Leeona D. Baynard

Leeona D. Baynard, SFC, serves as a key contracting professional within the W076 Endist Ft Worth office under the Department of the Army, where she manages the acquisition of engineering services critical to sustaining and modernizing military infrastructure across the continental United States. Her role centers on planning, soliciting, and awarding contracts for facility operations, barracks modernization, and grounds management, ensuring compliance with federal regulations and Army installation standards. Baynard’s acquisitions are strategically aligned with the agency’s mission to maintain safe, functional, and environmentally compliant installations through integrated construction and maintenance support services. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of prime contractors, including M.A. Mortenson Company, Federal Contracting Inc., and Cerris Builders, Inc., all of which provide specialized engineering and construction support. These partnerships are characterized by long-term collaboration on complex, multi-phase projects requiring technical precision and regulatory adherence. Baynard prioritizes performance-based contracting methods and emphasizes contractor accountability through rigorous oversight and deliverable-based evaluations. Baynard exhibits a steadfast commitment to socioeconomic contracting, directing 100% of her acquisitions toward Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to maximize opportunities for small businesses, fostering a competitive environment that empowers minority-owned, women-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned firms to participate in critical infrastructure projects. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize small business participation as a core pillar of mission success. Her procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), encompassing architectural, civil, structural, and environmental engineering disciplines. She procures services related to facility assessments, infrastructure upgrades, landscape design, and utility system improvements, demonstrating deep expertise in technical engineering deliverables that support the Army’s installation resilience and readiness objectives.