Waylon Truelove

Waylon Truelove serves as a key procurement lead within U.S. Coast Guard Base New Orleans (70Z029), responsible for managing facility infrastructure contracts that sustain operational readiness across shore-based assets. His role centers on acquiring specialized building equipment services critical to maintaining maritime safety and environmental resilience, ensuring compliance with federal building standards and coastal hazard mitigation requirements. He oversees the full lifecycle of acquisitions—from market research and solicitation to award and performance monitoring—focusing on technical solutions that enhance the durability and efficiency of utility systems, HVAC, electrical infrastructure, and other building-integrated equipment. Truelove maintains collaborative relationships with a network of qualified small business contractors specializing in building equipment installation, retrofitting, and maintenance. While no single vendor dominates his portfolio, he consistently engages with firms possessing niche expertise in commercial and industrial building systems, fostering long-term partnerships grounded in performance reliability and regulatory adherence. His contracting approach emphasizes transparency, competitive bidding, and vendor development to ensure a robust and responsive small business supply base. He exhibits a full commitment to small business participation, directing 100% of his acquisitions toward total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, aligning with the Coast Guard’s broader socioeconomic goals. His contracting patterns reflect a deliberate preference for small businesses without further socioeconomic sub-set-asides, prioritizing capability and capacity over certification categories, while still ensuring broad access for qualified small firms. His procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 238290—Other Building Equipment Contractors—encompassing the installation, repair, and modernization of specialized systems such as fire suppression, elevator controls, automated building management systems, and energy-efficient HVAC components. This specialization underscores his deep technical understanding of facility infrastructure and his ability to translate operational needs into precise, performance-based requirements that drive mission-critical outcomes.