Nicole Estrada

Nicole Estrada serves as a key procurement lead within the W6QK Acc-pica organization under the Department of the Army, responsible for managing acquisitions that sustain critical military infrastructure and operational readiness. Her work centers on securing landscaping and grounds maintenance services essential to the integrity and functionality of Army installations, ensuring compliance with environmental standards and force protection protocols. She executes full lifecycle contracting actions—from market research and solicitation development to award and performance monitoring—supporting the agency’s mission to maintain base-wide operational continuity and readiness through reliable, mission-critical support services. Estrada maintains longstanding relationships with a core group of established defense and federal support contractors, including NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, GENERAL DYNAMICS OTS (WILKES BARRE), LLC, THE LOCKWOOD GROUP LLC, LOGISYS TECHNICAL SERVICES INC, and PROGSIT LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced vendors with proven track records in large-scale installation support, environmental compliance, and military facility sustainment. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based service delivery, quality assurance, and adherence to DoD facility maintenance standards. Estrada’s procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on leveraging industry-wide capacity and technical expertise rather than socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing capability, scalability, and mission alignment over socioeconomic classification. While small business participation is not formally targeted, vendors of all sizes compete equitably based on technical merit and past performance. Her primary procurement focus is exclusively under NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services), encompassing turf management, erosion control, irrigation system maintenance, hazardous vegetation removal, and grounds beautification for military installations. This specialization underscores deep expertise in installation sustainability, environmental stewardship, and the unique operational demands of Army bases requiring continuous, high-standard landscape services to support readiness and morale.