Susan Graves

Susan Graves serves as a secondary contracting representative for the Csa Intermountain 9 USDA-FS, supporting the U.S. Forest Service’s mission to maintain and rehabilitate critical infrastructure across national forest lands. She facilitates the acquisition of civil engineering and facility maintenance services essential to public access, resource protection, and operational resilience. Her work centers on procurement for remote infrastructure projects, including water systems, roads, bridges, dams, and visitor facilities, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations and environmental stewardship standards. Graves collaborates closely with project engineers and site managers to align acquisition strategies with field priorities, focusing on timely, cost-effective delivery of mission-critical services. She maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, G.S. Bostic Painting LLC, and Camas Creek Contracting L.L.C., all of which specialize in on-site execution of forest service infrastructure projects. These partnerships reflect a preference for local, regionally based vendors with demonstrated expertise in rugged terrain construction and environmental mitigation. Graves fosters collaborative, performance-driven relationships with contractors who consistently deliver high-quality work under challenging logistical conditions, emphasizing safety, sustainability, and adherence to federal construction codes. Graves is deeply committed to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to prioritize economic opportunity for small, locally owned firms in rural and underserved communities across the Intermountain West. Her contracting patterns consistently channel opportunities to small businesses without reliance on large business prime contractors, reinforcing the agency’s socioeconomic goals and regional workforce development objectives. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 238160 (Roofing Contractors), 238910 (Site Preparation Contractors), and 238310 (Drywall and Insulation Contractors), reflecting a specialization in light construction, site rehabilitation, and facility upgrades for forest service buildings and visitor infrastructure. She routinely manages contracts for earthwork, erosion control, structural finishes, and weatherproofing systems tailored to high-elevation, high-wind, and snow-load environments, demonstrating technical fluency in forest service-specific construction standards.