Claudette Y Surrento

Claudette Y. Surrento serves as a key procurement professional within the Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) of the U.S. Coast Guard, under the Department of Homeland Security, where she supports the sustainment and modernization of mission-critical aviation systems. She manages complex acquisitions for aircraft parts, avionics upgrades, and maintenance support services essential to extending the operational life of legacy platforms such as the MH-65E Dauphin and HC-144 Ocean Sentry. Her work directly enables the ALC’s mission of ensuring fleet readiness through timely, compliant, and technically sound contracting actions, with a focus on defense aviation logistics and engineering support. Surrento maintains long-standing relationships with major defense and aerospace contractors including ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., AIRBUS US SPACE & DEFENSE INC, and GOLDBELT INTEGRATED LOGISTICS SERVICES, LLC, often partnering with firms possessing deep expertise in avionics integration, aircraft maintenance, and supply chain sustainment. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established industry leaders with proven capabilities in military aviation support, while also engaging specialized vendors like AVIATRIX INC for niche logistics and technical services. These partnerships are typically structured under performance-based, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) or fixed-price contracts to ensure reliability and lifecycle cost control. Her procurement portfolio demonstrates a strong orientation toward open competition, with 92.6% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions, reflecting a focus on technical capability and mission necessity over socioeconomic preferences. Nevertheless, she consistently allocates 7.4% of awards to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but deliberate commitment to small business participation in non-critical, competitively sourced requirements. The bulk of her acquisitions fall under NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), indicating a primary focus on procurement of non-engine airframe components, support hardware, and specialized avionics subsystems. She also engages engineering services under NAICS 541330 for technical modifications and sustainment planning, underscoring her domain expertise in aviation logistics and systems integration within the defense aerospace sector.