Crystal L. Price

Crystal L. Price serves as a key procurement professional within the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL, a critical unit of the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing aerospace and space-based defense systems. In this role, she manages complex acquisitions for engineering services and communications equipment essential to the operational readiness of guided missile systems, satellite communications networks, and global positioning infrastructure. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to ensure uninterrupted capability for national defense through lifecycle sustainment, technology refresh, and systems integration. She typically handles performance-based, firm-fixed-price contracts requiring rigorous technical oversight and compliance with DoD acquisition regulations. Her contractor relationships are primarily with specialized engineering firms and defense technology manufacturers delivering advanced aerospace and space systems support. While no single vendor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with firms possessing deep expertise in systems engineering, signal processing, and secure communications hardware. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical proficiency, past performance, and compliance with defense standards, fostering long-term partnerships with contractors capable of delivering mission-critical solutions under strict security and reliability requirements. Crystal L. Price’s procurement activity reflects a strong preference for unrestricted competitions, with 100% of awards issued under non-set-aside conditions. This indicates a focus on maximizing competition among qualified industry participants rather than socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing technical capability and mission need over socioeconomic categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), which accounts for 93.8% of her activity, encompassing systems engineering, test and evaluation, and sustainment planning for space and missile platforms. The remaining 6.3% falls under NAICS 334220, reflecting targeted acquisitions of radio, television, and wireless communications equipment. Her technical domain expertise centers on secure satellite communications, navigation systems, and command and control infrastructure critical to air and space dominance.