Erin Behrns

Erin Behrns serves as the primary contracting professional at the Mid Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, a key operational hub under the Department of the Navy responsible for sustaining and modernizing naval surface platforms. In this role, she manages the acquisition of critical shipbuilding components, structural metal systems, and mechanical subsystems essential to fleet readiness. Her portfolio encompasses complex industrial support contracts for maintenance, repair, and modernization of naval vessels, ensuring compliance with naval engineering standards and lifecycle sustainment requirements. She routinely handles sealed bids, negotiated procurements, and task order awards under indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to support the center’s mission of maintaining operational readiness across the Atlantic fleet. Behrns maintains strategic relationships with a core group of specialized industrial contractors, including Fairlead Boatworks, Inc., General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., Howard W. Pence, Inc., and Kampi Components Co. Inc., all of which provide high-precision fabrication, mechanical systems, and technical support services. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor partnerships grounded in technical capability, quality assurance, and on-time delivery, particularly for mission-critical components requiring naval certification and traceability. She fosters collaborative engagements with vendors who demonstrate deep domain expertise in naval architecture and shipyard infrastructure support. A strong advocate for small business participation, Behrns consistently prioritizes Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with over two-thirds of her awards reserved for small businesses. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate commitment to socioeconomic programs, routinely channeling opportunities to small disadvantaged, HUBZone, and veteran-owned firms capable of delivering specialized industrial services. This approach aligns with Department of the Navy mandates to broaden supplier diversity and strengthen the industrial base. Her technical focus centers on NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), with significant activity in 332722 (Metal Window and Door Manufacturing), 333618 (Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing), and 333923 (Overhead Crane Systems). She specializes in procuring structural metal assemblies, marine-grade fasteners, and mechanical subsystems integral to vessel integrity and shore-based maintenance infrastructure.