Alizabeth J. Lee

Alizabeth J. Lee serves as a Contract Specialist-Student Trainee at the Naval Oceanographic Office (N62306), supporting the Department of Defense’s mission to deliver critical oceanographic and geospatial intelligence for naval operations. In this role, she assists in the full lifecycle management of procurement actions, including solicitation development, contract negotiation, and post-award administration. Her work directly enables the acquisition of specialized environmental sensing systems, data processing tools, and geospatial instrumentation essential for undersea warfare, maritime domain awareness, and real-time ocean modeling. She supports both commercial and government-unique acquisitions aligned with the agency’s technical priorities in oceanographic instrumentation and data analytics. While specific contractor relationships are not yet established due to her trainee status, Lee collaborates closely with senior contracting officers and technical evaluators to engage vendors specializing in precision measurement devices and environmental data systems. Her emerging working patterns reflect a focus on technical compliance, performance-based requirements, and adherence to DoD acquisition regulations, with exposure to both large prime contractors and innovative small businesses in the defense technology sector. Lee’s procurement activities are exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of her assigned acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects the Naval Oceanographic Office’s operational imperatives for rapid access to specialized, high-performance technologies without socioeconomic restrictions. Her training emphasizes compliance with FAR and DFARS standards while maintaining strict neutrality in socioeconomic preferences to ensure mission-critical capabilities are procured without delay. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing) and NAICS 511210 (Software Publishers), indicating a strong alignment with the acquisition of oceanographic sensors, hydrographic data systems, and proprietary environmental modeling software. She is developing expertise in procuring ruggedized instrumentation, real-time data acquisition platforms, and geospatial analytics tools critical to undersea warfare and naval navigation systems.