Tiffany Cherry

Tiffany Cherry supports the Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) of the U.S. Coast Guard in managing critical procurement activities essential to sustaining the service’s rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft fleet. She plays a pivotal role in ensuring the continuous availability of mission-critical aviation components, overseeing acquisitions for avionics, maintenance parts, and auxiliary equipment that directly impact operational readiness. Her work centers on complex, technical contracts aligned with the lifecycle management of legacy platforms such as the MH-65E Dauphin and HC-144 Ocean Sentry, requiring deep coordination with engineering, logistics, and maintenance teams to align procurement with airworthiness and sustainment requirements. Cherry maintains consistent relationships with key industry partners including ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., AIRBUS US SPACE & DEFENSE INC, and AVIATRIX INC, who provide specialized avionics, structural components, and integrated logistics support. She also collaborates with GOLDBELT INTEGRATED LOGISTICS SERVICES, LLC and Quality Biological, Inc. for niche maintenance and support services. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor partnerships grounded in technical reliability, performance history, and supply chain resilience, often leveraging indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and basic ordering agreements to streamline responsive acquisitions. Her procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 84.6% of awards issued without set-aside designations, indicating a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic categorization. Nevertheless, she actively supports small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides (15.4%), ensuring qualified small firms have access to high-value aviation sustainment opportunities. Her primary procurement focus lies within NAICS 336413, encompassing the acquisition of other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment, with a secondary emphasis on NAICS 488190 for air transportation support services. She specializes in procuring flight-critical components, maintenance kits, avionics upgrades, and logistics support systems tailored to the unique operational demands of Coast Guard aviation platforms.