Sandra E Sandry

Sandra E. Sandry serves as a key procurement lead within the Lolo National Forest, part of the U.S. Forest Service under the Department of Agriculture, where she manages acquisitions critical to sustaining forest infrastructure and ecological resilience. Her responsibilities encompass the planning, solicitation, and award of contracts supporting land management operations, including the maintenance of forest roads, trails, bridges, and associated real property assets. She plays a central role in aligning procurement activities with the agency’s mission to ensure public safety, environmental stewardship, and infrastructure longevity across western Montana’s forested landscapes. Sandry maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of contractors, including Quality Construction Co., YOY INC, Century Warehousing, Inc., Oregon Woods, Inc., and the County of Kootenai. These partnerships reflect a preference for regional and specialized vendors with proven expertise in land-based infrastructure, timber-related logistics, and real property management. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, local capacity, and technical proficiency in executing complex, field-based operations under challenging environmental conditions. Her procurement patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 92.3% of awards issued without set-asides, indicating a focus on full and open competition under FAR Part 15. Only 7.7% of awards are designated as total small business set-asides, suggesting that while small business participation is supported, it is not the primary procurement strategy. This reflects a mission-driven prioritization of capability and readiness over socioeconomic targeting. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 531120 (Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings) and 531190 (Lessors of Other Real Estate Property), indicating a specialization in acquiring land use rights, facility leasing, and real property management services essential to field operations. She routinely procures services related to infrastructure maintenance, temporary site accommodations, and land-based logistics, demonstrating deep expertise in real estate and facility-related contracting within federal land management contexts.