Melissa K. Tamayo

Melissa K. Tamayo serves as a Contracting Specialist within the FA4855 27 Socons Lgc under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisitions that sustain air base infrastructure and operational readiness. She specializes in the procurement of landscaping services and related environmental support systems essential to base resilience, including irrigation, turf management, and native vegetation restoration. Her portfolio ensures compliance with DoD sustainability mandates and supports the agency’s broader goals of modernizing facility landscapes to enhance mission continuity and environmental stewardship. Tamayo maintains a consistent working relationship with ALTUS TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS LLC, a trusted vendor with demonstrated expertise in military-grade landscaping and ecological maintenance. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based service delivery, leveraging task orders and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) mechanisms to ensure responsive, scalable support across multiple installations. She fosters long-term vendor partnerships grounded in accountability, quality assurance, and adherence to federal environmental standards. Her contracting patterns reflect an unwavering commitment to socioeconomic goals, with 100% of her awarded contracts designated as HUBZone set-asides. This reflects a deliberate strategy to prioritize economic development in historically underserved communities while ensuring access to qualified, locally rooted service providers with proven experience in military facility support. Tamayo’s focus reinforces the Air Force’s mandate to advance small business participation through targeted socioeconomic contracting. Her primary technical domain centers on NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services), where she procures comprehensive landscape management solutions including erosion control, stormwater management, and sustainable hardscape installation. She applies deep knowledge of federal environmental regulations and installation-specific landscape requirements to ensure contracts align with Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC) standards and Army Corps of Engineers guidelines.