Julie A Chase

Julie A. Chase serves as a Contract Negotiator within the FA8773 Acc 38 Cons agency under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in securing mission-critical capabilities for cyberspace operations and space security infrastructure. She specializes in negotiating complex procurements for advanced aerospace systems, secure communications hardware, and mission-specific IT support services that enable high-tempo cyber training and sensitive computing environments. Her work directly supports the agency’s mandate to maintain operational readiness through the acquisition of hardened, classified, and expeditionary systems aligned with Air Force cyber and space domain requirements. Chase maintains a consistent working relationship with Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, a key vendor providing specialized aircraft subsystems and embedded avionics components critical to secure platform integration. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical compliance, supply chain resilience, and performance-based outcomes, fostering long-term partnerships with vendors capable of meeting stringent DoD certification and security standards. She engages primarily with prime contractors possessing ITAR/EAR compliance, CMMC alignment, and systems engineering expertise, ensuring contractual deliverables meet operational tempo and classification requirements. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 90.5% of acquisitions conducted without set-aside designations, indicating a focus on technical superiority and rapid capability deployment over socioeconomic preferences. However, she maintains a measured commitment to small business participation, with 9.5% of awards allocated under Total Small Business Set-Asides (FAR 19.5), typically supporting firms with proven capability in niche aerospace and systems integration domains. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), reflecting deep expertise in procuring hardened avionics, secure data links, and mission-specific sensor interfaces. A smaller but critical portion of her portfolio falls under NAICS 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services), where she acquires cyber training platforms, secure network architecture services, and facility support systems for classified computing environments. Her technical domain expertise centers on integrating commercial-off-the-shelf technologies into defense-critical systems while ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity and acquisition regulations.