Frank Jurado

Mr. Frank Jurado serves as a key contracting professional within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock (N00167), where he manages complex acquisitions supporting the development, testing, and evaluation of advanced maritime systems. His portfolio focuses on shipbuilding and repair activities critical to enhancing naval vessel performance, stealth, and survivability. He oversees contracts for hydrodynamic optimization, signature management technologies, propulsion systems, and integrated sensor platforms, ensuring alignment with Department of the Navy strategic objectives. His role is central to translating technical requirements into enforceable procurement actions that deliver mission-critical capabilities to the fleet. Mr. Jurado maintains longstanding relationships with leading defense contractors including BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., GOODRICH CORP, and AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, among others. These partnerships reflect a preference for established industry primes with proven expertise in naval systems integration and high-reliability engineering. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and technical rigor, often involving joint venture arrangements such as CB DESIGN & HUITT ZOLLARS JOINT VENTURE, LLC, to consolidate specialized capabilities across engineering disciplines. Mr. Jurado’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on accessing the broadest possible pool of technical expertise, prioritizing capability and readiness over socioeconomic classifications. While small business participation is not formally mandated in his portfolio, vendor selection is driven by technical merit, past performance, and systems integration capacity. His primary NAICS focus is 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), underscoring deep specialization in naval platform lifecycle support. He procures advanced materials, acoustic damping systems, hull form optimization services, and integrated combat system components, demonstrating expertise in naval architecture, marine engineering, and signature reduction technologies critical to modern fleet modernization.