Steven Harriss

Steven Harriss serves as a key procurement professional within the USDA Forest Service, overseeing contracts critical to the agency’s mission of ecological stewardship and operational resilience. He specializes in managing acquisitions under NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—ensuring timely delivery of services that sustain forest health, mitigate wildfire risks, and maintain infrastructure in remote and rugged environments. His work directly supports field operations through the procurement of specialized technical, logistical, and workforce support services essential to the agency’s emergency response and restoration initiatives. Harriss operates within a streamlined contracting framework that prioritizes mission-critical outcomes over socioeconomic set-asides, with all awards designated as unrestricted. His primary contractor relationships include ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, reflecting a consistent reliance on firms delivering specialized forestry support, personnel staffing, medical services for field crews, and technology integration. These partnerships are characterized by recurring, performance-based engagements that emphasize operational continuity, rapid mobilization, and compliance with federal land management protocols. Harriss maintains a vendor ecosystem focused on proven capability in remote-area logistics and ecological service delivery rather than broad-based federal contracting experience. Harriss exhibits no preference for socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of his acquisitions awarded under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical proficiency and mission readiness over socioeconomic targeting, aligning with the Forest Service’s urgent operational demands in high-risk, low-access environments. His contracting approach prioritizes capability, reliability, and speed of execution over programmatic diversity goals. His domain expertise centers exclusively on NAICS 115310, procuring services such as wildfire suppression support, invasive species management, trail and facility maintenance, forestry equipment logistics, and temporary staffing for seasonal field operations. His procurement portfolio is deeply technical, requiring deep understanding of federal land management protocols, environmental compliance, and emergency response frameworks.