Mary-Beth Maestas

Mary-Beth Maestas serves as a Contracting Officer for the FA9401 377 Msg Pk under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in acquiring mission-critical aerospace and defense systems. Her portfolio centers on the procurement of advanced instrumentation, secure communications infrastructure, electronic warfare support systems, and laboratory-grade analytical equipment essential to sustaining and modernizing Air Force operational capabilities. She manages full lifecycle contracting actions—from solicitation and source selection to award and administration—ensuring compliance with FAR and DFARS while aligning acquisitions with strategic modernization priorities in sensor technology and mission-critical support services. Maestas maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including J STAR ENTERPRISES INC, LARON, LLC, FIVEBYFIVE, LLC, VISION DISTRIBUTORS LLC, and Boh Environmental, L.L.C. These partnerships reflect a preference for established vendors with proven expertise in technical instrumentation, environmental compliance, and specialized logistics support for defense applications. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous technical evaluation, and long-term vendor reliability, fostering collaborative relationships grounded in accountability and mission alignment. Her procurement strategy reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals, with approximately half of her awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, and the other half open to full and open competition. This pattern demonstrates a deliberate effort to expand opportunities for small businesses while maintaining flexibility to meet urgent technical requirements. She actively engages with small business contractors across multiple socioeconomic categories, prioritizing capability over size when mission needs demand specialized expertise. Notably, Maestas’s contracting activity is exclusively focused on NAICS 212321 (Construction Sand and Gravel Mining), indicating a highly specialized and potentially unique application of this classification—likely related to geotechnical support, base infrastructure stabilization, or specialized environmental remediation for military installations. Her domain expertise lies in interpreting this niche classification to procure materials and services critical to maintaining operational readiness in austere or sensitive environments.