Sharon Powell

Sharon Powel serves as a key procurement professional within the USDA Forest Service, supporting mission-critical acquisitions that sustain forest health, emergency response, and operational readiness across remote federal lands. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts aligned with the agency’s priorities in wildfire mitigation, ecological restoration, and infrastructure resilience, focusing on equipment, logistics, and specialized services required for field operations in rugged terrain. Her acquisitions directly enable field crews and emergency teams with the tools and support necessary to maintain public safety and ecosystem integrity. Powel 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 blend of technical services, personnel support, and equipment supply capabilities tailored to the Forest Service’s unique operational needs. Her contracting patterns indicate a preference for vendors with proven experience in rural logistics, emergency medical support, and specialized machinery maintenance, fostering reliable, mission-aligned vendor relationships. She demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with 80% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to cultivate capacity among small, disadvantaged, and locally rooted enterprises capable of delivering field-responsive solutions. Her contracting approach actively promotes socioeconomic diversity, ensuring that small business vendors have meaningful access to federal opportunities in support of national forest stewardship. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 333112 (lawn and garden equipment), 111940 (hay farming), 333120 (construction machinery), and 336320 (motor vehicle electrical systems), indicating deep engagement with off-road equipment, fuel and forage logistics, earth-moving machinery, and vehicle electronics critical to remote operations. This technical specialization underscores her expertise in procuring ruggedized, mission-specific assets that operate under extreme environmental conditions.