Wendy Whiteman

Wendy Whiteman serves as a key procurement professional within the USDA Forest Service’s CSA Southwest 6 office, responsible for managing complex infrastructure contracts critical to maintaining public safety and ecological integrity across national forests and grasslands in the Southwest. She oversees the acquisition of heavy civil engineering services, forestry support activities, and facility rehabilitation projects that enable sustainable access to federal lands. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to restore and modernize transportation networks, water systems, and infrastructure while ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations and environmental stewardship standards. Whiteman maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including Jilk Heavy Construction, Inc., MWC Group, Inc., Herback General Engineering LLC, JD General Engineering Corp, and White Bear Construction, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in heavy civil construction and specialty trade services tailored to remote, ecologically sensitive environments. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, robust technical evaluations, and long-term vendor collaboration to ensure project reliability and mission readiness. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a strong commitment to socioeconomic diversity, with nearly three-quarters of her awards directed toward HUBZone and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-asides, each accounting for 36.4% of her portfolio. An additional 18.2% are awarded under total small business set-asides, underscoring her dedication to expanding opportunities for disadvantaged and veteran-owned enterprises. Women-Owned Small Business contracts represent a targeted 9.1% of her activity, reflecting a balanced, inclusive acquisition strategy aligned with federal small business goals. Whiteman’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), which accounts for over half of her acquisitions, encompassing road, bridge, and erosion control projects. She also regularly procures support activities for forestry (115310), specialty trade contracting (238990), and essential facility services such as janitorial and automotive maintenance, demonstrating a broad technical domain expertise in mission-critical infrastructure lifecycle management.