Kimberly S. McGough

Kimberly S. McGough serves as a Contracting Officer for the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL under the Department of the Air Force, where she is responsible for managing the acquisition lifecycle of critical aerospace and space-based sustainment programs. Her portfolio centers on ensuring the operational readiness of guided missile systems, satellite communications infrastructure, and global positioning system components. She executes complex contract actions under FAR and DFARS frameworks, specializing in performance-based, long-term sustainment contracts that support mission-critical national defense capabilities. Her work directly enables the Air Force’s strategic imperative to maintain superiority in space and electromagnetic domains through reliable, modernized systems. McGough collaborates with a diverse range of contractors specializing in satellite telecommunications, space systems engineering, and mission-critical IT services. While no single contractor dominates her award profile, she consistently engages firms with proven technical expertise in space vehicle sustainment, RF communications, and command and control system integration. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance outcomes, risk mitigation, and contractor accountability, fostering long-term partnerships with vendors capable of delivering high-assurance, low-latency technical solutions under stringent security and compliance standards. McGough’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions designated as non-set-aside. This underscores a mission-driven focus on technical capability and operational urgency over socioeconomic categorization, though she remains compliant with all federal small business obligations. Her approach prioritizes mission success and system interoperability, ensuring that procurement decisions are driven by technical merit and readiness requirements rather than socioeconomic preferences. Her primary NAICS focus includes 517410 (Satellite Telecommunications) and 517919 (Other Telecommunications), reflecting deep expertise in space-based communications and navigation systems, alongside 541330 (Engineering Services) for technical integration and sustainment support. She routinely procures secure satellite payloads, ground station upgrades, signal processing systems, and embedded software solutions critical to air and space domain awareness.