Monica L. Hertzog

Monica L. Hertzog serves as an Item Manager at the Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) under the Department of Homeland Security, where she plays a pivotal role in sustaining the U.S. Coast Guard’s rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft fleet. Responsible for end-to-end procurement of mission-critical aviation components, she ensures the continuous operational readiness of legacy platforms such as the MH-65E Dauphin and HC-144 Ocean Sentry. Her acquisitions focus on avionics, structural parts, and auxiliary equipment essential to aircraft maintenance, modernization, and life-extension programs. As a key liaison between technical stakeholders and industry partners, she manages contract execution, technical specifications alignment, and supply chain resilience to meet stringent defense aviation standards. Monica maintains long-standing relationships with principal contractors including ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., AIRBUS US SPACE & DEFENSE INC, AVIATRIX INC, and GOLDBELT INTEGRATED LOGISTICS SERVICES, LLC, who provide specialized aerospace components, maintenance support services, and integrated logistics solutions. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, technical compliance, and supplier reliability, often leveraging existing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles and blanket purchase agreements to streamline acquisition cycles. She collaborates closely with engineering and maintenance teams to ensure procured items meet airworthiness and safety certifications. Monica’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions issued without socioeconomic set-asides. This reflects a strategic alignment with the ALC’s mission to prioritize technical capability, supply chain continuity, and rapid response over socioeconomic categorization, resulting in a vendor base dominated by established aerospace primes and integrated logistics providers with proven defense aviation experience. Her primary focus lies within NAICS 336413—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing—where she procures precision-engineered components, avionics modules, flight control systems, and maintenance repair parts. Her technical expertise spans aircraft systems integration, FAA and military airworthiness standards, and sustainment engineering, making her a critical steward of Coast Guard aviation readiness through disciplined, specification-driven procurement.