Maria Jimenez

Maria Jimenez serves as a Contracting Officer for the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL under the Department of the Air Force, where she leads the acquisition and contract management of critical aerospace and space-based sustainment programs. Her portfolio focuses on ensuring the operational readiness of guided missile systems, satellite communications platforms, and global positioning infrastructure. She manages complex, technical procurements spanning research and development, systems modernization, and mission-critical training services, aligning acquisitions with the Air Force’s strategic imperatives for space and missile sustainment. Her role is central to maintaining the lifecycle integrity of national defense assets through rigorous contract administration and risk mitigation. Maria works with a broad range of defense contractors and technical service providers specializing in systems engineering, advanced navigation technologies, and space domain awareness. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with proven expertise in aerospace systems sustainment, signal processing, and secure communications infrastructure. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical validation, and long-term contractor accountability, fostering collaborative partnerships that prioritize mission success over transactional procurement. Maria’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a deliberate strategy to access the broadest possible talent pool in high-technical domains where specialized capabilities are scarce and mission-critical. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her contracting decisions are grounded in technical merit and capability, ensuring mission-critical systems are supported by the most qualified vendors. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541712 (Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences), where she acquires advanced engineering services for missile and satellite sustainment, and NAICS 611430 (Professional and Management Development Training), where she secures specialized technical training for workforce readiness. Her expertise spans systems integration, electromagnetic spectrum operations, and space-based command and control, making her a key player in sustaining the Air Force’s next-generation deterrence architecture.