Sheri A DellaSilva

Sheri A. DellaSilva serves as a Supervisory Contract Specialist within the USDA Forest Service, where she oversees the acquisition lifecycle for mission-critical services supporting forest health, emergency response, and operational resilience across federal lands. Her role involves managing complex procurements aligned with FAR guidelines, ensuring compliance with federal procurement policies while advancing the agency’s strategic priorities in wildfire mitigation, ecological restoration, and infrastructure sustainability. She typically handles service-based acquisitions requiring specialized expertise in healthcare, educational support, and logistics, often navigating the unique challenges of contracting in remote and high-risk environments. DellaSilva maintains established relationships with key 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 balanced mix of large and small business vendors providing specialized staffing, clinical services, and technology solutions tailored to the Forest Service’s workforce and operational needs. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, regulatory compliance, and performance-based outcomes, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in clear statement of work development and rigorous contract administration. Her procurement portfolio reflects an even split between no set-aside and Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5) contracts, demonstrating a strong institutional commitment to small business participation without excluding broader market competition. While she does not favor specific socioeconomic categories like 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB as primary filters, her consistent use of total small business set-asides underscores a deliberate strategy to expand opportunities for small firms capable of delivering mission-critical services in underserved markets. DellaSilva’s primary NAICS focus areas—424490, 611710, 621420, and 812320—reveal a unique blend of procurement activity spanning grocery and related product distribution, educational support services, outpatient mental health and substance abuse centers, and drycleaning and laundry services. This diversity reflects the Forest Service’s broad operational footprint, requiring support for workforce wellness, temporary staffing, facility maintenance, and logistical supply chains in isolated field stations and remote ranger outposts.