Patrice Lee

Patrice Lee serves as a Contracting Officer for the FA2823 AFTC PZIO under the Department of the Air Force, where she manages complex acquisitions for airborne and ground-based sensing, communication, and test instrumentation systems critical to aerospace mission readiness. Her portfolio centers on the development, integration, and sustainment of high-precision avionics, electronic warfare, radar, and signal intelligence platforms, ensuring the Air Force’s test and evaluation infrastructure remains technologically advanced and operationally resilient. She oversees full lifecycle contracting actions—from market research and solicitation to award and closeout—ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with strategic modernization goals. Lee maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized vendors, including TOM HAMMONDS ENTERPRISES, LLC, STREET LEGAL INDUSTRIES, INC, SPEEGLE CONSTRUCTION, INC, DETECT INC, and THE CONTROLS COMPANY, LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on niche engineering, test equipment fabrication, electromagnetic compatibility solutions, and mission-critical system integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical proficiency, responsive performance, and long-term vendor collaboration to meet evolving operational requirements in contested electromagnetic environments. A staunch advocate for small business participation, Lee implements a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside policy across her acquisition portfolio, in full alignment with FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate and sustained commitment to empowering small businesses as primary providers of technical and engineering services, fostering innovation and resilience within the defense industrial base. Her socioeconomic contracting patterns prioritize inclusive competition and capacity building among small, agile firms capable of delivering specialized solutions. While NAICS data is not currently available, her acquisitions consistently target advanced electronics, test and measurement systems, signal processing hardware, and electromagnetic test instrumentation—domains requiring deep expertise in aerospace systems engineering and ruggedized electronic design. Her work ensures the Air Force’s test ranges and platforms maintain superiority in next-generation sensing and electronic warfare capabilities.