Amanda Malave

Amanda Malave serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Coast Guard’s SFLC Procurement Branch 1 (70Z080), overseeing the acquisition of critical shipbuilding and vessel maintenance services essential to sustaining the Coast Guard’s fleet readiness. She manages complex contracts for the construction, repair, and modernization of cutters and maritime assets, ensuring compliance with naval engineering standards and lifecycle extension requirements. Her work directly supports operational missions across coastal, offshore, and open-ocean domains by securing specialized marine infrastructure and propulsion system upgrades through competitive and set-aside mechanisms. Malave maintains long-standing relationships with a select group of Tier-1 maritime contractors, including Fairbanks Morse, LLC, Bay Ship & Yacht Co, and Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C., all of which possess deep expertise in naval vessel fabrication and dry-dock overhauls. She also collaborates closely with niche suppliers such as Automatic Coating Limited USA and Technico Corporation for specialized coatings, marine systems, and engineered components. Her contracting approach emphasizes proven technical capability, quality assurance, and sustained performance, fostering stable, mission-critical vendor partnerships grounded in reliability and regulatory compliance. Her procurement strategy reflects a strong commitment to small business participation, with approximately 71% of awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This consistent preference underscores a deliberate effort to cultivate capacity among small, qualified maritime vendors and promote economic resilience within the defense industrial base. While no other socioeconomic categories are prominently used, her focus on small business set-asides aligns with broader Coast Guard and DHS goals to expand vendor diversity in complex shipbuilding markets. Malave’s technical expertise centers on NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), which accounts for over 95% of her portfolio. She procures a range of services including hull fabrication, propulsion system retrofits, electrical system upgrades, and corrosion control solutions for medium- and large-sized cutters. Her domain knowledge spans naval architecture, dry-dock scheduling, and marine engineering standards, ensuring acquisitions meet stringent Coast Guard operational and safety requirements.