Vanessa Lechon

Vanessa Lechon serves as a Contracting Officer for the Department of the Air Force’s FA4610 30 Cons Pk facility, responsible for managing acquisitions that sustain critical infrastructure at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Her portfolio supports the operational readiness of national security space launch and test sites through facility maintenance, utilities modernization, security enhancements, and specialized technical services. She executes full-cycle contracting actions under FAR and DFARS, ensuring compliance with mission-critical timelines and technical specifications for high-reliability environments. Her work directly enables the resilience of space operations infrastructure, requiring precise coordination with engineering, environmental, and security stakeholders. Lechon maintains consistent partnerships with a core group of contractors including MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, DIVERSE PEST MANAGEMENT, TECH O. R., LLC, KING FREIGHT LLC, and DARBONNIER TACTICAL SUPPLY LLC. These relationships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in facility systems, logistics support, and tactical supply chain services tailored to secure military installations. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, regulatory compliance, and performance-based outcomes, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in accountability and mission alignment. A strong advocate for small business participation, Lechon consistently prioritizes Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, directing approximately 80% of her acquisitions to small businesses. This reflects a deliberate socioeconomic strategy to expand opportunities for small, community-based firms while ensuring competitive, responsive service delivery. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a structured commitment to equitable access, with minimal use of no-set-aside actions, reinforcing the agency’s broader goals of inclusive economic growth within the defense industrial base. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 561790 (building maintenance services), 811121 (automotive and facility repair), 488190 (air transportation support), 334419 (electronic component manufacturing), and 332813 (electroplating and surface finishing). These reflect a technical domain centered on facility sustainment, precision surface treatments, and mission-critical logistics support essential to space operations infrastructure. Lechon’s expertise lies in procuring specialized, low-volume, high-integrity services that meet stringent DoD environmental and security standards.