Simon Freeman

Simon Freeman serves as an Engineer with the Deschutes National Forest under the U.S. Forest Service, where he plays a critical role in planning, evaluating, and overseeing construction and infrastructure acquisitions aligned with sustainable land stewardship. His responsibilities include technical oversight of commercial and institutional building projects essential to forest operations, including visitor centers, maintenance facilities, and cultural resource protection structures. Freeman ensures all procurements comply with federal construction standards and ecological mitigation requirements, bridging engineering expertise with acquisition strategy to support the agency’s mission of ecological resilience and public safety. While no specific contractor relationships are currently documented, Freeman’s procurement activities consistently engage qualified small businesses capable of delivering specialized construction services in remote, ecologically sensitive environments. He collaborates with vendors possessing proven experience in low-impact building techniques, sustainable materials, and compliance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements. His working relationships are characterized by a preference for vendors with demonstrated capacity for site-specific engineering solutions and long-term maintenance support. Freeman maintains a 100% Small Business Set-Aside orientation under FAR 19.5, reflecting a strong institutional commitment to socioeconomic equity in contracting. All construction acquisitions are reserved exclusively for small businesses, prioritizing firms certified under HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) programs. This pattern underscores a deliberate strategy to stimulate local economic development and build capacity among regional contractors with familiarity of Pacific Northwest terrain and environmental constraints. His primary procurement focus is NAICS 236220—Commercial and Institutional Building Construction—encompassing new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse of forest service facilities. He specializes in procuring projects requiring technical expertise in timber-frame construction, seismic retrofitting, and preservation of historic structures, demonstrating deep domain knowledge in sustainable infrastructure development within protected federal lands.