Zoltan Kiss COR

Zoltan Kiss COR serves as a Contracting Officer’s Representative for the USDA Forest Service’s Intermountain Region, overseeing the acquisition and management of civil infrastructure projects essential to national forest operations. Responsible for ensuring contractual compliance and performance on critical public works, Kiss specializes in the procurement of highway, street, and bridge construction services that maintain access to remote forest lands, protect natural resources, and support visitor safety. His role is central to executing the agency’s mission of sustaining resilient infrastructure across federally managed wilderness areas, with a focus on long-term maintenance and rehabilitation of transportation and water systems. Kiss maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of regional contractors, including McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, G.S. Bostic Painting LLC, and Camas Creek Contracting L.L.C., all of which have demonstrated proven expertise in remote-site civil works. These partnerships are built on reliability, technical proficiency in forest-service-specific standards, and adherence to environmental mitigation protocols. His procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, with close oversight of safety, scheduling, and compliance with federal construction codes applicable to sensitive ecological zones. All of Kiss’s acquisitions are structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a steadfast commitment to fostering economic opportunity within rural and regional small enterprises. He actively prioritizes small business participation, ensuring that contracting opportunities are accessible to firms with demonstrated capacity in infrastructure maintenance, particularly those located within or near National Forest boundaries. His procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 237310—Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction—encompassing road rehabilitation, culvert installation, erosion control structures, and bridge repair on forest service roads. This specialization requires deep familiarity with FHWA guidelines, environmental compliance under NEPA, and the unique logistical challenges of constructing in undeveloped, high-elevation terrains. Kiss’s expertise lies in aligning technical construction requirements with federal procurement regulations to deliver mission-critical infrastructure under stringent environmental and operational constraints.