Wayne Weidenhamer

Wayne Weidenhamer serves as a key procurement lead within the W071 Endist Omaha office under the Department of the Army’s W9128F contracting activity, responsible for managing acquisitions that sustain and modernize critical military infrastructure. His work directly supports the agency’s mission to enable strategic deterrence, base readiness, and operational training through the construction, maintenance, and enhancement of hardened facilities, utility corridors, and civil engineering systems. He routinely handles complex, mission-critical contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, focusing on heavy civil construction, facility sustainment, and integrated support services essential to the defense infrastructure footprint. Weidenhamer maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including JOHN BOWMAN, INC., PAF ELECTRICAL, INC., HENDRICKSON TRANSPORTATION LLC, PERINI MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., and WASHINGTON EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, vertically integrated vendors capable of delivering turnkey solutions in electrical systems, transportation logistics, facility management, and heavy construction. His procurement approach emphasizes reliability, compliance, and performance-based outcomes, often leveraging long-term vendor relationships to ensure continuity across multi-year infrastructure programs. While the majority of his acquisitions are conducted as open competitions, Weidenhamer demonstrates a significant commitment to small business participation, with approximately 35% of awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. His contracting patterns reflect a deliberate effort to foster competition among small businesses, particularly those qualified in construction and facility support services, without favoring specific socioeconomic categories like 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 924120 (Administration of Conservation Programs), reflecting substantial investment in environmental compliance and land management tied to military installations. He also regularly procures highway and bridge construction (237310), landscaping (561730), janitorial services (561720), and other heavy civil engineering (237990), demonstrating broad expertise in integrated infrastructure lifecycle management across defense installations.