Wade Jerome

Terry Jerome serves as a Contracting Officer’s Representative for the USDA Forest Service, providing critical oversight and administrative support for procurement actions related to forest management and operational readiness. In this role, Terry ensures contract compliance, monitors contractor performance, and facilitates communication between technical teams and vendors to advance the agency’s mission of ecological restoration, wildfire mitigation, and infrastructure resilience in remote environments. Terry routinely handles acquisitions under simplified acquisition procedures and performance-based contracts, with a focus on services that directly support field operations, including forestry support activities and logging operations. Terry maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of 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 reliance on specialized service providers offering workforce solutions, medical support for field personnel, and technical consulting tailored to the unique demands of federal land management. Terry’s contracting patterns emphasize reliability, regulatory compliance, and mission alignment, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in performance metrics and clear deliverables. Terry demonstrates a strong and consistent commitment to small business participation, with 100% of procurements structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to maximize economic opportunity for small businesses, particularly those certified under socioeconomic programs, and ensures that contracting resources directly benefit the small business community while delivering mission-critical services. Terry’s procurement portfolio is heavily concentrated in NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), which encompasses forest health assessments, invasive species control, and wildfire prevention services, with a secondary focus on NAICS 113310 (Logging) for sustainable timber operations. These categories reflect deep technical expertise in ecological management and operational forestry, requiring contractors with specialized knowledge in federal land use regulations, environmental compliance, and rugged terrain logistics.