Margaret Santos

Margaret Santos serves as a Contracting Officer within the FA5000 673 Cons Lgc under the Department of the Air Force, where she manages complex procurement actions critical to sustaining Air Force infrastructure and operational readiness. Her portfolio encompasses construction, facility services, specialized equipment, and technical support services essential to military installation functionality. She executes acquisitions under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements while delivering mission-critical capabilities in facility modernization, environmental remediation, and electrotherapeutic systems. Santos operates at the intersection of engineering requirements and commercial market dynamics, balancing technical specificity with fiscal responsibility across a diverse range of contract types. She maintains established relationships with key contractors including GIGABITER LLC, VINDICATOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., YUKON EQUIPMENT, INC., and GLOBAL FINISHING SOLUTIONS LLC, reflecting a preference for proven vendors with demonstrated expertise in air transportation support, communications equipment, aircraft subsystems, and facility maintenance services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, leveraging firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement instruments to mitigate risk while ensuring timely delivery of mission-enabling assets. These partnerships are characterized by consistent recompetition and performance-based evaluations, reinforcing accountability and quality assurance. Santos’ set-aside preferences are predominantly open competition, with 71.4% of awards issued without socioeconomic set-asides. However, she consistently integrates small business participation, allocating 14.3% each to 8(a) competed and total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a balanced commitment to both competition and socioeconomic goals without over-reliance on reserved categories. Her primary NAICS focus includes 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation), 334290 (Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing), 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), and 561499 (All Other Business Support Services), indicating deep expertise in aviation logistics support, military-grade communications hardware, aircraft subsystems, and facility operations contracting. She specializes in procuring integrated technical solutions that bridge physical infrastructure with digital and electro-mechanical systems essential to Air Force mission continuity.