Wendella Baptiste

Wendella Baptiste serves as a Contract Specialist within the W6QK Acc-pica organization under the Department of the Army, where she plays a pivotal role in executing defense acquisition strategies that sustain military readiness. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of complex contracts for facility services, logistics support systems, and operational infrastructure—critical to maintaining combat-ready forces and modernizing ammunition production capabilities. She specializes in fixed-price and cost-reimbursement contracts under FAR Part 15, ensuring compliance with DoD acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with strategic readiness goals. Baptiste maintains established working relationships with key defense contractors including NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, GENERAL DYNAMICS OTS (WILKES BARRE), LLC, and THE LOCKWOOD GROUP LLC, often engaging them for large-scale facility modernization, munitions logistics, and technical services. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and long-term vendor partnerships, fostering reliability and accountability across mission-critical supply chains. She also collaborates regularly with LOGISYS TECHNICAL SERVICES INC and PROGSIT LLC for specialized support services, reflecting a balanced mix of prime contractor engagement and niche technical vendor integration. While the majority of her acquisitions are conducted as no set-aside procurements (68.8%), Baptiste demonstrates a consistent commitment to small business participation, with nearly one-fifth of her awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 and a notable 12.5% allocated to women-owned small businesses. Her socioeconomic contracting patterns reflect a deliberate effort to broaden vendor diversity without compromising mission exigencies. Her primary NAICS focus centers on 721110 (hotels and motels), indicating significant procurement of lodging and installation support services, alongside 334111 (electronic computer manufacturing) and 511210 (software publishing), underscoring her expertise in procuring IT infrastructure, communications systems, and digital enablement tools critical to modern military operations.