Michele Williams

Michele Williams serves as a Contract Specialist at the Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) of the U.S. Coast Guard, where she plays a pivotal role in securing mission-critical aviation sustainment capabilities. Responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions, she specializes in acquiring parts, maintenance services, and avionics systems essential to sustaining the Coast Guard’s rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft fleet, including legacy platforms such as the MH-65E Dauphin and HC-144 Ocean Sentry. Her acquisitions span technical support, logistics integration, and engineering services, ensuring operational readiness through timely and compliant contracting practices aligned with FAR and DFARS requirements. Williams maintains consistent working relationships with key industry partners including ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., AIRBUS US SPACE & DEFENSE INC, and AVIATRIX INC, among others, to procure advanced avionics, structural components, and maintenance support solutions. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term sustainment partnerships with vendors possessing deep domain expertise in military aviation systems, fostering collaborative relationships that prioritize reliability, technical compliance, and lifecycle cost efficiency. She frequently engages with contractors capable of delivering certified parts and integrated logistics support under performance-based contract structures. While the majority of her acquisitions—90.3%—are conducted as unrestricted competitions, Williams demonstrates a measurable commitment to small business participation, with 9.7% of awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She actively supports socioeconomic programs by prioritizing qualified small businesses in appropriate categories, aligning with federal mandates while maintaining mission-critical performance standards. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), reflecting her specialization in sourcing airframe components and avionics subsystems. She also regularly procures commercial and institutional construction services for maintenance facilities and engineering services supporting system modernization, demonstrating technical fluency across aerospace logistics and infrastructure sustainment domains.