Nicole E. Smith

Nicole E. Smith serves as a key procurement lead within the FA3030 17 Cons Cc, a unit of the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing critical infrastructure at Air Force installations. She manages acquisitions for facility systems essential to operational readiness, with a primary focus on HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and grounds maintenance services. Her work ensures that base infrastructure meets mission-critical performance standards while supporting quality-of-life initiatives for personnel. Smith specializes in service-based contracts under the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule and IDIQ vehicles, consistently prioritizing performance-based outcomes and lifecycle cost efficiency in her contracting approach. She maintains long-standing relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, IMPERIAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING, LLC, DUNCAN MECHANICAL SERVICE, INC, and ACTION CONSTRUCTION AUSTIN LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in military facility maintenance, retrofitting, and responsive repair services. Smith fosters collaborative, performance-driven vendor relationships, often leveraging past performance evaluations and technical capability assessments to ensure mission-aligned delivery. All of Smith’s acquisitions are structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting an unwavering commitment to small business participation. She actively promotes equitable access for small businesses across all socioeconomic categories, ensuring that contracts are designed to maximize competition among eligible firms without preference for specific designations beyond the overall small business threshold. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS code 488991 (Packing and Crating), which in this context supports the secure transportation, handling, and installation of sensitive facility components—particularly modular HVAC units, electrical control systems, and specialized plumbing assemblies. This specialization underscores her technical understanding of logistics-integrated infrastructure projects and her ability to align procurement strategy with the unique demands of military installation logistics.