Valerie Cockman

Valerie Cockman serves as a primary procurement contact within the Department of the Air Force at AFSC Pzimc. In this capacity, she supports the agency’s mission to maintain operational readiness through the sustainment, technical modernization, and repair of complex industrial machinery and aerospace components. Her role involves managing acquisitions essential to the maintenance of commercial and industrial equipment, the procurement of specialized chemical products, and the acquisition of precision measuring and controlling devices. The agency’s contractor landscape includes a variety of specialized industrial and manufacturing firms. Vendors active at this agency include Machine Tool Specialties, LLC, Tuckahoe Trading Inc, Starrag USA Inc, Additive Innovators of LA, L.L.C., and Sexbull LLC. These organizations provide the technical capabilities required to support the agency's heavy industrial and aerospace sustainment requirements. The agency demonstrates a balanced approach to socioeconomic contracting, with 50% of its procurement activity conducted without set-asides. However, there is a clear commitment to small business participation, as evidenced by a 12.5% allocation specifically designated for 100% small business set-asides, ensuring that small enterprises remain competitive within the Department of Defense supply chain. Procurement activities are heavily concentrated in specialized manufacturing and maintenance sectors. The agency’s primary technical focus areas include the manufacturing of other measuring and controlling devices, as well as the repair and maintenance of commercial and industrial machinery and equipment. Additionally, the agency manages requirements related to rolling mill and metalworking machinery, power boiler and heat exchanger manufacturing, and the production of air and gas compressors.