Audrey Cosgrove

Audrey Cosgrove serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, supporting the Department of Defense’s mission to advance ordnance systems and explosive technologies for naval warfare. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on the development, testing, and sustainment of munitions, guided missile components, and precision ordnance handling systems. Her work ensures the reliability and readiness of critical naval weapon platforms through timely contract execution and technical oversight, bridging engineering requirements with industrial capability. She routinely handles complex, mission-critical contracts requiring specialized manufacturing, engineering services, and logistics support for high-hazard environments. Cosgrove maintains longstanding relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including TOTAL CONCEPTS OF DESIGN INC, Boh Environmental, L.L.C., CHUCKING MACHINE PRODUCTS, INC., CANADIAN COMMERCIAL CORP, and DEVAL LIFE CYCLE SUPPORT LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with deep expertise in explosives manufacturing, metal fabrication, and life cycle support for ordnance systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical fidelity, supply chain resilience, and compliance with stringent DoD safety and quality standards, often requiring vendors to hold specialized clearances and certifications for handling classified or sensitive materials. Her procurement patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 90.9% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions, indicating a focus on capability over socioeconomic classification. However, she consistently allocates 9.1% of contracts to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but deliberate commitment to small business participation when technical requirements align with small firm capabilities. Cosgrove’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 325920 (Explosives Manufacturing) and 336419 (Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts), with additional emphasis on 332994 (Small Arms and Ordnance Accessories) and 541330 (Engineering Services). She procures specialized components such as detonators, propellant systems, safety interlocks, and test instrumentation, requiring deep domain expertise in ordnance engineering, hazardous materials handling, and defense-grade fabrication processes.