Latisha S. Blake

Latisha S. Blake serves as a Contract Specialist within the FA4800 633 Cons Pkp unit of the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical procurement actions that sustain airfield operations, base infrastructure, and essential support services. Her responsibilities include planning, soliciting, awarding, and administering contracts for technical, facility, and administrative services aligned with Air Force modernization priorities. She specializes in complex acquisitions involving IT resilience, communications systems, and facility maintenance, ensuring compliance with FAR and AF-specific procurement policies while supporting operational readiness across installations. Blake maintains established working relationships with key contractors including IMAGE BUSINESS INTERIORS LLC and NEXTGRADE INC, primarily engaging them for facility modernization, technical support, and specialized services. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for long-term, performance-based partnerships that emphasize quality, reliability, and mission alignment. She frequently collaborates with vendors capable of delivering integrated solutions across physical infrastructure and operational support domains, fostering accountability through robust contract administration and performance monitoring. Her procurement approach prioritizes broad market access, with 66.7% of her awards issued under full and open competition and 33.3% designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. While she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her consistent allocation to small businesses demonstrates a deliberate commitment to socioeconomic diversity and vendor capacity building within the Air Force’s support ecosystem. Blake’s primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 813110 (Religious Organizations), reflecting unique facility and support service needs at Air Force installations with religious and morale, welfare, and recreation programs. She also actively procures services under NAICS 561110 (Office Administrative Services), 511210 (Software Publishers), and 334515 (Instrument Manufacturing for Electrical Signals), demonstrating technical proficiency in IT infrastructure, administrative support, and specialized measurement systems critical to base operations.