Steve Lucas

Steve Lucas serves as a Forest Archaeologist with the USDA Forest Service, where he plays a critical role in ensuring compliance with federal historic preservation laws, including the National Historic Preservation Act and Section 106 review processes. His work directly supports the agency’s mission to manage cultural resources within national forests and grasslands, integrating archaeological assessments into land management planning, infrastructure projects, and wildfire mitigation efforts. He routinely oversees the acquisition of specialized cultural resource surveys, archaeological excavations, heritage documentation, and tribal consultation services, ensuring that federal actions do not adversely affect historic properties. His procurement activities are tightly aligned with environmental compliance and ecological restoration initiatives across remote and sensitive landscapes. Lucas maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of contractors specializing in cultural resource management, including ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. These partners provide expert field archaeologists, cultural resource specialists, and technical consultants capable of delivering high-quality surveys, data analysis, and reporting under strict federal standards. His contracting patterns reflect a preference for firms with demonstrated experience in federal land contexts, tribal collaboration, and rapid-response field capabilities in rugged terrain. While no set-aside data is currently available, Lucas’s procurement practices are inherently aligned with the need for specialized, niche expertise, which often leads to engagement with small businesses and minority-owned firms possessing unique qualifications in archaeological surveying and heritage management. His approach prioritizes technical competency and regulatory compliance over socioeconomic categories, though small business participation is neither discouraged nor overlooked. His primary procurement focus lies within cultural resource management services, including NAICS categories related to archaeological surveying, historic preservation consulting, and environmental compliance support. He procures services such as Phase I and II archaeological investigations, ethnographic studies, GIS-based cultural inventory mapping, and tribal heritage documentation—demanding highly specialized technical knowledge in federal land management contexts.