Amanda Szabolcs

Amanda Szabolcs serves as a Contracting Officer within the FA0021 Africa 765 Sconf, a critical support element of the Department of the Air Force focused on sustaining Air Force Special Operations Command readiness. She manages the full lifecycle of procurements for mission-critical aviation, training, and technical support services, ensuring alignment with operational requirements for unconventional warfare and rapid-deployment capabilities. Her acquisitions primarily involve complex, performance-based contracts for nonscheduled air transportation, flight training systems, and specialized architectural services supporting austere operational environments. Szabolcs ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while integrating risk mitigation and mission assurance into every procurement decision. Her contractor relationships span a diverse ecosystem of qualified vendors delivering aviation logistics, simulation-based flight training, and expeditionary facility design services. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with proven expertise in military-specific aviation operations, advanced training device integration, and contingency infrastructure planning. Szabolcs prioritizes technical competence and past performance over volume, fostering long-term partnerships with vendors capable of rapid scalability and mission adaptability in high-tempo environments. Szabolcs maintains a strict preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-asides. This reflects the urgent, specialized nature of her mission requirements, where narrow technical qualifications and operational readiness often outweigh socioeconomic preferences. While she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, she remains fully compliant with all small business goals and actively considers qualified small businesses when they meet stringent performance and capability thresholds. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 481219 (Other Nonscheduled Air Transportation) and 611512 (Flight Training), accounting for 80% of her portfolio, with additional emphasis on 541310 (Architectural Services) for expeditionary command facilities. She specializes in procuring rotary-wing and tiltrotor support systems, immersive training simulators, and mission-tailored infrastructure—domain expertise that demands deep familiarity with DoD aviation standards, special operations doctrine, and contingency logistics frameworks.