Steven Dahlgren

Steven Dahlgren serves as the primary contracting lead for the Csa Intermountain 5 USDA-FS, overseeing the acquisition of critical support services essential to sustaining national forest ecosystems. In this role, he manages a diverse portfolio of contracts aligned with the Forest Service’s mission of ecological restoration, wildfire preparedness, and infrastructure resilience. His procurement activities focus on operational support, environmental remediation, and field logistics, ensuring that contracting strategies directly enable on-the-ground forest health initiatives. Dahlgren specializes in soliciting and awarding task orders under indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles and other flexible contracting mechanisms tailored to dynamic field requirements. Dahlgren maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including TETRA TECH, INC. and ALLIED ENGINEERING SERVICES INC., both of which provide specialized environmental engineering and field support services. His procurement patterns reflect a preference for long-term, performance-based partnerships with firms capable of delivering technical expertise in forestry operations, ecological monitoring, and resource management. These vendor relationships are built on proven capacity to meet stringent federal environmental compliance standards and respond rapidly to emergency restoration needs. A hallmark of Dahlgren’s contracting approach is his strong commitment to socioeconomic diversity, with 93.8% of his awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. He actively prioritizes small business participation, consistently directing opportunities to small disadvantaged businesses and ensuring alignment with federal small business goals. His 8(a) competed awards further demonstrate a deliberate strategy to foster capacity-building among underserved entrepreneurs in the environmental services sector. His primary NAICS focus centers on Support Activities for Forestry (115310), reflecting deep expertise in contracting for reforestation, fuel reduction, and habitat restoration services. Additional procurement activity includes specialized support for equipment leasing, civil construction, and environmental remediation, showcasing a multidisciplinary approach to managing the complex logistical needs of federal land management operations.