Carolyn A. Powell

Carolyn A. Powell serves as a Contract Specialist at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard IMF (N4523A), a critical component of the Department of the Navy responsible for sustaining the readiness of the U.S. Navy’s fleet through complex ship repair, maintenance, and industrial modernization. In her role, she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions for mission-critical industrial services, ensuring compliance with FAR and DoD acquisition regulations. Her portfolio primarily encompasses shipbuilding and repair contracts, electroplating and surface treatment services, and specialized marine equipment support, all essential to maintaining naval vessel operational availability and extended service life. Powell maintains consistent working relationships with key industrial contractors including LAKE UNION DRYDOCK CO, SUNBELT RENTALS, INC, FLUKE ELECTRONICS CORP, PAULEY RODINE INC, and MOTIVE POWER MARINE, LLC. These partnerships reflect a strategic alignment with vendors possessing specialized expertise in naval vessel maintenance, precision electrochemical processes, and marine propulsion systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, technical capability, and long-term performance, fostering collaborative vendor relationships built on regulatory compliance and mission-critical delivery standards. Her procurement strategy reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals, with approximately half of her actions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a strong emphasis on enabling small business participation. The remaining half are awarded without set-aside, typically for specialized services requiring unique technical qualifications or industrial capacity not widely available among small firms. This pattern underscores her ability to balance mission necessity with statutory small business objectives. Powell’s technical focus centers on NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), which constitutes the majority of her acquisitions, alongside NAICS 332813 (Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring). She routinely procures services involving hull restoration, corrosion control, precision component refurbishment, and marine electrical system maintenance, requiring deep familiarity with naval engineering standards and industrial quality assurance protocols.