological resilience and public safety through strategic sourcing of essential support services. Bramer handles a high volume of task orders and basic ordering agreements under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, primarily utilizing simplified acquisition procedures to meet urgent field needs while maintaining compliance with federal procurement standards. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including American Classic Construction Inc., Zimmer Plowing LLC, Lewis Mobile Welding LLC, Miller, Shelia D, and Moore & Shryock LLC. These vendors are selected for their proven expertise in forestry support operations, mobile welding for remote equipment repair, snow and debris removal, and site maintenance services. Bramer fosters long-term, performance-based partnerships with these firms, often recompeting contracts through competitive small business set-asides to ensure sustained service quality and contractor accountability. Bramer demonstrates an unwavering commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She prioritizes contracting with small businesses that are certified under socioeconomic programs, ensuring equitable access to federal opportunities for locally rooted, owner-operated firms. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to stimulate rural economic development by directing resources to small enterprises capable of delivering field-responsive services in remote forested regions. Her procurement focus is exclusively aligned with NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—encompassing vegetation control, trail maintenance, erosion control, and forest infrastructure support. She specializes in acquiring services that require on-site, labor-intensive execution in challenging terrain, demonstrating deep technical understanding of silvicultural support operations and the logistical demands of federal land management.