Maria Phillips

Maria Phillips serves as a Contract Specialist, where she is responsible for managing the procurement process and executing acquisitions to support her agency's mission. In this role, she handles the administrative and technical requirements of the contracting lifecycle, ensuring that goods and services are procured in accordance with federal regulations. Regarding set-aside preferences, the procurement patterns show a strong reliance on full and open competitions, with no set-aside requirements applied to the vast majority of acquisitions. However, there is a documented commitment to small business participation, with a portion of awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides, as well as occasional utilization of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and HUBZone set-asides. Her procurement activity is heavily concentrated in the manufacturing and industrial sectors. She demonstrates specific technical expertise in the acquisition of fasteners, including bolts, nuts, screws, and washers, as well as aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment. Additionally, her portfolio includes the procurement of fabricated wire products, miscellaneous fabricated metal products, and various electronic components.