Susan S Lam

Susan S. Lam serves as a Contracting Officer for the U.S. Forest Service’s Region 5 Pacific Southwest Region, where she manages the acquisition of critical services supporting ecological restoration, wildfire resilience, and public land infrastructure maintenance. Her procurement portfolio focuses on enabling operational readiness across high-use forest areas by securing transportation, logistics, and facility support services aligned with the agency’s mission to sustain forest health and public access. She exercises full contracting authority under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, ensuring compliance with environmental, safety, and socioeconomic requirements while delivering mission-critical outcomes through timely and competitive procurements. While specific contractor names are not disclosed in available records, Lam routinely engages with a diverse pool of vendors specializing in air and ground transportation, equipment leasing, and janitorial support services. Her working relationships reflect a preference for flexible, performance-based contracts that accommodate the dynamic needs of remote field operations. She collaborates closely with logistics coordinators and program managers to align contract deliverables with operational timelines, particularly for seasonal or emergency-response requirements in rugged terrain. Lam demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with 30% of her acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. While no other socioeconomic set-asides are predominant, her consistent use of small business set-asides signals a deliberate effort to foster economic opportunity within the regional vendor community and promote competitive bidding among qualified small firms. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 481212 (Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation) and 481219 (Other Nonscheduled Air Transportation), reflecting a heavy reliance on air logistics for transporting personnel, equipment, and suppression resources across inaccessible forest zones. She also procures commercial transportation equipment leasing (532411), motor vehicle transit services (485113), and janitorial services (561720), demonstrating expertise in integrated operational support systems essential for sustaining national forest infrastructure and visitor services.