Tami Crooks

Tami Crooks serves as a key procurement professional within Base Elizabeth City (70Z081), an operational unit of the U.S. Coast Guard under the Department of Homeland Security. She manages acquisition activities critical to sustaining the agency’s aviation and maritime infrastructure, ensuring mission readiness through timely and compliant contracting. Her portfolio encompasses facility maintenance, environmental services, and specialized industrial support, with a focus on contracts that uphold operational integrity and regulatory compliance. Crooks routinely handles service-based acquisitions under FAR Part 12 and Part 13 procedures, prioritizing efficiency and mission alignment across a broad spectrum of non-defense logistics requirements. Crooks maintains consistent relationships with a select group of contractors including C-PHASE SERVICES, LLC, STERILECO LLC, MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION, and JOHNS BROTHERS SECURITY, INC. These partnerships reflect a blend of specialized environmental, construction, security, and healthcare support services essential to the base’s daily operations. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, performance-based outcomes, and long-term vendor collaboration, particularly with firms demonstrating proven capability in delivering mission-critical services under stringent federal standards. Crooks exhibits a strong commitment to small business participation, with 87.5% of her awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This pattern underscores a deliberate strategy to maximize economic opportunity for small businesses, particularly those certified under socioeconomic programs, while maintaining competitive rigor and quality assurance. Her contracting decisions consistently prioritize small business engagement over open competitions, aligning with DHS and Coast Guard mandates to foster inclusive economic growth within the maritime support ecosystem. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 812320 (drycleaning and laundry services), 238220 (plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors), 238170 (siding contractors), 562991 (septic tank services), and 332410 (power boiler manufacturing). These categories reflect deep expertise in facility sustainment, environmental compliance, and infrastructure maintenance, demonstrating a technical understanding of the physical and operational demands of a high-activity Coast Guard air station.