Christina Ayers

Christina Ayers serves as a key procurement lead within the U.S. Coast Guard’s Headquarters Contract Operations (CG-912), overseeing strategic acquisitions critical to national maritime security and operational readiness. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts for specialized aerospace, maritime, and technical services, with a primary focus on vessel modernization, search and detection systems, and patrol craft procurement. Her work directly supports the Coast Guard’s mission to enhance coastal and riverine patrol capabilities through advanced engineering solutions and fleet sustainment programs, ensuring alignment with federal acquisition regulations and operational requirements. Ayers maintains consistent, long-term partnerships with leading shipbuilders and maritime technology providers, including Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, L.L.C., Davie Defense Inc., Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, and Rozema’s Boat Works, Inc. These relationships reflect a preference for Tier-1 contractors with proven expertise in naval architecture, vessel construction, and integrated systems integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and lifecycle support, fostering collaborative vendor engagement throughout design, fabrication, and delivery phases. Her procurement strategy reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals, with approximately half of her contracts set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5, and the remainder awarded as full and open competitions. This pattern underscores a deliberate effort to expand opportunities for small businesses while maintaining access to specialized industrial capacity. She actively promotes participation from small disadvantaged, veteran-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, aligning with DHS and Coast Guard socioeconomic objectives. Ayers’ portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 333618 — Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing — which encompasses propulsion systems, marine powerplants, and integrated engine control units for Coast Guard vessels. Her technical expertise lies in procuring mission-critical marine engine systems, auxiliary power units, and related components essential to the performance and reliability of patrol boats, cutters, and response craft. She brings deep domain knowledge in maritime propulsion technology and lifecycle sustainment requirements.