Bethany K Petrofsky

Bethany K. Petrofsky serves as a Contracting Officer within the Headquarters Contract Operations (CG-912) unit of the U.S. Coast Guard, part of the Department of Homeland Security. She plays a pivotal role in executing strategic acquisitions that support national maritime security, operational readiness, and fleet modernization. Her portfolio centers on the procurement of aerospace, maritime, and technical services critical to enhancing coastal and riverine patrol capabilities, advancing maritime domain awareness systems, and sustaining specialized vessel fleets through new construction and lifecycle support. Petrofsky manages complex, mission-critical contracts governed by FAR and DFARS regulations, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements while aligning procurement outcomes with Coast Guard operational priorities. Petrofsky maintains consistent contracting relationships with a select group of specialized shipbuilders and maritime technology providers, including Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, L.L.C., Davie Defense Inc., Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, and Rozema’s Boat Works, Inc. These partnerships reflect a focus on high-capability, defense-qualified vendors with proven expertise in vessel design, fabrication, and integrated systems installation. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, technical diligence, and performance-based acquisition strategies to ensure delivery of mission-essential platforms and equipment. Petrofsky’s contracting activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. While she does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her process prioritizes competitive fairness, technical merit, and vendor capability over socioeconomic criteria, reflecting the specialized nature of the maritime systems she procures. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 334220—Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing—indicating deep specialization in advanced maritime communications, radar, sensor, and electronic warfare systems. She consistently acquires integrated command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) technologies essential for enhancing situational awareness and operational effectiveness across the Coast Guard’s fleet.