Vanessa Vidaurre

Vanessa E. Vidaurre serves as a key procurement professional within the FA4887 56th Contracting Squadron, a unit of the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining critical airfield, hangar, and industrial infrastructure. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts supporting maintenance, aviation component manufacturing, and facility operations, ensuring the operational readiness of Air Force installations. Her acquisitions span industrial systems, specialized instrumentation, and technical consulting services, with a focus on mission-critical support for aviation and maintenance ecosystems. Vidaurre’s work directly enables the sustainment of high-value assets through timely, compliant, and strategically aligned contracting actions. She maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of prime contractors including ARKOSE GROUP LLC, SILVER NATIONAL CORP., BLAZING AVIATION LLC, and MACH 2 PRODUCTIONS INC., each recognized for their expertise in aviation support, industrial gas systems, and technical services. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven capabilities in complex, regulated environments, often requiring specialized certifications and niche engineering knowledge. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and long-term vendor reliability over transactional procurement. Vidaurre demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with approximately two-thirds of her acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This pattern reflects a deliberate strategy to foster competition and capability development among small, innovative firms, while maintaining compliance with socioeconomic contracting objectives. Her portfolio shows minimal use of no-set-aside awards, underscoring her alignment with Department of Defense priorities to expand small business access to defense contracting opportunities. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 325120 (Industrial Gas Manufacturing), 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), 334515 (Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals), and 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services). These categories reflect deep technical expertise in aviation support systems, precision instrumentation, and industrial process engineering, aligning her work with the Air Force’s mission to maintain operational infrastructure through advanced, reliable, and mission-specific solutions.