Maria E Jimenez

Maria E. Jimenez serves as a Contracting Officer for the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL under the Department of the Air Force, where she is responsible for managing the acquisition lifecycle of critical aerospace and space-based sustainment programs. Her portfolio focuses on ensuring the operational readiness of guided missile systems, satellite communications infrastructure, and global positioning system components. She executes complex contract actions—including firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursement, and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity instruments—to support modernization and life-cycle sustainment of national defense assets. Her work directly enables mission-critical capabilities for space and missile defense operations, requiring deep technical understanding of system integration, reliability engineering, and mission assurance standards. Maria collaborates with a diverse range of contractors, including prime systems integrators, propulsion specialists, and engineering services firms, to deliver high-assurance aerospace solutions. While no specific vendor relationships are currently identifiable, her procurement patterns reflect a preference for established industry partners with proven expertise in space systems sustainment, missile propulsion, and mission-critical communications infrastructure. She maintains a results-driven contracting approach, emphasizing performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and risk mitigation across the contract lifecycle. Maria’s contracting activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on accessing the broadest possible industrial base to meet urgent national security requirements, rather than leveraging socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her approach prioritizes technical capability and mission readiness over socioeconomic preferences. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 517919 (Other Telecommunications), 336415 (Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Propulsion Unit Manufacturing), 541330 (Engineering Services), and 541712 (R&D in Physical and Engineering Sciences). She regularly procures advanced propulsion components, satellite subsystems, telemetry systems, and mission-specific engineering analysis services, demonstrating deep expertise in space systems sustainment and defense aerospace technology domains.