Rachelle L Jenkins

Rachelle L. Jenkins serves as a key procurement professional within the 355th Contracting Squadron (FA4877) of the Department of the Air Force, supporting the sustainment and modernization of aerospace operations at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions critical to airpower readiness, including specialized aircraft components, avionics systems, maintenance services, and mission-enabling infrastructure. Her work ensures operational continuity by securing technical solutions that support aircraft systems, training platforms, and base facilities, aligning closely with the squadron’s mission to maintain combat-ready air assets through responsive and compliant contracting. Jenkins maintains strong, recurring relationships with a core group of contractors including Miller Electric Company Inc., Atlantic Pacific Standard LLC, DAP Construction Management LLC, BSE Performance, LLC, and Lavish Life Technologies LLC. These partnerships reflect a consistent reliance on vendors with proven expertise in aerospace support, facility maintenance, and industrial equipment services. Her contracting patterns indicate a preference for established contractors with demonstrated capability in delivering complex, mission-critical solutions under tight operational timelines, often involving technical specifications unique to military aviation environments. Her procurement approach prioritizes open competition, with 66.9% of awards issued without set-asides, while maintaining a robust commitment to small business participation—32.5% of awards are structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. Though Women-Owned Small Business participation is minimal at 0.7%, her portfolio reflects a deliberate focus on small businesses capable of delivering specialized technical services rather than broad socioeconomic categories. Jenkins’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), reflecting deep expertise in sourcing aviation-specific hardware and subsystems. She also regularly procures industrial maintenance services (NAICS 811310) and precision instrumentation (NAICS 334513), demonstrating technical fluency in aerospace systems integration, mechanical repair, and control systems procurement essential to sustaining Air Force operational readiness.