Courtney Frederick-Encalade

Courtney Frederick-Encalade serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Oceanographic Office, supporting the agency’s mission to deliver critical oceanographic and geospatial intelligence for naval operations. Responsible for managing technical acquisitions in support of environmental sensing, seabed mapping, and predictive modeling systems, she ensures the acquisition of precision equipment and maintenance services essential to undersea warfare and maritime domain awareness. Her work directly enables the Navy’s operational readiness by securing reliable, high-performance instrumentation and repair capabilities for oceanographic platforms and sensor networks. Frederick-Encalade collaborates with a network of specialized vendors focused on electronic and precision equipment repair, calibration, and maintenance services. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with firms possessing niche expertise in naval-grade instrumentation, sonar system maintenance, and environmental data acquisition hardware. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical proficiency, compliance with military specifications, and vendor reliability over volume-based sourcing, fostering long-term partnerships with contractors capable of sustaining mission-critical systems in austere maritime environments. Her procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open, unrestricted competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-aside designations. This indicates a focus on technical capability and mission necessity over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing the most qualified providers regardless of business size or certification status. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, vendors with proven expertise in naval oceanographic systems remain competitive through technical merit and service reliability. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 811210—Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance—reflecting deep specialization in sustaining complex oceanographic sensors, hydrographic survey systems, and seabed mapping instrumentation. She procures services including calibration of deep-sea sonars, repair of underwater telemetry units, and maintenance of autonomous underwater vehicle payloads, demonstrating expertise in the lifecycle support of mission-critical oceanographic technology.