Gavin Untalan

Gavin Untalan serves as a key procurement lead within the Commanding General’s office under the Department of the Navy, overseeing the acquisition of critical maintenance, logistics, and specialized support services essential to naval and marine operational readiness. His responsibilities include managing the lifecycle procurement of industrial equipment repair, mission-critical infrastructure components, and niche technical systems that sustain combat systems and expeditionary capabilities. He handles a diverse portfolio of contracts under FAR Part 13 and Part 15, with a focus on service-based acquisitions that ensure equipment reliability across both garrison and forward-deployed environments. His work directly supports the agency’s strategic imperative to maintain high-availability asset readiness through timely and compliant contracting. Untalan maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including MANCON LLC, GEMINI TECH SERVICES LLC, CHEMBLE SOLUTIONS, LLC, MICROTECHNOLOGIES LLC, and SAELIG COMPANY, INC. These vendors provide specialized repair, maintenance, and manufacturing services for non-automotive industrial machinery, electrical components, and precision equipment. His contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor partnerships grounded in technical proficiency and performance reliability, often leveraging task orders and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) mechanisms to respond rapidly to operational needs. His procurement strategy reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals, with nearly equal distribution across Women-Owned Small Business, Total Small Business Set-Aside, and open competitions. This deliberate approach ensures broad vendor participation while maintaining competitive integrity and mission alignment. He actively promotes small business engagement without compromising technical requirements, fostering an inclusive yet performance-driven acquisition environment. Untalan’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 811310 (industrial machinery repair), 335210 (small electrical appliance manufacturing), and 339992 (musical instrument manufacturing), reflecting an unusual but mission-relevant blend of technical domains. These categories support the maintenance of specialized communication, training, and field-deployable systems—indicating expertise in procuring highly niche, low-volume, high-reliability components critical to unique naval and Marine Corps applications.