Toinette Aranda

Toinette Aranda serves as a key procurement professional within the USDA Forest Service-spoc Software, supporting mission-critical infrastructure and environmental stewardship initiatives. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on civil engineering, land management support, and ecological restoration services, ensuring alignment with federal sustainability and public safety objectives. Her work centers on securing specialized contracting services for road and bridge maintenance, hazardous tree removal, reforestation, and site preparation, often requiring technical expertise in environmental compliance and federal construction standards. Aranda plays a vital role in translating the agency’s operational needs into compliant, high-impact contracts that advance forest resilience and long-term land stewardship. Her primary contractor relationship is with McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, a trusted vendor with demonstrated capability in complex site development and environmental remediation. Aranda consistently engages this partner for multi-disciplinary projects requiring integrated civil works, site grading, and ecological mitigation services. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established small business partners with proven field experience, fostering long-term, performance-based vendor relationships grounded in reliability and regulatory adherence. Aranda demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with over 82% of her awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. Her procurement strategy prioritizes small business participation, with minimal use of open competitions and only marginal allocations to Women-Owned Small Businesses. This pattern underscores her dedication to expanding economic opportunity within the federal contracting ecosystem while ensuring mission readiness through capable, locally rooted vendors. Her primary NAICS focus includes Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (238220), Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (237310), and Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220), reflecting her specialization in infrastructure support for remote forest service facilities. She frequently procures services related to utility integration, structural rehabilitation, and environmental site preparation, demonstrating deep familiarity with federal construction codes, NEPA compliance, and field-based engineering requirements.