Lisa D. Spencer

Lisa D. Spencer serves as a Contracting Officer with the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL under the Department of the Air Force, where she is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions for critical aerospace and space-based sustainment programs. Her portfolio centers on the acquisition of maintenance, repair, overhaul, and modernization services for guided missile systems, satellite communications platforms, and global positioning infrastructure. She ensures contractual compliance with national defense priorities, leveraging performance-based contracting methods and risk-managed acquisition strategies to maintain operational readiness of high-priority defense assets. Her role is pivotal in aligning procurement outcomes with the Air Force’s long-term sustainment and modernization roadmap. Ms. Spencer maintains collaborative relationships with a diverse array of defense contractors, including prime systems integrators and specialized technical service providers with expertise in space systems sustainment, avionics modernization, and command and control architecture upgrades. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages vendors with proven capabilities in classified aerospace environments, cybersecurity-compliant logistics, and field-deployable maintenance solutions. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance metrics, technical validation, and lifecycle cost accountability, fostering long-term vendor partnerships grounded in reliability and mission alignment. Ms. Spencer’s procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-asides. This indicates a strategic focus on leveraging the broadest possible industrial base to meet mission-critical requirements, prioritizing technical capability and readiness over socioeconomic categorization. While small business participation is not formally mandated in her portfolio, she remains compliant with all federal acquisition regulations and may include small businesses as subcontractors where their specialized expertise enhances mission outcomes. Her technical domain expertise lies in NAICS categories related to aerospace product and parts manufacturing, defense electronics, and satellite communications support services. She routinely procures complex engineering services, spare parts logistics, software sustainment, and mission-critical hardware upgrades for space and missile systems, demonstrating deep familiarity with DoD technical specifications and defense acquisition policy.