Dawn Redman

Dawn Redman serves as a Contract Specialist at the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (N55236), a key component of the Department of the Navy responsible for sustaining naval vessel readiness through industrial-scale maintenance and repair. In this role, she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions for critical shipbuilding and repair services, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and alignment with fleet readiness objectives. Her portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 336611—Ship Building and Repairing—encompassing complex industrial contracts for structural modifications, dry dock services, marine systems integration, and specialized maintenance infrastructure. Dawn plays a pivotal role in translating operational requirements into enforceable contractual deliverables that support the Navy’s long-term vessel sustainment strategy. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced industrial contractors, including W. V. Construction Company, Turn Key Scaffolding LLC, Premier Scaffolding, Inc., Fairbanks Morse, LLC, and The Sherwin-Williams Company. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in naval shipyard environments, heavy industrial fabrication, corrosion protection, and marine-grade coating systems. Dawn’s contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and contractor accountability in high-safety, high-complexity operational settings. While the majority of her acquisitions are conducted as open, no-set-aside competitions (66.7%), she actively supports small business participation through 8(a) competed awards (22.2%) and Total Small Business Set-Asides (11.1%). Her socioeconomic contracting patterns demonstrate a balanced commitment to both operational efficiency and statutory small business goals, consistently integrating qualified small businesses where technical capability and capacity permit. Her technical domain expertise is singularly focused on the ship repair and conversion sector, where she procures specialized services including hull rehabilitation, propulsion system overhauls, electrical retrofits, and industrial coating applications—all critical to maintaining naval vessel combat readiness and extending service life.