Tiana Salgado

Tiana Salgado serves as a key procurement professional within the Department of the Air Force’s FA2517 21 Cons Bldg 350 office, supporting the modernization and operational resilience of critical defense infrastructure. She manages acquisition programs focused on mission-critical facility systems, including advanced electronic communications, fire safety upgrades, and integrated security technologies essential to Air Force installation readiness. Her work ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with strategic infrastructure modernization goals, particularly in environments requiring high reliability and cybersecurity resilience. Salgado maintains consistent contracting relationships with a select group of specialized vendors, including ASTERI CONSULTING SERVICES LLC, AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, ARHAB LLC, and PRIMEPRO BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with demonstrated expertise in defense-compatible construction, technical systems integration, and facility sustainment. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous compliance, and long-term vendor collaboration to ensure mission continuity and infrastructure durability. A strong advocate for small business participation, Salgado prioritizes Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with approximately 60% of her acquisitions reserved for small businesses. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster economic opportunity within the defense industrial base while maintaining high standards of technical capability and responsiveness. Her socioeconomic contracting patterns demonstrate a balanced commitment to competition and inclusion, ensuring diverse vendors have equitable access to mission-critical opportunities. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 339114 (Dental Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing) and 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing), indicating a specialized need for precision-engineered medical and diagnostic systems within Air Force medical facilities and operational clinics. This unusual alignment suggests her office supports unique healthcare infrastructure requirements—likely for base clinics or expeditionary medical units—where highly regulated, FDA-compliant equipment is procured alongside traditional facility upgrades, blending clinical and operational procurement domains.