Danielle Smith

Danielle Smith serves as an SK1 Contracting Officer within the Base National Capital Region (70Z0G8), operating under the U.S. Coast Guard’s Facility Management Division of the Department of Homeland Security. In this role, she manages the acquisition lifecycle for critical infrastructure support services, focusing on facility maintenance, building systems upgrades, and security-related enhancements. Her portfolio centers on ensuring operational readiness through timely procurement of specialized trade services essential to sustaining federal installations. Smith plays a pivotal role in aligning contracting actions with the agency’s strategic priorities, particularly in modernizing HVAC systems, improving environmental compliance, and maintaining mission-critical infrastructure across the National Capital Region. Smith’s contracting approach emphasizes collaboration with a diverse pool of specialty trade contractors, particularly those with expertise in building systems and facility maintenance. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with firms possessing niche capabilities in plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, flooring, and industrial equipment repair. Her working relationships are characterized by a preference for responsive, certified vendors capable of delivering high-quality, code-compliant work under tight operational timelines, often requiring coordination with facility engineers and safety officers. A strong advocate for socioeconomic inclusion, Smith prioritizes small business participation, with 74.5% of her acquisitions set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate focus on broad-based small business engagement rather than concentration on specific socioeconomic categories, fostering competition among a wide range of qualified vendors without favoring 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides disproportionately. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 238220 (plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors), 238290 and 238990 (other building equipment and specialty trade contractors), and 238330 (flooring contractors), with additional emphasis on 811310 for commercial and industrial machinery maintenance. These categories reflect her technical expertise in facility systems integration, mechanical infrastructure upgrades, and building envelope enhancements critical to Coast Guard operational continuity.