Tenisha Austin

Tenisha Austin serves as a key procurement professional within the FA3010 81 Cons Cc, a unit of the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing critical infrastructure and medical support systems. She manages acquisitions aligned with the agency’s mission to ensure operational readiness through facility upgrades, medical equipment modernization, and mission-critical environmental and communications systems. Her portfolio primarily encompasses construction, facility maintenance, and specialized medical and analytical instrumentation, requiring deep technical understanding of compliance with federal construction standards and defense-specific procurement regulations. She plays a pivotal role in executing contracts that directly support Air Force base infrastructure resilience and medical diagnostic capabilities. Austin maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, MARK DUNNING INDUSTRIES, VETERAN ELEVATED SOLUTIONS, LLC, TRIPOD CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC, and SDVO MONITORING SERVICES, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, niche providers capable of delivering complex facility upgrades, specialized monitoring systems, and veteran-owned service solutions. Her contracting patterns indicate a reliance on proven vendors with demonstrated expertise in military-grade construction and maintenance, often engaging them across multiple contract vehicles for recurring or phased projects. Her procurement approach is heavily oriented toward open competition, with 88.5% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions, reflecting a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic categorization. Nevertheless, she consistently allocates 11.5% of awards to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but intentional commitment to small business participation, particularly among firms with specialized construction and defense-support capabilities. Austin’s technical focus centers on NAICS 811219 (Other Building Equipment Contractors), 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing), and 334510 (Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing), indicating a strong emphasis on procurement of diagnostic medical equipment, precision environmental monitoring systems, and facility maintenance services essential to Air Force medical and infrastructure readiness. Her expertise lies at the intersection of facility lifecycle management and advanced medical technology acquisition.