Sonia O Rivera

Sonia Rivera serves as a Contract Specialist within the FA4801 49 Cons Pk under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisitions that sustain aerospace readiness and installation resilience. She manages the full lifecycle of procurements for advanced communications systems, avionics instrumentation, and electronic warfare support infrastructure, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and operational timelines. Her work directly supports the modernization of Air Force technical capabilities, with a focus on engineering services and specialized equipment critical to surveillance, testing, and base sustainment missions. Rivera maintains established relationships with a core group of contractors including UNICO GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC, FSR CONSULTING LLC, and CERTIFIED STAINLESS SERVICE INC., among others, reflecting a preference for specialized vendors with proven expertise in aerospace-grade systems and technical support services. Her contracting patterns indicate consistent collaboration with firms capable of delivering high-integrity instrumentation, communications hardware, and facility-related engineering solutions, often requiring rigorous technical validation and quality assurance protocols. A strong advocate for socioeconomic contracting, Rivera consistently prioritizes small business participation, with 83.3% of her awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She actively engages 8(a), service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and other small business categories, reinforcing the agency’s commitment to equitable opportunity and workforce development within the defense industrial base. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), reflecting a dominant need for technical consulting, systems integration, and test instrumentation design. Additional activity spans manufacturing of radio and electrical testing equipment (NAICS 334515) and related wiring and construction services, underscoring her technical expertise in supporting complex, mission-critical aerospace systems through integrated, standards-compliant acquisitions.