Daniel Pines

Daniel Pines serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance ordnance systems, explosives, and precision instrumentation. He manages complex acquisitions centered on research and development in physical and engineering sciences, overseeing contracts that enable the modernization of munitions manufacturing and the integration of advanced ordnance handling and control systems. His work directly supports the lifecycle sustainment of naval weapon systems through technical engineering services, testing protocols, and specialized instrumentation procurement. Pines operates within a highly regulated defense environment, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with strategic naval modernization priorities. Pines maintains consistent working relationships with a focused group of contractors, including TOTAL CONCEPTS OF DESIGN INC, Boh Environmental, L.L.C., CHUCKING MACHINE PRODUCTS, INC., CANADIAN COMMERCIAL CORP, and DEVAL LIFE CYCLE SUPPORT LLC. These partners provide specialized engineering, environmental compliance, precision machining, and lifecycle support services critical to ordnance system development and testing. His procurement patterns reflect long-term, technically demanding partnerships rather than transactional engagements, indicating a preference for vendors with proven expertise in high-consequence defense applications and stringent quality assurance standards. Pines’ contracting activity shows a 100% preference for non-set-aside procurements, indicating a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic classifications. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in his award patterns, his selections are driven by the specialized nature of required services, which often necessitate niche expertise not widely available among small business vendors in this domain. His primary NAICS classification is 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences—reflecting his exclusive focus on advanced ordnance R&D, explosive safety engineering, and precision test instrumentation. He procures services involving materials characterization, ballistic testing, detonation control systems, and hazardous material handling technologies, demonstrating deep domain expertise in naval ordnance lifecycle support.