Rosica Hooper

Rosica Hooper serves as a Contracting Officer for FA4417 1 SoCons under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in advancing the agency’s mission to sustain and modernize critical airpower capabilities. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions for secure communications systems, aeronautical navigation equipment, and integrated base defense technologies, ensuring alignment with Department of Defense procurement policies and operational readiness requirements. Her work directly supports the fielding of mission-critical infrastructure that enhances air operations resilience and interoperability across contested environments. Hooper maintains consistent contracting relationships with a select group of vendors, including AANTILIA LLC, MARRERO, COUVILLON & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., MATTHES PARKER LLC, L1 ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED, and WALCO ENTERPRISES INC. These partnerships reflect a pattern of engagement with experienced small businesses capable of delivering specialized technical services and logistics support for defense communications and infrastructure. Her approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, clear statement of work development, and rigorous vendor accountability to ensure mission success. She maintains a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside preference across her portfolio, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals under FAR 19.5. All her acquisitions are structured to maximize opportunities for small businesses, with no large business set-asides, reinforcing the agency’s dedication to fostering a diverse, capable small business industrial base aligned with national defense priorities. Her procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services), which in this context supports the maintenance and environmental management of secure military installations housing sensitive communications and navigation assets. This specialization reflects a nuanced understanding of how infrastructure sustainability directly enables operational continuity, requiring contractors with expertise in defense-site environmental compliance, vegetation management, and erosion control tailored to high-security environments.