Seth Cole

Seth Cole serves as a Technical Contact for the USDA Forest Service, providing critical technical oversight and requirements validation for acquisitions supporting forest management and ecological resilience. In this role, he collaborates closely with contracting officers to define performance-based specifications, evaluate technical proposals, and ensure compliance with operational needs in remote and high-risk environments. His work directly enables mission-critical procurements related to wildfire response, invasive species mitigation, and infrastructure maintenance on federal lands, ensuring that technical solutions align with field realities and agency standards. He is a key liaison between field operations and procurement teams, bridging technical expertise with acquisition strategy. Cole consistently engages with a select group of specialized 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 focus on niche technical services—ranging from forestry support and emergency medical staffing to specialized logistics and technology integration. His working relationships are characterized by long-term engagement with vendors who demonstrate deep domain knowledge in rural and wilderness operational contexts, prioritizing reliability, adaptability, and compliance with federal environmental and safety protocols. All of Cole’s acquisitions are structured under a 100% Small Business Set-Aside, reflecting a steadfast commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals under FAR 19.5. He actively promotes participation from small businesses, including those certified under HUBZone, 8(a), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business programs, ensuring that contracting opportunities directly support economic development in rural and forest-adjacent communities. His procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—which encompasses services such as vegetation management, fuel reduction, ecological monitoring, and emergency response support. Cole’s technical expertise lies in procuring field-ready, mission-critical solutions that enhance forest health, improve operational readiness, and sustain ecosystem integrity across the nation’s public lands.