Wendell L. Mendoza

Wendell L. Mendoza serves as a Contracting Officer at the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (N55236), a key facility within the Department of the Navy responsible for sustaining naval vessel readiness through industrial-scale maintenance and repair operations. In this role, he manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions for shipbuilding and repair services, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and aligning acquisitions with fleet readiness objectives. His portfolio centers on complex, mission-critical contracts requiring specialized industrial expertise, including dry dock support, structural repairs, and marine engineering systems integration. Mendoza maintains longstanding relationships with a select group of qualified contractors, including W. V. Construction Company, Turn Key Scaffolding LLC, Premier Scaffolding, Inc., Fairbanks Morse, LLC, and The Sherwin-Williams Company. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven capabilities in heavy industrial construction, marine coating systems, and propulsion equipment maintenance. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and reliability, fostering stable, long-term vendor collaborations grounded in consistent quality and regulatory adherence. Consistent with the agency’s operational priorities, Mendoza does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of his acquisitions competed openly under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on securing the highest technical capability and industrial capacity available in the market, rather than prioritizing socioeconomic categories. His procurement decisions are driven by mission necessity and the need for specialized expertise rather than socioeconomic preferences. His primary procurement focus is exclusively under NAICS 336611—Ship Building and Repairing—encompassing dry dock services, hull and machinery repairs, marine coating applications, and industrial scaffolding systems. Mendoza’s technical expertise lies in managing contracts that require deep knowledge of naval vessel structures, corrosion control, and shipyard infrastructure, ensuring that all acquisitions directly support the Navy’s goal of maintaining fleet operational availability through robust, compliant industrial support.