Denise Ortega

Denise Ortega serves as a key procurement lead at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard IMF, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize the U.S. Fleet through precision ship repair and industrial infrastructure upgrades. She manages a specialized portfolio of acquisitions centered on naval vessel maintenance, mechanical overhauls, and mission-critical system refurbishment, ensuring operational readiness through technically complex, performance-based contracts. Her work directly enables the shipyard’s core function of extending the service life of naval platforms through industrial-scale engineering and fabrication services, with a focus on compliance with naval specifications and defense logistics standards. Ortega maintains long-standing relationships with a select group of prime contractors including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Pacific Industrial Equipment Corp, XLEAGLE LLC, Fairbanks Morse, LLC, and Philip Rieke. These partnerships are built on proven technical capability in marine propulsion systems, electrical integration, hull structural repair, and industrial maintenance equipment. She prioritizes vendors with deep naval shipyard experience, ensuring seamless integration of contractor services into the shipyard’s scheduled dry-dock cycles and maintenance availabilities. Her procurement strategy reflects a strict 100% small business set-aside preference under FAR 19.5, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals. She consistently awards contracts to small businesses, including those certified under HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) programs, fostering a resilient, locally rooted industrial base capable of meeting the shipyard’s demanding technical requirements. Ortega’s acquisitions are exclusively focused on NAICS 336611—Ship Building and Repairing—covering everything from hull and machinery repairs to propulsion system overhauls, electrical retrofitting, and corrosion control. Her expertise lies in procuring specialized industrial services that support complex naval vessel sustainment, requiring deep domain knowledge in naval architecture, marine engineering, and defense industrial base logistics.