Clara Hawkins

Clara Hawkins serves as a key procurement lead within the FA4855 27 Socons Lgc unit of the Department of the Air Force, responsible for managing facility support services critical to air base operational readiness. She oversees the acquisition of mission-critical infrastructure services including HVAC maintenance, wastewater treatment system upgrades, building automation, and secure communications integration. Her work directly supports the agency’s mandate to sustain and modernize physical infrastructure across Air Force installations, ensuring compliance with federal facility standards and environmental regulations. Hawkins specializes in performance-based service contracts that emphasize lifecycle management, preventive maintenance, and energy efficiency outcomes. Her primary contractor relationship is with ALTUS TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS LLC, a trusted vendor with demonstrated expertise in integrated facilities management and mission-critical infrastructure support. Hawkins consistently engages this contractor for complex, multi-year service delivery contracts requiring technical precision and rapid response capabilities. Her procurement approach favors long-term, performance-based partnerships over transactional vendor relationships, prioritizing contractors with proven experience in DoD facility operations and compliance with AFMAN 32-1084 standards. Clara Hawkins does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of her acquisitions awarded under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on technical capability and operational continuity over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with the agency’s urgent need for reliable, high-performance service providers capable of meeting stringent Air Force readiness requirements. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 561210—Facilities Support Services—encompassing janitorial, groundskeeping, utility system maintenance, and building systems integration. She specializes in procuring services that ensure continuous operation of mission-critical facilities, including hazardous waste handling, HVAC retrofits, and secure facility access control systems. Hawkins brings deep domain expertise in federal facility sustainment, with a technical emphasis on energy resilience, environmental compliance, and infrastructure modernization within austere operational environments.