Elizabeth S. Cardenas

Elizabeth Cardenas serves as a Contracting Officer for the FA3016 502 Cons Cl under the Department of the Air Force, where she manages mission-critical procurement actions to sustain Air Force installations and ensure operational readiness. Her portfolio encompasses specialized services including facility maintenance, medical system support, airfield infrastructure, and communications modernization. Cardenas exercises full contracting authority across the full acquisition lifecycle—from market research and solicitation development to award and contract administration—ensuring compliance with FAR and DFARS while aligning acquisitions with the agency’s strategic priorities of technological advancement and installation resilience. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including WILLIAM T BROOKS & ASSOCIATES INC, CITADEL FEDERAL SOLUTIONS LLC, NEXLEGACY LLC, PERRY MANAGEMENT CORP OF SOUTH DAKOTA, L.L.C, and AJ COMMERCIAL SERVICES, INC., who provide niche expertise in facility engineering, medical equipment support, and air transportation logistics. Cardenas fosters collaborative, performance-driven partnerships, often engaging these vendors on complex, multi-year service contracts requiring technical precision and regulatory compliance. Cardenas demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 50% of her awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 and an additional 25% reserved for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB). Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate effort to expand opportunities for small, disadvantaged, and veteran-owned firms, consistently prioritizing socioeconomic goals without compromising mission requirements. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation), 334517 (Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing), 238350 (Finish Carpentry Contractors), and 221122 (Electric Power Distribution), reflecting a technical specialization in aviation support infrastructure, medical radiation systems, facility finishing, and electrical distribution networks. Cardenas brings deep domain knowledge in procuring highly specialized, safety-critical services that directly support the Air Force’s installation sustainment and modernization objectives.