Amanda L. Justice

Amanda Justice serves as a Small Business Specialist and APFS Coordinator for the U.S. Coast Guard, where she plays a pivotal role in advancing socioeconomic contracting goals and ensuring robust small business participation across the agency’s acquisition portfolio. In this capacity, she advises contracting teams on small business set-aside eligibility, mentor-protégé programs, and socioeconomic compliance under FAR Part 19. Her work directly supports the Coast Guard’s mission to modernize maritime infrastructure, sustain fleet readiness, and enhance digital capabilities by connecting qualified small businesses with mission-critical procurement opportunities in engineering, communications, and software development. Justice maintains strategic relationships with prime contractors including Huntington Ingalls Inc., Bollinger Shipyards, L3Harris Technologies, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, and Whiting-Turner Contracting Company. These partnerships span shipbuilding, systems integration, cyber infrastructure, and facility modernization, requiring close collaboration to ensure small business subcontracting plans align with technical requirements and performance milestones. She facilitates transparent communication between prime contractors and small business vendors to foster long-term, compliant supply chain development. While the majority of Coast Guard acquisitions are conducted without set-asides, Justice consistently champions Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with small business participation accounting for nearly 30% of eligible awards. Her focus includes supporting Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and HUBZone firms, aligning with DHS and Coast Guard priorities to broaden economic opportunity within the maritime defense industrial base. Her technical expertise centers on NAICS codes 541330 (Engineering Services), 513210 (Software Publishers), and 334290 (Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing), reflecting the Coast Guard’s emphasis on mission-critical systems integration, cybersecurity software, and advanced communications hardware. She specializes in procuring complex technical solutions that support vessel sustainment, shore facility modernization, and digital command and control systems.