Sarah Cave

Sarah Cave serves as the primary procurement lead for the ASC Supplier Operations OEM Division under the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, where she manages critical acquisitions of high-reliability aviation components essential to U.S. military flight systems. Her role centers on sustaining and modernizing propulsion, flight control, and avionics subsystems for legacy and next-generation aircraft platforms, ensuring mission readiness through secure, resilient supply chains. She handles complex sole-source and competitive acquisitions of precision-engineered parts, often requiring strict compliance with MIL-SPEC and AS9100 quality standards, and works closely with engineering and logistics teams to align procurement strategy with operational requirements. Her contractor relationships are primarily with Tier 1 and Tier 2 aerospace manufacturers specializing in certified aerospace hardware, including firms with AS9100 and ITAR compliance. She engages with a mix of large OEMs and niche suppliers capable of producing low-volume, high-integrity components such as actuators, sensors, and custom fasteners. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, her pattern reflects a preference for vendors with proven track records in military aviation supply chains and robust quality control systems, often requiring long-term supply agreements and engineering collaboration. Sarah demonstrates a strong preference for open competition, with 93.9% of her acquisitions issued without set-aside designations, reflecting the technical complexity and limited supplier base for specialized aviation parts. However, she consistently allocates 6.1% of her portfolio to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, supporting small manufacturers with niche capabilities in hardware, fasteners, and fluid control systems, ensuring broad industrial base participation without compromising technical integrity. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 336413 for other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment, with secondary emphasis on 332722 for fasteners and 332510 for precision hardware. She routinely procures mission-critical items including custom rivets, environmental control units, and fluid metering devices, demonstrating deep expertise in aerospace-grade materials, tolerancing, and certification requirements essential to DoD aviation sustainment.