Bari Nichole Vaughn

Bari Nichole Vaughn serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Coast Guard’s Base New Orleans (70Z029), responsible for managing facility infrastructure contracts critical to maintaining operational readiness. She oversees the acquisition of specialized construction services focused on the maintenance, renovation, and modernization of shore-based facilities, ensuring compliance with federal building standards and resilience requirements for coastal environments. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to sustain mission-critical infrastructure, including building systems, utilities, and structural components vulnerable to environmental degradation. Vaughn handles competitively solicited contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, primarily utilizing firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement mechanisms for technical construction services. Her contractor relationships center on skilled trade firms with expertise in commercial and federal facility rehabilitation, particularly those possessing specialized certifications for federal construction work. While no single vendor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with contractors experienced in navigating stringent federal compliance protocols, including environmental remediation standards and historic preservation requirements. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, requiring rigorous quality assurance and inspection protocols to ensure long-term facility integrity. Vaughn’s contracting activity reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions issued without set-aside designations. This indicates a focus on technical capability and capacity over socioeconomic categorization, though she remains compliant with all statutory small business participation goals. Her approach prioritizes contractor experience, past performance, and ability to meet complex facility requirements over socioeconomic preferences. Her primary procurement focus is exclusively on NAICS 238330—Flooring Contractors—indicating deep specialization in the installation, repair, and replacement of commercial and industrial flooring systems, including epoxy, vinyl composite tile, rubber, and resilient surfacing. This specialization underscores her technical expertise in facility systems that support safety, sanitation, and durability in high-traffic, moisture-prone Coast Guard environments such as maintenance bays, training facilities, and administrative buildings.