Renee Phillabaum

Renee Phillabaum serves as a key procurement lead within the Western Zone of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, overseeing acquisitions that support the agency’s mission of sustainable land stewardship and public safety. She manages a diverse portfolio of service-based contracts focused on operational support functions critical to maintaining national forest infrastructure, including facility maintenance, administrative services, and resource management support. Her work directly enables field operations by ensuring timely delivery of non-technical but mission-critical business services that sustain day-to-day agency functions and enhance public access to forest lands. While specific contractor names are not publicly detailed, Phillabaum maintains consistent partnerships with small business vendors capable of delivering specialized administrative and business support services. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, compliance, and responsiveness, fostering long-term vendor relationships with firms that demonstrate capacity to meet the unique logistical and environmental demands of federal land management operations. She prioritizes vendors with proven experience in remote-site service delivery and federal regulatory adherence. Phillabaum maintains a 100% small business set-aside preference across all her procurements, fully aligning with FAR 19.5 guidelines. Her contracting patterns reflect a robust commitment to socioeconomic goals, consistently awarding contracts to small businesses, including those certified under 8(a), HUBZone, and women-owned small business programs. This unwavering focus ensures equitable access to federal opportunities while strengthening local economies within the Western Zone’s jurisdiction. Her primary procurement focus is centered on NAICS 561439—Other Business Service Centers—including copy shops, document management, and administrative support services. She specializes in acquiring services such as records management, printing, data entry, and office support tailored to the decentralized, field-based nature of Forest Service operations. Her technical domain expertise lies in procuring low-tech, high-impact administrative solutions that enable efficient land management without requiring advanced technical infrastructure.