Robert Briney

Robert Briney serves as a key procurement lead within the USDA Forest Service’s CSA Southwest 2 office, overseeing acquisitions critical to sustaining forest health and operational resilience across the Southwest. His responsibilities include managing contract lifecycle activities for environmental services, infrastructure support, and reforestation initiatives, ensuring alignment with federal procurement regulations and agency sustainability goals. He primarily handles task orders and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts for site preparation, native plant propagation support, and ecological restoration services, often in remote and ecologically sensitive areas requiring specialized technical expertise. Briney maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors including Raymond Romine, Shane Killian Construction, Cranmer Engineering, Inc., R & R Contracting Inc., and Neils Controlled Blasting LP. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven capabilities in forestry support, controlled blasting, and site remediation. His contracting approach emphasizes reliability, safety compliance, and ecological stewardship, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in performance history and technical proficiency in forest service operations. His procurement strategy is overwhelmingly focused on small business participation, with 94.7% of awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate and sustained commitment to expanding economic opportunity for small, locally based enterprises, particularly those qualified under HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, and general small business categories. He actively prioritizes socioeconomic programs to strengthen community resilience and ensure diverse vendor engagement in federal land management efforts. Briney’s technical focus centers on NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), which accounts for nearly a third of his portfolio, encompassing nursery operations, native plant procurement, and forest health monitoring. He also regularly procures site preparation (238910), janitorial services for field stations (561720), and water infrastructure construction (237110), demonstrating broad expertise in supporting both ecological and operational needs of remote Forest Service units. His domain knowledge spans environmental compliance, wildfire mitigation, and sustainable land management practices.