Steven Jenkins

Steve Jenkins serves as a key procurement lead within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, overseeing the acquisition of critical civil infrastructure projects essential to public land stewardship. His responsibilities include planning, soliciting, and managing contracts for highway, street, and bridge construction activities that support safe public access, ecological resilience, and long-term infrastructure sustainability. He plays a central role in executing the U.S. Forest Service’s mission to maintain and modernize aging transportation and structural assets across vast federal lands, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations and federal acquisition standards. His portfolio is exclusively focused on construction-related procurements under the NAICS 237310 classification, reflecting deep technical alignment with civil engineering and public works contracting. While specific contractor names are not available, Jenkins consistently engages with qualified small businesses certified under the Small Business Administration’s set-aside programs. His procurement pattern reflects a 100% small business set-aside preference, demonstrating a strong institutional commitment to fostering economic opportunity among small, disadvantaged, and locally based contractors. He prioritizes partnerships with firms possessing proven experience in bridge rehabilitation, road surfacing, erosion control, and stream crossing improvements, often requiring specialized environmental permitting and construction in remote, ecologically sensitive areas. Jenkins’s contracting activity is entirely concentrated in NAICS 237310, indicating specialized expertise in highway, street, and bridge construction. He procures turnkey services involving earthwork, structural steel, concrete placement, culvert installation, and geotechnical stabilization—all tailored to the unique challenges of forested and mountainous terrain. His work demands strict adherence to NEPA compliance, wetland mitigation protocols, and sustainable construction practices, underscoring his technical fluency in environmental infrastructure procurement. His focus ensures that every acquisition supports both public safety and long-term ecosystem health.