Donna M Urban

Donna M. Urban serves as a Contract Specialist within the C5I Division 3 Portsmouth under the U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security, where she manages the acquisition of critical command, control, communications, computers, cyber, and intelligence (C5I) systems essential to maritime domain awareness and national security operations. Her portfolio centers on procuring advanced electronic systems for surveillance, navigation, and secure communications, ensuring operational resilience across maritime and coastal domains. She applies full lifecycle contracting expertise to complex technical acquisitions, coordinating with engineering and program management teams to align procurement strategy with mission-critical requirements under FAR and DFARS guidelines. Donna maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors such as Trimble Inc., leveraging long-term partnerships to deliver precision instrumentation and integrated communication platforms. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and technical interoperability, often engaging vendors with proven capabilities in ruggedized electronics and real-time data systems. She fosters collaborative vendor relationships grounded in compliance, innovation, and mission alignment, ensuring timely delivery of mission-enabling technologies under tight operational timelines. Her contracting patterns reflect a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals, with equal emphasis on open competitions and Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. Donna actively promotes small business participation, consistently structuring solicitations to enable eligibility for small, disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran-owned firms without relying on 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB-specific set-asides, demonstrating a preference for broad-based competition among qualified small entities. Her primary NAICS focus includes manufacturing and wholesale of industrial measurement instruments (334513), wireless communications equipment (334220), and specialized electronic components (334419), reflecting deep expertise in procuring high-reliability systems for maritime environments. She routinely acquires radar interfaces, signal processors, secure transceivers, and integrated sensor suites, demonstrating specialized knowledge in defense-grade electronics and mission-critical C5I infrastructure.