Amanda R. Wood

Amanda R. Wood serves as a key procurement professional within the Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) of the U.S. Coast Guard, where she manages the acquisition of mission-critical aviation parts and auxiliary equipment essential to sustaining the Coast Guard’s rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft fleet. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission of ensuring operational readiness through timely parts procurement, avionics sustainment, and legacy platform modernization. She routinely handles complex contracts under FAR Part 12 and Part 13 for commercial-off-the-shelf and modified aerospace components, with a focus on maintaining airworthiness and extending the service life of platforms such as the MH-65E Dauphin and HC-144 Ocean Sentry. Wood maintains consistent working relationships with leading aerospace and defense contractors including ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., AIRBUS US SPACE & DEFENSE INC, and AVIATRIX INC, as well as specialized logistics providers like GOLDBELT INTEGRATED LOGISTICS SERVICES, LLC. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term sustainment partnerships, technical collaboration, and supply chain resilience, often engaging vendors in lifecycle support agreements and performance-based logistics contracts to ensure uninterrupted aircraft availability. A strong advocate for small business participation, Wood consistently prioritizes Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with approximately 69.2% of her awards designated for small businesses. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to foster competition among small, disadvantaged, and veteran-owned firms while maintaining compliance with socioeconomic goals. She actively seeks out qualified small business vendors capable of delivering specialized aviation components and maintenance services. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 336413—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing—reflecting deep expertise in sourcing avionics, flight control systems, structural components, and support equipment for military aviation platforms. Her technical acumen spans aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) supply chains, with a clear specialization in sustainment engineering and logistics integration for legacy Coast Guard aircraft systems.