Briana Williams

Briana Williams supports the procurement mission of the Mid Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center under the Department of the Navy, managing acquisitions critical to sustaining and modernizing naval surface platforms. She oversees the acquisition of specialized industrial components, structural metal systems, and mechanical subsystems essential to vessel integrity and operational readiness. Her work directly enables the center’s focus on precision maintenance and shore-based infrastructure support, ensuring fleet-wide compliance with naval engineering standards. She handles a diverse portfolio of contracts spanning manufacturing, technical services, and industrial repair, with a strong emphasis on mission-critical hardware and integrated system upgrades. Williams maintains consistent partnerships with key industrial contractors including Fairlead Boatworks, Inc., General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., Howard W. Pence, Inc., and Kampi Components Co., Inc., reflecting a preference for established vendors with proven capabilities in naval shipbuilding, mechanical systems, and IT-enabled maintenance solutions. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term vendor reliability and technical specialization, often engaging firms with prior experience in Navy platform sustainment and defense-grade manufacturing. These relationships are cultivated through structured solicitation processes that prioritize performance history and compliance with military specifications. A strong advocate for small business participation, Williams consistently structures approximately 60% of her acquisitions as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, aligning with Department of the Navy socioeconomic goals. Her contracting approach actively promotes access for small, disadvantaged, and locally based manufacturers, reinforcing the agency’s commitment to workforce development and industrial base resilience. This pattern underscores a deliberate strategy to expand the pool of qualified vendors capable of supporting complex naval maintenance requirements. Her procurement focus centers on five core NAICS categories: shipbuilding and repair (336611), plumbing fixture manufacturing (332913), miscellaneous machinery (333998), showcase and locker manufacturing (337215), and custom computer programming (541511). These reflect a technical domain spanning structural metal fabrication, mechanical subsystem integration, and digital maintenance systems—each essential to the lifecycle support of naval surface fleets.