Kimiko Tomihira

Kimiko Tomihira serves as a Contracting Officer for FA5270 18 Cons Pk under the Department of the Air Force, where she manages mission-critical acquisitions to sustain airfield infrastructure and operational readiness across the Indo-Pacific region. Her portfolio focuses on facilities maintenance, logistics support, and environmental services essential to force projection and base resilience. She executes competitive and non-competitive procurements under FAR and DFARS guidelines, ensuring compliance with DoD infrastructure modernization priorities, including rapid airfield damage repair and mission-enabling services. Tomihira’s work directly supports the agency’s mandate to maintain uninterrupted air operations through reliable, timely contracting solutions. She maintains established working relationships with key contractors including GILBANE JAPAN GK and KYUNAN CO., LTD., both of which provide sustained, high-performance delivery of facilities and logistics services. These partnerships reflect a preference for proven, locally integrated vendors with deep regional expertise and proven track records in military installation support. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, long-term service continuity, and contractor accountability under firm-fixed-price and service-level-agreement structures. Tomihira’s procurement strategy reflects a consistent non-set-aside orientation, with 100% of her awards issued under full and open competition. While she does not routinely utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her contracting decisions prioritize technical capability, operational reliability, and local market capacity over socioeconomic classifications, aligning with the agency’s urgent mission requirements. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 561730 (Landscaping Services), 562111 (Solid Waste Collection), 561710 (Exterminating and Pest Control Services), 811121 (Automotive Body and Paint Repair), and 484220 (Local Specialized Freight Trucking). These reflect a specialized domain expertise in installation support services—particularly grounds maintenance, waste management, vehicle upkeep, and localized transportation—critical to sustaining daily operations at forward-deployed and contingency air bases.