Annette Arkeketa-Rendon

Annette Arkeketa-Rendon serves as a Small Business Specialist for the W6QM Micc-ft Sill under the Department of the Army, where she plays a pivotal role in advancing small business participation across mission-enabling acquisitions. She supports the agency’s operational readiness objectives by facilitating the procurement of critical services that sustain training infrastructure and quality-of-life support at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Her work centers on ensuring equitable access to contracting opportunities for small businesses while aligning acquisitions with strategic agency priorities in facilities, logistics, and personnel support. She routinely manages and advises on service-based contracts spanning professional, educational, and operational support domains. Annette maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including CDSI, INC., WASTE SOLUTIONS LLC, FOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC, MDM MAC ENTERPRISES INC, and AMBER L CARTER. These partnerships reflect a focus on specialized service providers delivering technical, administrative, and environmental support functions. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, often engaging firms with proven performance in on-post service delivery and mission-critical support environments. She fosters transparent, compliance-driven relationships that prioritize reliability, regulatory adherence, and mission alignment. Notably, Annette’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside preference, indicating a strategic emphasis on full and open competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her role remains deeply committed to small business inclusion through active outreach, mentorship, and ensuring small firms are competitively positioned within open solicitations. Her approach underscores a belief in merit-based competition while expanding pathways for small business engagement. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 519190 (Other Activities Related to Advertising), which dominates her portfolio, followed by engineering services (541330), food service contracting (722310), and educational support (611710 and 611430). She specializes in procuring advisory, training, waste management, and institutional support services that directly enable the day-to-day functioning of a large-scale military installation.