Rochelle Ross

Rochelle Ross serves as a key procurement professional within the W07V Endist Memphis office of the Department of the Army, overseeing the acquisition of civil engineering, facility maintenance, and installation support services critical to Army operational readiness. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on sustaining military infrastructure, including industrial maintenance systems, engineer yards, and heavy equipment support facilities. Her work directly supports the Army’s mission to ensure resilient, mission-capable bases through timely and compliant contracting under FAR Part 36 and Part 19, ensuring alignment with strategic modernization priorities. Ross maintains strong, recurring relationships with core contractors including M.A. Mortenson Company, Federal Contracting Inc., and Cerris Builders, Inc., reflecting a preference for established firms with proven expertise in heavy civil construction and facility sustainment. Her contracting patterns indicate a reliance on repeat performers with demonstrated capacity to execute complex, multi-year maintenance and rehabilitation tasks under performance-based service contracts. These partnerships are characterized by consistent recompetition and performance-driven award decisions. A defining feature of Ross’s procurement strategy is an overwhelming emphasis on small business participation, with 76.6% of awards set aside for total small businesses under FAR 19.5. She actively prioritizes socioeconomic programs, with notable allocations to Women-Owned Small Businesses and 8(a) firms, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to broadening vendor diversity and enhancing competition among disadvantaged entrepreneurs. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS codes 561730 (Landscaping Services), 561720 (Janitorial Services), 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), and 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), reflecting expertise in installation sustainment, grounds maintenance, and infrastructure rehabilitation. She routinely acquires services related to facility operations, equipment support, and civil works projects essential to Army base resilience and long-term operational capacity.