Sherry D Helmick

Sherry D. Helmick serves as a Contracting Officer for the George Washington/Jefferson National Forest under the U.S. Forest Service, where she oversees the acquisition of goods and services critical to ecological stewardship and public land management. Her portfolio encompasses contracts supporting habitat restoration, trail and campground infrastructure, wildfire mitigation, and watershed protection initiatives. Helmick ensures compliance with federal procurement regulations while aligning acquisitions with the agency’s mission to enhance forest resilience and sustainable recreation. She specializes in managing task orders and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts for complex, multi-year field operations requiring technical expertise in natural resource management. Helmick cultivates strategic partnerships with a diverse array of vendors, primarily small businesses and specialized contractors experienced in forestry support, land management, and environmental services. She works closely with firms possessing demonstrated capability in ecological restoration, hazardous fuel reduction, and sustainable infrastructure development. Her contracting approach emphasizes collaboration, performance accountability, and adherence to environmental compliance standards, fostering long-term vendor relationships built on reliability and technical proficiency in public land contexts. A staunch advocate for small business participation, Helmick consistently prioritizes small business set-asides, with 91.7% of her acquisitions designated under FAR 19.5 for total small business set-asides. Her procurement patterns reflect a strong commitment to socioeconomic programs, regularly awarding contracts to small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, and other eligible small entities. This focus ensures broad economic opportunity while strengthening the local and regional contractor base essential to rural land management. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), 561730 (Landscaping Services), 332313 (Plate Work Manufacturing), 562111 (Solid Waste Collection), and 221310 (Water Supply and Irrigation Systems). She procures services ranging from tree planting and invasive species control to fabrication of trail structures and watershed infrastructure, demonstrating deep technical familiarity with the operational needs of federally managed forest lands.