Sovanna Sampels

Sovanna Sampels serves as a Contracting Officer for FA5270 18 Cons Pk under the Department of the Air Force, where she manages mission-critical acquisitions to sustain airfield infrastructure and operational readiness across the Indo-Pacific region. Her portfolio focuses on securing services and equipment essential to airfield functionality, facility integrity, and rapid repair capabilities, ensuring continuous force projection. She oversees a diverse range of procurements including maintenance, engineering support, communications systems, and industrial equipment, aligning acquisitions with the agency’s strategic priorities in expeditionary operations and base resilience. Sampels applies full lifecycle contracting expertise, from solicitation through award and performance management, ensuring compliance with FAR and DFARS requirements. Sampels maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including GILBANE JAPAN GK and KYUNAN CO., LTD., both of which provide specialized facilities maintenance, construction, and logistics support tailored to military installation needs. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established vendors with proven regional expertise and technical capacity to deliver mission-enabling services under austere conditions. These partnerships are characterized by long-term performance reliability, repeat award cycles, and deep familiarity with Air Force infrastructure standards and security protocols. Sampels demonstrates a balanced approach to socioeconomic contracting, with approximately one-third of her awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a deliberate commitment to small business participation. While the majority of her acquisitions remain open to all competitors, she actively leverages small business capabilities for specialized services and equipment procurement, aligning with DoD objectives to broaden the industrial base and enhance resilience through diversified vendor engagement. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 334220 for wireless communications equipment and 333924 for industrial material handling systems, underscoring her technical expertise in aviation support infrastructure. She also routinely procures administrative management consulting services and specialized maintenance solutions, including those under NAICS 811219, demonstrating proficiency in integrating technical, logistical, and operational support functions critical to airbase sustainment.