Chief Information Officer

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Washington Office Chief Information Officer is a civilian sub-agency within USDA that procures information technology and related services to support the agency's IT infrastructure and systems. The CIO office sits within the Forest Service's Washington headquarters and oversees IT strategy, policy, and procurement for the agency's national operations.

Contract activity at the CIO office is minimal and dormant. The agency has issued three federal contract awards cumulatively since 2011, generating a combined potential value of $704 thousand with $616 thousand obligated. Awards were issued in 2011, 2012, and 2013, with the most recent award dated July 2013—no contract awards have been recorded in the past 13 years. All three awards were issued on an open, non-set-aside basis to two distinct prime contractors. The small portfolio and absence of recent activity suggest that the office either consolidates IT procurement through agency-wide or Forest Service regional contracting channels, obtains IT services through government-wide acquisition vehicles (such as GSA schedules or multi-agency contracts), or has shifted IT procurement strategy away from standalone competitive awards.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded against this office. Business development activity should focus on parent Forest Service regional procurement offices or USDA-level IT contracting vehicles if pursuing Forest Service technology work.