Janet Stinson

Janet Stinson serves as a Contract Specialist within the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in managing the acquisition lifecycle for critical aerospace and space-based sustainment programs. Her responsibilities include planning, soliciting, awarding, and administering contracts for engineering services, satellite communications, and guided missile system modernization. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurement actions with the agency’s mission to maintain operational readiness of global positioning systems, space vehicle platforms, and command, control, and communications infrastructure. Stinson specializes in complex technical acquisitions requiring rigorous performance-based contracting and risk mitigation strategies. Her contractor relationships primarily involve engineering and systems integration firms with proven expertise in defense aerospace domains, including firms capable of supporting satellite ground station modernization, RF communications systems, and guided missile sustainment. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with vendors possessing ITAR compliance, NIST 800-171 certification, and experience in DoD space architecture. Her working patterns reflect a preference for long-term, performance-based contract vehicles that enable agile sustainment and technology insertion. Stinson’s procurement approach prioritizes open competition, with 88.2% of her actions conducted as no set-aside acquisitions, reflecting the technical complexity and specialized nature of the requirements. However, she maintains a deliberate 11.8% focus on Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, actively encouraging participation from small businesses with relevant technical capabilities in aerospace systems and telecommunications. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), followed by satellite telecommunications (517410) and wireless communications equipment manufacturing (334220). She routinely acquires systems supporting space-based navigation, secure satellite links, and guided missile sustainment, demonstrating deep expertise in defense space and missile systems engineering. Her work ensures the continued resilience of national security space infrastructure through technically sound, competitively awarded contracts.