Charlotte K. Montoya

Charlotte K. Montoya serves as a procurement professional responsible for managing complex acquisitions in defense and national security technologies. She plays a critical role in advancing the agency’s mission by overseeing the solicitation, evaluation, and award of contracts for advanced technical systems and specialized services. Her portfolio centers on high-stakes procurements involving aerospace instrumentation, security operations, and environmental remediation, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and mission-critical performance standards. Montoya routinely handles competitive and non-competitive actions under FAR Part 12 and Part 15, prioritizing technical excellence and operational readiness in all awarded contracts. Her contractor relationships are primarily with firms specializing in aerospace component manufacturing, integrated security systems, and environmental remediation services. While no single vendor dominates her award portfolio, she consistently engages with mid-tier defense contractors and niche technology providers capable of delivering specialized aeronautical systems and secure infrastructure solutions. Montoya fosters collaborative, performance-driven partnerships, emphasizing past performance, technical capability, and supply chain resilience in source selection. Montoya’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 90.9% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions. However, she maintains a deliberate commitment to small business participation, allocating 9.1% of her portfolio to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. Her approach prioritizes broad market access while ensuring compliance with socioeconomic goals, though she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, favoring instead the flexibility of general small business set-asides to encourage competitive bidding. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS 334511 (aeronautical and navigation systems) and 561621 (security systems services), each accounting for 36.4% of her acquisitions. She also regularly procures specialized aircraft components under 336413 and remediation services under 562910. Montoya’s expertise spans electro-optical sensors, surveillance infrastructure, and hazardous material mitigation systems, reflecting deep domain knowledge in defense electronics and mission-critical support services.