MSgt Kendra Strnad

MSgt Kendra Strnad serves as a key procurement professional within the FA4407 375th Contracting Squadron, Department of the Air Force, where she manages facility-related acquisition programs critical to sustaining Air Force installation readiness. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of architectural services contracts, ensuring compliance with federal building standards and mission-critical infrastructure requirements. She specializes in procuring design, planning, and engineering services essential to maintaining airfield facilities, lodging infrastructure, and environmental compliance systems. Strnad’s acquisitions directly support the agency’s mission to preserve operational environments through precise, regulated, and timely contract execution. Strnad maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of primary contractors, including CHALLENGE UNLIMITED, INC., JAYTECH, INC., and NORTH AMERICAN IMPORT AND EXPORT COMPANY LLC. These vendors are routinely engaged for specialized architectural design, facility planning, and technical documentation services. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, technical proficiency, and adherence to federal construction codes, fostering long-term partnerships with firms that demonstrate proven expertise in military facility modernization and regulatory compliance. Strnad’s contracting portfolio reflects a strict preference for unrestricted, full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without set-asides. This indicates a focus on selecting the most technically qualified offerors regardless of socioeconomic status, prioritizing mission-critical performance over socioeconomic targeting. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, her process remains transparent and compliant with all federal acquisition regulations. Her procurement activity is exclusively concentrated in NAICS 541310 (Architectural Services), underscoring deep specialization in facility design, space planning, and construction documentation for DoD installations. She routinely awards contracts for architectural renderings, structural assessments, code compliance reviews, and integrated building system designs, demonstrating domain expertise in military-grade facility engineering and infrastructure sustainment.