Berta M Gomez

Berta M. Gomez serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Coast Guard’s CEU MIAMI (00082), supporting the agency’s mission to sustain and modernize critical maritime infrastructure. She manages a diverse portfolio of civil engineering and construction contracts focused on coastal facility rehabilitation, navigational aid maintenance, and resilient infrastructure development. Her work directly enables operational readiness for search and rescue, aids to navigation, and homeland security missions by ensuring that physical assets meet stringent federal engineering standards. She routinely handles complex, multi-year acquisitions under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, with an emphasis on design-build, construction manager-at-risk, and performance-based contracting methodologies. Gomez cultivates strategic relationships with a broad spectrum of contractors specializing in heavy civil engineering, industrial construction, and site preparation services. While no single vendor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with firms possessing proven expertise in marine construction, coastal erosion control, and remote station upgrades. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance metrics, lifecycle cost analysis, and contractor past performance evaluations to ensure mission-critical outcomes. She prioritizes vendors with demonstrated experience in federal environmental compliance and maritime construction standards. Her procurement strategy strongly emphasizes socioeconomic inclusion, with over 59% of her awards directed toward small business set-asides, including a significant focus on HUBZone firms (26.9%) and Total Small Business Set-Asides (30.5%). She actively promotes participation from service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and ensures compliance with FAR Part 19 requirements. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate commitment to fostering economic opportunity in underserved communities while maintaining rigorous technical standards. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), with additional emphasis on industrial and commercial building construction (236210, 236220) and site preparation (238910). She procures specialized services including seawall construction, dock rehabilitation, electrical and mechanical systems integration for remote stations, and water/sewer infrastructure upgrades—demonstrating deep expertise in coastal engineering and federal facility modernization.