Cynthia A. Guthridge

Cynthia A. Guthridge serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock (N00167), where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisitions that support the development and integration of advanced maritime systems. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of contracts for technical services and specialized equipment critical to naval vessel performance, stealth, and survivability. She routinely handles procurements in engineering services and precision measurement systems, ensuring compliance with Department of the Navy acquisition regulations while aligning contracts with strategic R&D objectives in hydrodynamics, signature management, and sensor integration. Guthridge maintains established working relationships with key industry partners including BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Goodrich Corp., Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, CB Design & Huitt Zollars Joint Venture, LLC, and Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced defense contractors with proven expertise in naval systems engineering, mechanical testing, and advanced control device manufacturing. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term vendor collaboration to support mission-critical naval modernization efforts. Her procurement portfolio is entirely focused on open, unrestricted competitions, with no set-asides designated for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic categories. This reflects a mission-driven prioritization of technical capability and system readiness over socioeconomic preferences, ensuring access to the highest-tier industrial capabilities required for classified and high-performance naval applications. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing), encompassing precision instrumentation for hydrodynamic and acoustic testing, and NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), which includes systems integration, computational modeling, and survivability analysis. Her expertise centers on procuring specialized hardware and technical services that directly enable the testing, evaluation, and enhancement of naval platform performance under extreme operational conditions.