Sarae Leuckel

Sarae Leuckel serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Forest Service’s Region 3 Southwestern Regional Office, overseeing acquisitions critical to sustaining forest infrastructure and public land stewardship. Her responsibilities center on managing contracts that support civil works, facility maintenance, and environmental services, with a strong emphasis on training and workforce development initiatives. She plays a pivotal role in aligning procurement activities with the agency’s strategic priorities, including trail and road resilience, water and sewer system integrity, and visitor facility enhancements. Leuckel primarily handles service-based acquisitions under the NAICS 611430 category, focusing on professional and management development training programs that build technical capacity among federal and contractor personnel. Her primary contractor relationship is with GERMRIP LLC, a vendor consistently engaged to deliver specialized training and organizational development services. Leuckel’s contracting patterns reflect a preference for long-term, performance-based partnerships with this firm, indicating a reliance on proven expertise in adult learning methodologies, leadership curriculum design, and federal workforce competency frameworks. These vendor relationships are characterized by repeat engagements and a focus on mission-aligned outcomes rather than transactional procurement. Leuckel’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside approach, with no use of 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic preferences. This indicates a deliberate focus on technical capability and programmatic fit over socioeconomic targeting, prioritizing contractor expertise and past performance in delivering high-quality training services. Her industry focus is narrowly concentrated on NAICS 611430, which encompasses professional and management development training. She procures customized instructional programs, leadership academies, compliance training, and operational workforce development solutions tailored to the unique demands of federal land management. Her domain expertise lies in designing and managing training contracts that enhance workforce readiness for complex environmental and infrastructure operations across remote and high-traffic public lands.