Nick Higashihirachi

Nick Higashihirachi serves as a Contract Officer within the FA5270 18 Cons Pk unit of the Department of the Air Force, responsible for managing mission-critical acquisitions that sustain airfield infrastructure and operational readiness across the Indo-Pacific region. His portfolio focuses on procurement activities essential to maintaining airfield functionality, facility integrity, and mission-enabling services, including rapid damage repair, grounds maintenance, and integrated security systems. He executes full lifecycle contract actions—from solicitation and source selection to award and administration—ensuring compliance with FAR and Air Force-specific regulatory frameworks. His work directly supports force projection capabilities by securing timely, reliable, and technically sound solutions for high-priority installations. Higashihirachi maintains consistent contracting relationships with GILBANE JAPAN GK and KYUNAN CO., LTD., both of which are trusted vendors with deep regional expertise in military infrastructure support. These partnerships reflect a preference for established contractors with proven track records in delivering complex, technically nuanced services under austere operational conditions. His contracting patterns indicate a reliance on long-term, performance-based agreements that prioritize reliability, rapid response, and adherence to stringent military standards, often involving specialized equipment and facility modernization. His procurement activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a mission-driven focus on technical capability and operational urgency over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with the urgency of sustaining forward-deployed air operations in contested environments. His primary procurement focus is on NAICS 334519—Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing—indicating a specialization in procuring precision instrumentation, environmental monitoring systems, automated control devices, and specialized sensors critical to airfield operations and infrastructure diagnostics. This technical domain requires deep understanding of calibration standards, military-grade durability, and integration with existing command and control architectures.