Christina Elizabeth Shorkey

Christina Elizabeth Shorkey serves as a Contracting Officer with the 436 Contracting Squadron under the Department of the Air Force, where she manages the acquisition of critical facility maintenance, infrastructure support, and specialized aerospace-related services essential to sustaining air base operational readiness. Her portfolio focuses on ensuring the functionality of aircraft support systems, hangar infrastructure, and security environments through competitively awarded contracts governed by FAR Part 19 and other federal acquisition regulations. She routinely handles task orders and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts for construction, environmental remediation, and technical services supporting mission-critical Air Force installations. Shorkey maintains a consistent working relationship with Ostrom Painting & Sandblasting, Inc., a key vendor in facility preservation and surface preparation services. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established small business partners with proven capabilities in specialized trades, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in performance reliability and compliance with military facility standards. She actively cultivates partnerships with firms possessing niche expertise in aircraft component support and building systems maintenance, ensuring responsive and technically sound execution of mission requirements. A strong advocate for socioeconomic contracting, Shorkey prioritizes Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with over 62% of her awards designated for small businesses. She also regularly employs Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and HUBZone set-asides, reflecting a deliberate commitment to expanding opportunities for historically underrepresented and veteran-owned enterprises. Her procurement strategy aligns with Department of the Air Force goals to enhance diversity in the supplier base while maintaining mission-critical performance standards. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 238220 (HVAC and building systems), 336413 (aircraft auxiliary equipment), and 562910 (environmental remediation), indicating deep expertise in facility sustainment and aerospace support logistics. She routinely procures specialized services including surface coating, metal fabrication, and hazardous material abatement, demonstrating technical fluency in the intersection of military infrastructure needs and industrial contracting requirements.