Caroline Bruseski

Caroline Bruseski serves as a key procurement professional within the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard IMF, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize the U.S. Fleet through complex ship repair and industrial infrastructure contracts. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions centered on naval vessel maintenance, mechanical overhauls, and mission-critical system refurbishment, ensuring operational readiness through precision engineering and industrial support services. Her work directly enables the shipyard’s core capabilities in shipbuilding, propulsion system restoration, and auxiliary equipment integration, requiring deep technical understanding of naval engineering standards and defense acquisition regulations. Bruseski maintains longstanding relationships with industry leaders including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Pacific Industrial Equipment Corp, Xleagle LLC, Fairbanks Morse, LLC, and Philip Rieke, partnering with firms that provide specialized marine propulsion components, industrial valves, electrical systems, and HVAC equipment tailored to naval environments. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, technical compliance, and long-term vendor collaboration, often engaging contractors with proven track records in Navy shipyard operations and defense-grade manufacturing. Her procurement strategy reflects a strong commitment to small business participation, with 44% of awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating consistent support for small, qualified vendors in the defense industrial base. While the majority of acquisitions remain open to all competitors, her active use of small business set-asides underscores a deliberate effort to foster competition and broaden supplier diversity within the naval industrial ecosystem. Her technical focus centers on NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), complemented by significant procurement in metal valve and pipe fitting manufacturing (332919), miscellaneous electrical equipment (335999), general purpose machinery (333998), and commercial refrigeration systems (333415). This reflects expertise in procuring mission-critical components for propulsion, electrical distribution, climate control, and mechanical systems aboard naval vessels, requiring rigorous adherence to military specifications and naval engineering standards.