Elizabeth A. Runco

Elizabeth A. Runco serves as a Facilities Engineer at U.S. Coast Guard Base Miami (70Z028), where she plays a pivotal role in managing the acquisition and oversight of infrastructure maintenance, repair, and modernization projects essential to operational readiness. Her responsibilities include evaluating facility conditions, defining technical requirements, and executing procurement actions for critical maritime infrastructure systems, including mechanical, electrical, and environmental controls. She ensures that acquisitions align with federal facility standards and support the Coast Guard’s mission to sustain aging waterfront assets, enhance resilience, and enable search and rescue, port safety, and national security operations. Runco maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors specializing in facility services and infrastructure support, including MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, PHOENIX MARINE LLC, ATZ SOLUTION LLC, and COMMERCIAL BLUE INC. These partnerships reflect a focus on experienced firms capable of delivering complex, mission-critical facility upgrades, waste management services, and marine-related construction. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, technical competency, and compliance with federal facility codes, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in performance accountability. She demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with approximately two-thirds of her acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This pattern underscores her dedication to expanding economic opportunity for small, disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran-owned firms while maintaining high standards for facility performance and regulatory compliance. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 562998 (All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management Services), reflecting the agency’s emphasis on environmental compliance and hazardous material handling at maritime installations. She also regularly procures services under NAICS 237120 (Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction), indicating expertise in marine infrastructure projects involving dock systems, fuel transfer, and coastal facility upgrades. Her technical domain spans facility engineering, environmental remediation, and maritime construction, ensuring infrastructure integrity across Coast Guard operational zones.