Erika R. Wallace

Erika R. Wallace serves as a key procurement lead within the U.S. Coast Guard’s SFLC Procurement Branch 1 (70Z080), where she manages complex acquisitions critical to sustaining and modernizing the Coast Guard’s fleet of cutters and maritime assets. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle procurement of vessel maintenance, repair, and shipbuilding services, with a focus on dry dock overhauls, propulsion system upgrades, and fabricated metal components essential to operational readiness. She plays a central role in executing strategic acquisition plans aligned with the Coast Guard’s long-term fleet modernization goals, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations while prioritizing mission-critical delivery timelines. Wallace maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized marine contractors, including Fairbanks Morse, LLC, Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C., Bay Ship & Yacht Co., Automatic Coating Limited USA, and Technico Corporation. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in naval vessel repair, marine coating systems, and custom fabricated metal components. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term vendor collaboration, often leveraging indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and cost-reimbursement contract vehicles to accommodate the technical complexity and variable scope of maritime maintenance projects. A strong advocate for small business participation, Wallace consistently structures procurements with a 74.1% total small business set-aside rate under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to expanding economic opportunity within the maritime industrial base. Her contracting strategy prioritizes small disadvantaged businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and other socioeconomically disadvantaged firms, ensuring equitable access to high-value maritime contracts. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 332999 (miscellaneous fabricated metal products) and 811310 (commercial and industrial machinery repair), reflecting deep technical expertise in marine engineering systems, corrosion-resistant coatings, and specialized mechanical component manufacturing. She routinely procures custom-fabricated hull components, propulsion subsystems, and maintenance services requiring advanced metallurgical and marine engineering knowledge, positioning her at the intersection of naval architecture and federal acquisition policy.