Demetrice Parker

Demetrice Parker serves as a Contracts Specialist within the U.S. Coast Guard’s Headquarters Contract Operations (CG-912), where she plays a pivotal role in executing strategic acquisitions critical to national maritime security and operational readiness. She manages the full lifecycle of complex contracts for aerospace, maritime, and technical services, with a primary focus on vessel modernization, search and detection systems, and patrol craft procurement. Her work directly supports the Coast Guard’s mission to enhance coastal and riverine capabilities through timely, compliant, and cost-effective contracting solutions aligned with federal acquisition regulations and defense procurement priorities. Parker maintains consistent, long-term relationships with key shipbuilding and maritime systems contractors, including Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, L.L.C., Davie Defense Inc., Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, and Rozema’s Boat Works, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for established industrial partners with proven expertise in vessel construction, repair, and integrated systems integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and supply chain reliability, fostering collaborative vendor engagement across design, fabrication, and sustainment phases. Parker’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awarded contracts issued without socioeconomic set-asides. This pattern underscores a mission-driven focus on capability delivery over socioeconomic categorization, prioritizing technical suitability, industrial capacity, and delivery timelines above small business set-aside mechanisms such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her industry focus centers on shipbuilding and maritime systems procurement, primarily within NAICS categories related to ship and boat building, military aircraft and equipment maintenance, and maritime surveillance technology. She routinely procures custom-built patrol vessels, sensor integration systems, propulsion upgrades, and specialized maritime equipment, demonstrating deep technical familiarity with naval architecture standards, Coast Guard operational requirements, and defense acquisition lifecycle management.