Shermaine Malone

Shermaine Malone serves as a key procurement lead within the FA5270 18 Cons Pk unit of the Department of the Air Force, responsible for managing critical infrastructure contracts that sustain airfield operations and mission-critical facilities across the Indo-Pacific region. Her work directly supports the agency’s mandate to ensure rapid airfield damage repair, facility integrity, and continuous force projection by overseeing the acquisition of essential utilities, logistics, and maintenance services. She handles complex, mission-driven procurements under firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement contract types, with a focus on sustaining operational readiness through timely and compliant acquisition actions. Malone maintains consistent working relationships with two primary contractors—GILBANE JAPAN GK and KYUNAN CO., LTD.—both of which provide specialized engineering, facility maintenance, and infrastructure support services tailored to military installations in the Pacific theater. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, technical proficiency, and regional operational familiarity, favoring established vendors with proven experience in austere environments and DoD compliance standards. These partnerships reflect a pattern of long-term, performance-based contracting rather than transactional procurement. There is no set-aside preference in her portfolio; all acquisitions are conducted as full and open competitions, reflecting a mission-first approach that prioritizes capability and readiness over socioeconomic categorization. While small business participation is not formally incentivized, her contracting actions remain fully compliant with all federal acquisition regulations, ensuring transparency and fair competition. Her procurement focus is concentrated in two primary NAICS categories: 221122 (Electric Power Distribution) and 493110 (General Warehousing and Storage). She regularly acquires services related to electrical grid maintenance, emergency power restoration, fuel and supply storage, and inventory logistics systems essential to airfield sustainability. Her technical expertise lies in the integration of utility resilience and supply chain operations within high-demand, expeditionary military environments.