Catherine Prestipino

Catherine Prestipino serves as a Contract Specialist within the U.S. Coast Guard’s LOG-9 office (70Z084), where she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions to sustain shore-based and maritime operational readiness. Her responsibilities include soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts for life-cycle support services critical to facility maintenance, environmental compliance, training infrastructure, and logistical operations. She works closely with program managers and acquisition teams to ensure compliance with FAR and agency-specific policies, prioritizing mission-critical outcomes while maintaining fiscal accountability and regulatory integrity across a diverse portfolio of non-defense, support-oriented acquisitions. Prestipino maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including GILMAN CORPORATION THE, FRONTLINE ENTERPRISES LLC, ISN ALLIANCE LLC, S3 SOLUTIONS ONE LLC, and FAZTEC INDUSTRIES INC. These partnerships span facility operations, technical support, training services, and specialized manufacturing, reflecting a preference for established vendors with proven capacity to deliver complex, mission-aligned solutions under time-sensitive conditions. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, clear statement of work development, and robust post-award oversight to ensure contractor accountability. Her procurement strategy reflects a strong emphasis on broad market access, with approximately 70.8% of awards issued without set-aside designation, while actively supporting small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides (20.8%), Women-Owned Small Business (4.2%), and HUBZone (4.2%) mechanisms. This balanced approach ensures competitive rigor while fulfilling statutory obligations to promote socioeconomic diversity in the federal supply base. Prestipino’s primary NAICS focus areas include 485510 (Charter Bus Industry) for personnel transportation, 611710 (Educational Support Services) for training infrastructure, and specialized manufacturing codes such as 335129 and 332618 for custom-fabricated components. Her expertise lies in procuring mission-enabling services and niche industrial products that directly support Coast Guard readiness, with deep familiarity in the intersection of logistics, facility sustainment, and technical manufacturing domains.