Callie Ortiz

Callie Ortiz serves as a key procurement professional at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWC Dahlgren), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance integrated warfighting capabilities through research, development, test, and evaluation of advanced sensor systems, command and control platforms, and embedded computing technologies. She manages a portfolio of engineering services contracts critical to modernizing naval electronic warfare, signal processing, and networked combat systems. Her acquisitions are strategically aligned with the agency’s technical priorities, ensuring timely delivery of mission-critical solutions that enhance surface ship and missile system readiness. Ortiz maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including TEX-TECH ENGINEERED COMPOSITES, LLC for advanced material integration, TATITLEK GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC. for systems engineering support, 3DB LABS INC for additive manufacturing solutions, WASTE REMOVAL USA, LLC for environmental compliance services, and BOWHEAD PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS, LLC for program and operations support. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with deep domain expertise in defense engineering and niche technical capabilities essential to NSWC Dahlgren’s R&D lifecycle. Her procurement strategy reflects a balanced approach to socioeconomic goals, with approximately half of her awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a strong commitment to fostering innovation through small business participation. The remaining awards are open competition, ensuring access to specialized capabilities not available within the small business base. All of Ortiz’s acquisitions fall under NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), underscoring her exclusive focus on technical engineering support for naval systems. She procures services related to systems architecture, embedded software development, signal integrity analysis, and hardware-in-the-loop testing—domains critical to sustaining naval superiority in contested electromagnetic environments.