Tami Mitchell

Tami Mitchell serves as a Purchasing Agent for the USDA Forest Service, where she plays a critical role in acquiring goods and services essential to the agency’s mission of sustaining national forest and grassland ecosystems. She manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions, from requirement development and market research to contract award and administration, ensuring alignment with federal acquisition regulations and agency operational priorities. Her portfolio primarily supports field-level operations, including wildfire mitigation, invasive species control, and infrastructure resilience in remote terrains, with a focus on timely, compliant, and mission-critical acquisitions. Mitchell maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. These partnerships reflect a strategic reliance on firms capable of delivering niche support services such as forestry operations assistance, temporary staffing for seasonal field work, medical services for remote crews, and technical logistics solutions. Her contracting patterns emphasize reliability, domain-specific expertise, and proven performance in high-risk, low-access environments. A steadfast advocate for small business participation, Mitchell applies a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside strategy across all her procurements, in full compliance with FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate and sustained commitment to empowering small businesses, ensuring equitable access to federal contracting opportunities while strengthening the capacity of the rural and specialized vendor base that supports Forest Service missions. Her procurement activities are exclusively focused on NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—encompassing services such as timber stand improvement, fuel reduction, ecological restoration, pest management, and field support logistics. She specializes in contracting for technical, labor-intensive, and mission-critical services that directly enable operational readiness and ecosystem health across the nation’s federal forest lands.