Charles Loss

Charles Loss serves as a key procurement professional within the Mid Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize naval surface platforms. He manages complex acquisitions for critical shipbuilding components, structural metal systems, and mechanical subsystems essential to fleet readiness and vessel integrity. His work spans the full lifecycle of contract execution—from requirements definition through award and performance oversight—ensuring alignment with naval engineering standards and industrial capacity requirements. He routinely handles sole-source and competitive procurements for high-integrity marine systems, prioritizing technical compliance, schedule reliability, and supply chain resilience. His primary contractor relationships include Fairlead Boatworks, Inc., General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., Howard W. Pence, Inc., and Kampi Components Co. Inc., reflecting a preference for established industrial partners with proven expertise in naval repair, precision machining, and integrated logistics support. These partnerships are characterized by long-term operational collaboration, often involving technical specifications derived from shipyard engineering teams and performance-based contracting frameworks. His procurement approach emphasizes vendor reliability, quality assurance protocols, and adherence to Navy-specific material and fabrication standards. Charles Loss maintains a consistent non-set-aside contracting posture, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on technical capability over socioeconomic classifications, prioritizing mission-critical performance and industrial readiness over targeted set-asides. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in his portfolio, vendors are evaluated strictly on technical merit, past performance, and capacity to meet stringent naval specifications. His procurement activity is concentrated in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing) and 332991 (Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing), indicating deep specialization in structural fabrication, propulsion subsystems, and precision mechanical components. He routinely procures custom-fabricated hull elements, marine-grade bearings, and integrated mechanical assemblies requiring certified welding, non-destructive testing, and naval classification compliance, demonstrating advanced technical fluency in naval surface platform sustainment.