Alana Garrett

Alana Garrett serves as a secondary procurement professional within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWC Dahlgren), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance integrated warfighting systems through research, development, test, and evaluation. She plays a critical role in facilitating acquisitions for advanced engineering services that underpin naval electronic warfare, command and control, and embedded computing systems. Her work ensures timely delivery of technical solutions that enhance surface ship combat capabilities, signal processing, and networked sensor architectures, aligning procurement activities with the center’s R&D priorities and operational readiness goals. Garrett maintains consistent working relationships with a focused cohort of contractors, including TEX-TECH ENGINEERED COMPOSITES, LLC, TATITLEK GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC., 3DB LABS INC, WASTE REMOVAL USA, LLC, and BOWHEAD PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for specialized engineering and technical support firms capable of delivering high-assurance systems integration, rapid prototyping, and mission-critical sustainment services. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term collaboration with vendors possessing deep domain expertise in naval systems engineering and rapid prototyping environments. Garrett’s procurement portfolio is exclusively awarded through 8(a) competed set-asides, demonstrating a robust and unwavering commitment to socioeconomic contracting programs. She consistently channels engineering service requirements to small disadvantaged businesses certified under the SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program, fostering innovation and capacity building among underrepresented industry participants in the defense technology sector. Her primary procurement focus is centered on NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), with all acquisitions directed toward advanced technical support for sensor systems, signal processing, communications networks, and embedded computing platforms. She procures specialized engineering expertise in electronic warfare countermeasures, real-time data fusion, and mission-critical software integration, ensuring NSWC Dahlgren maintains technical superiority in next-generation naval combat systems.