Lesley Sparks

Lesley Sparks serves as a key procurement professional within the FA8571 Maintenance Contracting unit of the Air Force Sustainment Center, responsible for managing complex acquisitions that sustain mission-critical aerospace and electronic systems. Her work ensures the continued operational readiness of Air Force platforms by securing maintenance, repair, and modernization services for high-precision test equipment, avionics instrumentation, and industrial infrastructure. She handles a diverse portfolio of contracts spanning technical services, specialized manufacturing, and systems integration, with a focus on sustaining legacy and next-generation test and calibration systems used in aircraft maintenance and laboratory environments. Sparks maintains strategic relationships with leading technology and industrial firms including TERADYNE, INC., KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC., CORELIS, INC., TYONEK MACHINING AND FABRICATION, LLC, and COHO CONSULTING GROUP LLC. These partnerships reflect a balanced approach to sourcing—leveraging established prime contractors with deep technical expertise in analytical instrumentation and industrial maintenance while engaging specialized small businesses for niche fabrication and systems support. Her contracting patterns emphasize performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and long-term sustainment capabilities. Her procurement strategy prioritizes open competition, with 71.4% of awards issued without set-asides, yet she maintains a strong commitment to small business participation, consistently allocating 28.6% of opportunities to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate effort to foster innovation and capacity within the small business industrial base without compromising mission-critical requirements. Sparks specializes in NAICS categories 334516 (analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing), 333924 (industrial machinery manufacturing), 238220 (HVAC and facility systems contracting), and 811310 (industrial machinery repair and maintenance). Her technical domain expertise centers on test and calibration systems, precision fabrication, and maintenance of mission-critical industrial equipment, ensuring alignment with Air Force sustainment and modernization objectives.