Bridget M. Hendrix

Bridget M. Hendrix serves as a secondary procurement specialist within the U.S. Coast Guard’s Headquarters Contract Operations (CG-912), supporting the strategic acquisition of aerospace, maritime, and technical services critical to national security and operational readiness. She contributes to the planning, execution, and administration of complex contracts aimed at modernizing the Coast Guard’s fleet, enhancing maritime domain awareness systems, and sustaining specialized vessel capabilities. Her work focuses on high-stakes, mission-critical acquisitions involving research and development in physical and engineering sciences, ensuring alignment with the agency’s priorities in search and detection technologies, coastal patrol systems, and next-generation maritime platforms. Hendrix maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of shipbuilding and maritime technology contractors, including Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, L.L.C., Davie Defense Inc., Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, and Rozema’s Boat Works, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for established, technically capable vendors with proven experience in naval architecture, vessel modernization, and defense-grade systems integration. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, technical compliance, and performance-based contract management to ensure delivery of mission-ready assets. Her contracting activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on technical merit and operational capability over socioeconomic criteria, aligning with the Coast Guard’s need for specialized, non-commoditized solutions in high-consequence maritime domains. Hendrix’s procurement portfolio is exclusively classified under NAICS 541715, indicating a deep specialization in research and development services for physical and engineering sciences. She routinely procures advanced maritime sensors, radar and sonar systems, autonomous vessel technologies, and integrated command and control software—domain expertise centered on enhancing maritime surveillance, navigation, and response capabilities through cutting-edge R&D.