Heather Wastella

Heather Wastella serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Coast Guard’s Headquarters Contract Operations (CG-912), supporting the agency’s mission to enhance maritime security, operational readiness, and fleet modernization through strategic acquisition of specialized technical and maritime services. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on aerospace and nautical systems, data infrastructure, and training support, ensuring alignment with Coast Guard priorities in search and detection technologies, maritime domain awareness, and vessel sustainment. Her work directly enables mission-critical capabilities across coastal, riverine, and offshore operations. Wastella maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of prime contractors, including Bollinger Shipyards, Davie Defense Inc., Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, and Rozema’s Boat Works, Inc., who provide shipbuilding, maintenance, and specialized maritime systems. These partnerships reflect a preference for established industrial vendors with proven expertise in naval architecture, vessel modernization, and defense-grade engineering. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, technical compliance, and performance-based delivery across complex acquisition cycles. Her procurement activity is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 94.7% of awards issued under full and open competition, reflecting a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic preferences. Only 5.3% of awards are designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a selective but deliberate approach to small business participation when technical requirements align with small business capacity. Her primary NAICS focus includes 334511 for search, detection, and nautical system manufacturing, 518210 for computing infrastructure and data services, and several education-related codes (611519, 611710, 611699), underscoring her role in procuring both advanced maritime electronics and workforce development support. This blend of technical and instructional acquisitions highlights her expertise in sustaining a technologically sophisticated, mission-ready Coast Guard force.