Alicia Garcia

Alicia Garcia serves as a key procurement professional at NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Puget Sound, supporting the Department of Defense’s mission to sustain the readiness of U.S. Navy surface and submarine fleets. She manages the acquisition of mission-critical marine engineering systems, structural components, and industrial maintenance services essential to vessel integrity and operational longevity. Her portfolio includes complex contracts for shipbuilding materials, precision-fabricated hardware, and mechanical systems, ensuring compliance with naval specifications and lifecycle sustainment requirements. Garcia plays a central role in aligning acquisition strategies with fleet modernization priorities and technical readiness goals. She maintains established relationships with leading defense contractors including Timken Gears & Services Inc., Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corp, Bellingham Marine Industries, Palfinger Marine USA, and Jered LLC, partnering with firms specializing in naval propulsion systems, electro-mechanical controls, marine fabrication, and lifting equipment. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical capability, quality assurance, and long-term supportability, fostering collaborative vendor partnerships that prioritize reliability and compliance with military standards. Garcia demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with over half of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize socioeconomic programs that expand opportunities for small businesses, reflecting a deliberate strategy to cultivate a diverse supplier base capable of meeting the Navy’s specialized engineering demands. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), with significant activity in overhead crane manufacturing (333923), commercial refrigeration systems (333415), fluid power components (333996), and hardware fabrication (332510). This technical specialization underscores her expertise in acquiring complex, mission-critical systems that support naval vessel maintenance, propulsion, and environmental control infrastructure.