Lt Raymond Cordova

Lt. Raymond Cordova serves as a contracting professional within the 436th Contracting Squadron of the Department of the Air Force, supporting the operational readiness of Air Force installations through the acquisition of specialized facility services and infrastructure support. He manages a diverse portfolio of procurement actions aligned with mission-critical maintenance, construction, and security-related services essential to sustaining air base operations. His responsibilities include soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts under FAR Part 19 small business set-asides, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements while prioritizing resilience and continuity of critical airfield functions. Cordova maintains a consistent working relationship with Ostrom Painting & Sandblasting, Inc., a key vendor delivering surface preparation and protective coating services for hangars, aircraft support facilities, and security infrastructure. His contracting approach favors repeat engagement with established contractors who demonstrate technical proficiency in industrial maintenance and facility preservation, fostering long-term vendor partnerships grounded in performance reliability and regulatory compliance. His procurement strategy reflects a strong commitment to small business participation, with 89.5% of his awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This pattern underscores a deliberate focus on empowering small, locally-based firms to contribute to national defense infrastructure, aligning with Department of the Air Force socioeconomic objectives. While set-asides dominate his portfolio, he also executes non-set-aside acquisitions when full and open competition is warranted by urgency or technical specificity. Despite the apparent mismatch, his NAICS focus includes 812210, 562112, and 339113—categories that likely reflect misclassified or legacy coding in procurement systems. His actual technical domain centers on facility maintenance, environmental remediation, and industrial safety services, with recurring needs in locksmithing (561622) and facility security enhancements. Cordova’s expertise lies in translating mission-critical infrastructure requirements into precise, compliant solicitations that ensure air base operational continuity through trusted, small business-enabled contracting.