Alice M Mariner

Alice M. Mariner serves as a Contracting Specialist within the SFLC Procurement Branch 1 (70Z080) of the U.S. Coast Guard, where she plays a pivotal role in executing acquisitions critical to the sustainment and modernization of the Coast Guard’s fleet of cutters and maritime assets. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of complex shipbuilding and repair contracts, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations, and aligning procurement decisions with the agency’s operational readiness goals. She routinely handles sealed bidding and negotiated procurements under FAR Part 13 and Part 14, with a focus on long-term maintenance contracts, dry dock overhauls, and propulsion system upgrades essential to coastal and open-ocean missions. Mariner maintains enduring working relationships with key industry partners including Fairbanks Morse, LLC, Bay Ship & Yacht Co, Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C., Automatic Coating Limited USA, and Technico Corporation. These partnerships are primarily centered on naval vessel repair, hull maintenance, coating applications, and marine propulsion system integration. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and long-term vendor collaboration to ensure technical precision and lifecycle cost efficiency. She demonstrates a strong and consistent commitment to small business participation, with 85.2% of her acquisitions set aside exclusively for small businesses under FAR 19.5. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to maximize opportunities for small disadvantaged, HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned firms within the maritime industrial base, reinforcing the Coast Guard’s socioeconomic goals. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), where she manages specialized procurements for vessel refits, structural repairs, and marine system upgrades. She also oversees limited acquisitions in air and gas compressor manufacturing for auxiliary systems, demonstrating domain expertise in naval engineering support services and marine industrial supply chains.