Cassie Kathman

Cassie Kathman serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Coast Guard’s Headquarters Contract Operations (CG-912), supporting the agency’s mission to enhance maritime security, operational readiness, and fleet modernization through strategic acquisition of specialized aerospace, maritime, and technical services. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on vessel construction, marine systems integration, and mission-critical support services, ensuring alignment with national coastal defense priorities. Her work directly enables the procurement of patrol craft, detection systems, and technical infrastructure essential to sustaining the Coast Guard’s operational capabilities across coastal and riverine environments. Kathman maintains longstanding relationships with core shipbuilding and maritime engineering contractors, including Bollinger Shipyards, Davie Defense Inc., Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, and Rozema’s Boat Works, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for established vendors with proven expertise in naval architecture, vessel modernization, and specialized marine equipment fabrication. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and lifecycle support, fostering collaborative, long-term vendor engagement over transactional procurement. Her procurement strategy prioritizes open competition, with 75% of awards issued without set-asides, while maintaining a consistent 25% commitment to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This balanced approach ensures access to specialized capabilities while actively promoting small business participation across the maritime industrial base, without favoring specific socioeconomic categories like 8(a) or HUBZone. Kathman’s primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 333618 (other engine equipment manufacturing) and 541611 (management consulting), reflecting demand for propulsion systems, marine control architecture, and strategic acquisition planning services. Additional emphasis is placed on switchgear manufacturing (335313), professional training (611430), and warehousing (493110), underscoring her expertise in integrated maritime systems procurement that spans hardware, technical services, and logistics support.