Rachel Rickabaugh

Rachel Rickabaugh serves as a key procurement professional within the FA4855 27 SoCons Lgc, a critical contracting office under the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining air base operational readiness. She manages a diverse portfolio of construction, facility systems, and communications infrastructure acquisitions, ensuring mission-critical facilities meet modern resilience and security standards. Her work directly supports the modernization of HVAC, wastewater treatment, and secure communications systems essential to Air Force base functionality. Rickabaugh specializes in complex, multi-year contract actions involving technical specifications for building systems and integrated infrastructure services, often coordinating with engineering and logistics teams to align procurement with long-term sustainment goals. She maintains a consistent working relationship with ALTUS TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS LLC, a trusted contractor delivering specialized facility and communications support services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and technical compliance, fostering long-term vendor partnerships built on reliability and adherence to federal construction and IT standards. Rickabaugh’s procurement cycle typically involves competitive sealed bidding and negotiated acquisitions under FAR Part 36 and Part 13, with a strong emphasis on lifecycle cost analysis and risk mitigation. Her contracting pattern reflects a robust commitment to small business participation, with 72.7% of awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She actively leverages socioeconomic programs to promote access for small, disadvantaged, and veteran-owned firms, aligning with Department of the Air Force mandates for equitable opportunity. This pattern underscores a strategic focus on building a resilient, diverse supplier base capable of supporting agile base operations. Rickabaugh’s primary NAICS focus includes textile bag and canvas manufacturing, religious organizations, power boiler and heat exchanger manufacturing, medical equipment wholesale, and radio/telecommunications equipment manufacturing. These reflect a unique blend of facility support goods and niche technical procurement needs, indicating expertise in sourcing both conventional infrastructure components and specialized communication hardware critical to secure military operations.