Cassandra Brese

Cassandra J. Brese serves as a key procurement professional responsible for managing complex acquisitions within the defense and aerospace sectors, with a primary focus on shipbuilding, navigation systems, and engineering services. She plays a critical role in executing the agency’s acquisition strategy by overseeing the solicitation, evaluation, and award of contracts for mission-critical technical systems. Her portfolio includes high-stakes procurements requiring stringent compliance with federal acquisition regulations, particularly in domains demanding advanced engineering expertise and maritime operational readiness. She routinely handles full and open competitions under FAR Part 15, ensuring rigorous technical evaluations and source selection processes aligned with national security objectives. Brese maintains a broad network of industry partners, engaging with prime contractors specializing in naval vessel construction, avionics integration, and systems engineering. Her contracting patterns reflect collaboration with established defense industrial base firms and specialized technical service providers, often requiring cybersecurity compliance, ITAR adherence, and configuration management controls. While no single contractor dominates her award profile, her engagements consistently involve vendors capable of delivering integrated solutions across multiple technical domains, emphasizing performance-based contracting and life-cycle support. Her procurement approach is exclusively focused on full and open competition, with no set-asides utilized in her award history. This reflects a strategic alignment with mission requirements that prioritize technical capability and scale over socioeconomic preferences, though she remains compliant with all applicable small business outreach and reporting obligations. Brese’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), 334511 (Navigation and Aeronautical System Manufacturing), and 541330 (Engineering Services). She regularly acquires naval platform systems, radar and sonar instrumentation, and mission-critical engineering support services, demonstrating deep familiarity with defense acquisition lifecycles and technical specifications governing maritime and aerospace platforms.