Paul Lepore

Paul Lepore serves as a Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer within the W6QK Acc-pica organization under the Department of the Army, where he plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisitions that sustain combat systems, maintain installation infrastructure, and enable force projection through reliable logistics and munitions supply chains. He manages a diverse portfolio of contracts spanning defense manufacturing, facility services, and operational support systems, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with strategic modernization goals for ammunition production and military readiness. His work directly supports the Department of Defense’s imperative to maintain agile, resilient, and technologically advanced warfighting capabilities. Lepore maintains consistent contracting relationships with key defense industry partners 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 pattern of engagement with established prime contractors capable of delivering complex technical systems, industrial support services, and mission-critical logistics solutions. His procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, risk mitigation, and long-term vendor collaboration to ensure operational continuity and technical fidelity across high-stakes defense environments. While the majority of his acquisitions—77.8%—are conducted without set-asides, Lepore maintains a meaningful commitment to small business participation, with 22.2% of awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate effort to foster competition and innovation through small business engagement, though without a heavy reliance on specialized socioeconomic programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. His primary procurement focus centers on NAICS codes 423430 (computer and peripheral equipment wholesale), 511210 (software publishers), and 541611 (management consulting services), indicating a strong emphasis on information technology infrastructure, software solutions, and operational advisory services. He also regularly procures specialized industrial products under 337920 (blind and shade manufacturing) and 541519 (other computer-related services), demonstrating expertise in both commercial off-the-shelf and mission-specific technical domains critical to military facility operations and digital modernization.