Hillary Rose Cooper

Hillary Rose Cooper serves as the primary procurement lead for the Western-Sierra Nevada Region of the Department of Energy, overseeing acquisitions critical to the modernization and operational resilience of high-voltage transmission infrastructure, substations, and associated electrical systems. In this role, she manages the full lifecycle of contract actions—from solicitation to award and administration—ensuring alignment with federal procurement regulations and the agency’s mission to secure reliable power delivery across the western United States. Her portfolio includes a broad range of services and supplies essential to maintaining grid integrity, with a strong emphasis on technical support, maintenance, and infrastructure upgrades. Cooper maintains strategic relationships with a diverse set of contractors, including specialized vendors such as Arabic Interpreters LLC, reflecting the region’s need for language services in multilingual operational environments. Her contracting patterns reveal a preference for partnerships with firms capable of delivering niche technical and logistical support, often requiring localized expertise or niche certifications. While her primary focus is on energy infrastructure, she collaborates with vendors across multiple sectors to ensure comprehensive service coverage, indicating a flexible yet disciplined approach to vendor selection and performance management. Cooper demonstrates a pronounced commitment to small business participation, with 56.7% of her acquisitions set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster economic inclusion and leverage the agility of small firms in supporting complex, mission-critical operations. Her contracting patterns show minimal use of other socioeconomic set-asides, suggesting a targeted focus on broad small business eligibility rather than specialized categories like 8(a) or HUBZone. Her procurement activity is concentrated in NAICS categories including 423610 for electrical apparatus and wiring supplies, 611519 for technical training services, and 561730 for landscaping services—indicating a multidisciplinary approach to maintaining facility operations and workforce readiness. While her core domain is energy transmission, she procures ancillary services essential to site functionality, demonstrating a holistic understanding of infrastructure sustainment beyond purely electrical systems.