Susanna D Huston

Susanna D. Huston serves as a Contracting Officer for the Region 4 Intermountain Regional Office of the U.S. Forest Service, where she leads the acquisition of critical support services essential to federal forest land management. In this role, she is responsible for planning, soliciting, awarding, and administering contracts that enable operational readiness, infrastructure stewardship, and resource conservation across federal forest territories. Her portfolio primarily encompasses field-based logistics, facility leasing, aviation support, and forestry operations services, ensuring alignment with the agency’s mission of sustainable land stewardship, wildfire resilience, and public access. Huston exercises full contracting authority under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, with a focus on performance-based outcomes and mission-critical delivery. Huston maintains collaborative relationships with a diverse array of vendors specializing in forestry support services, including contractors providing field operations, equipment maintenance, and logistical coordination. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with small, regionally based firms capable of delivering responsive, on-the-ground services in remote and ecologically sensitive areas. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor partnerships grounded in reliability, environmental compliance, and adaptability to dynamic field conditions. A staunch advocate for small business participation, Huston applies a 100% small business set-aside policy across all eligible acquisitions, fully aligning with FAR 19.5. She prioritizes socioeconomic programs including 8(a), HUBZone, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) certifications, ensuring equitable access to federal contracting opportunities for underserved entrepreneurs. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to build capacity within local and rural economies through sustained small business engagement. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), encompassing services such as prescribed burning, invasive species control, trail maintenance, and forest inventory support. She also procures ancillary business services under NAICS 561439, including administrative and documentation support critical to field operations. Huston’s expertise centers on mission-aligned, non-construction services that directly sustain the operational integrity of federal forest lands.