Yesica Valladares

Yesica Valladares serves as a Contracting Officer with the 0410 AQ HQ Contract Office under the Department of the Army, where she is responsible for managing the acquisition of mission-enabling goods and services critical to sustaining Army installations and deployed forces. Her portfolio centers on securing telecommunications equipment and related infrastructure that supports operational communications, command and control, and force readiness. She executes full lifecycle contracting activities—from market research and solicitation development to award and contract administration—ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and Army-specific procurement policies. Her work directly enables the continuity of essential services including logistics, security, and administrative support across both garrison and expeditionary environments. While specific contractor relationships are not currently identifiable in available data, Valladares engages with a broad spectrum of vendors capable of delivering compliant, high-reliability telecommunications hardware and integrated systems. She works with both large prime contractors and qualified small businesses to ensure competitive, transparent sourcing aligned with technical requirements and delivery timelines. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous evaluation criteria, and vendor accountability to maintain mission-critical system integrity. Valladares consistently awards contracts under the “No Set-Aside” category, indicating a procurement strategy prioritizing technical capability, price competitiveness, and schedule fidelity over socioeconomic set-asides. While she does not currently prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her process remains fully compliant with all statutory requirements and open to qualified small businesses competing on an equal footing in full and open competitions. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 334210 (Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing), reflecting deep specialization in the acquisition of voice, data, and secure communication devices, including military-grade telephony systems, encrypted handsets, and associated network infrastructure. She possesses expert knowledge in telecommunications standards, Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), and Department of Defense cybersecurity requirements for communication equipment.