Ron McLendon II

Ron McLendon II serves as a key procurement lead within the W6QM Micc-ft Belvoir, a U.S. Army installation support organization under the Department of the Army. He is responsible for managing the acquisition of mission-enabling services critical to the sustainment of military infrastructure, with a primary focus on computing infrastructure, data processing, and web hosting solutions. His role ensures that Army installations maintain secure, resilient, and compliant IT environments to support daily operations, personnel services, and administrative functions. McLendon specializes in full lifecycle contract management, from requirements development through award and performance oversight, ensuring alignment with Army readiness objectives and federal acquisition regulations. His contractor relationships are centered on a small but highly specialized pool of vendors, including DISCOUNT TREE SERVICE, INCORPORATED, ACE UNIFORM SERVICES, INC., Quality Biological, Inc., Liberty Communications, Inc., and SPECIAL EVENT FLOORING TECHNOLOGY, LLC. These partnerships reflect a pattern of sustained engagement with firms capable of delivering niche, facility-support services alongside critical IT infrastructure solutions. McLendon’s contracting approach emphasizes reliability, compliance, and mission alignment, often re-engaging vendors with proven performance across multiple contract vehicles. McLendon maintains a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside preference across all procurements, demonstrating a robust commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals under FAR 19.5. He consistently awards contracts to small businesses, ensuring broad participation from disadvantaged, veteran-owned, and locally based firms. His procurement strategy prioritizes capacity building within the small business community, reinforcing the Army’s mandate to foster economic resilience through federal contracting. His technical domain is exclusively focused on NAICS 518210, which encompasses computing infrastructure providers, data processing, and web hosting services. He procures cloud-enabled platforms, secure server environments, network support systems, and related IT operations services essential to sustaining Army administrative and logistical functions. His expertise lies in acquiring scalable, secure, and compliant IT infrastructure that supports both garrison operations and mission-critical data workflows.