Chad Ginter

Chad Ginter serves as a Contracting Officer (SK3) within the U.S. Coast Guard’s SFLC Procurement Branch 3, where he is responsible for managing the acquisition of shipbuilding, repair, and maintenance services critical to sustaining the Coast Guard’s maritime fleet. His role centers on executing full lifecycle procurement actions for vessel modernization, structural repairs, and marine system upgrades, ensuring operational readiness through compliant, transparent, and mission-driven contracting. Ginter specializes in complex naval infrastructure acquisitions under FAR Part 13 and Part 15 procedures, with a focus on performance-based requirements and lifecycle cost efficiency. He maintains enduring relationships with a core group of specialized marine contractors, including Philadelphia Electrical Equipment Co., JDCI Enterprises, Inc., ALS Services USA, Corp., Cabras Marine Corporation, and Bay Marine Boatworks, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in vessel refit, electrical systems integration, and dry-dock maintenance. Ginter’s contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, technical compliance, and quality assurance in high-safety-demand environments, fostering reliable delivery of mission-critical marine services. Ginter consistently applies a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside strategy across all his acquisitions, demonstrating a robust commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals under FAR 19.5. His portfolio is entirely reserved for small businesses, ensuring maximum participation from small, independently owned marine service providers without regard to specific socioeconomic designations, thereby promoting broad-based industry engagement and workforce development within the maritime sector. His procurement activities are exclusively focused on NAICS 336611—Ship Building and Repairing—reflecting deep technical expertise in naval architecture, marine engineering, and vessel sustainment. He procures services ranging from hull fabrication and propulsion system overhauls to electrical and navigation system upgrades, requiring stringent adherence to Coast Guard technical specifications and Coast Guard Marine Safety Standards.