Sara Ridenour

Sara Ridenour serves as a key procurement professional within the USDA Forest Service, supporting the agency’s mission to sustain national forest and grassland ecosystems through strategic acquisition of critical services and resources. She manages a portfolio focused on operational readiness, emergency response, and ecological restoration initiatives, with a strong emphasis on contracts that enable field-level workforce deployment, technical support, and infrastructure resilience in remote and high-risk environments. Her acquisitions routinely involve personnel services, logistical coordination, and specialized technical support essential to wildfire mitigation, invasive species management, and forest health programs. Ridenour maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of contractors including ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. These partnerships reflect a reliance on niche providers offering temporary and specialized staffing, medical and clinical support, and technology-enabled field operations. Her contracting patterns indicate a preference for agile, mission-aligned vendors capable of rapid mobilization and adaptability in rugged terrains, often under time-sensitive or emergency conditions. She demonstrates a steadfast commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to prioritize small business vendors capable of delivering responsive, localized support aligned with the Forest Service’s decentralized operational model. Her contracting practices consistently channel opportunities to small businesses, fostering economic inclusion while ensuring access to specialized capabilities needed in underserved rural and forested regions. While NAICS data is not available, her procurement activity strongly suggests a focus on professional, scientific, and technical services—including healthcare staffing, environmental consulting, and emergency response support—tailored to the unique demands of federal land management operations. Her expertise lies in aligning workforce and technical procurement with ecological and public safety objectives across diverse, often inaccessible landscapes.