Dawn A. Griffin

Dawn A. Griffin serves as a key procurement professional at the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize naval vessel readiness through industrial and maintenance contracting. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions centered on shipbuilding, repair, and industrial infrastructure, ensuring fleet assets remain operationally viable. Her work spans complex contract vehicles for specialized trade services, marine equipment, and critical maintenance systems, aligning procurement strategy with naval engineering requirements and readiness timelines. Griffin maintains consistent relationships with leading industrial contractors including W. V. Construction Company, Turn Key Scaffolding LLC, and Premier Scaffolding, Inc., which provide essential scaffolding and shipyard support services. She also collaborates with Fairbanks Morse, LLC for propulsion and marine engine components and The Sherwin-Williams Company for protective coatings and marine-grade finishes. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in naval environments, emphasizing quality, compliance, and on-time delivery within constrained shipyard schedules. A strong advocate for small business participation, Griffin consistently prioritizes Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with over half of her acquisitions reserved for small businesses. This pattern underscores a deliberate strategy to foster competition, enhance innovation, and expand economic opportunity within the defense industrial base. Her contracting approach integrates socioeconomic goals without compromising mission-critical performance standards. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), reflecting deep specialization in naval maintenance and repair services. She also routinely procures specialty trade contracting (238990), industrial valves (332911), marine instrumentation (334511), and commercial refrigeration systems (333415), demonstrating technical fluency across the full spectrum of shipyard infrastructure and engineering support. Her expertise lies at the intersection of naval logistics, industrial maintenance, and compliant procurement execution.