Jacqueline Newman

Jacqueline Newman serves as a Purchasing Agent within the U.S. Coast Guard’s Headquarters Contract Operations (CG-912), where she plays a critical role in executing strategic acquisitions that support national maritime security and operational readiness. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions for aerospace, maritime, and technical services, with a focus on modernizing patrol vessels, enhancing maritime domain awareness systems, and sustaining specialized fleet capabilities. She routinely handles complex contracts for new construction, retrofitting, and integrated systems procurement, aligning acquisitions with the Coast Guard’s mission to strengthen coastal and riverine operational effectiveness. Newman maintains consistent working relationships with key shipbuilding and defense contractors, including Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, L.L.C., Davie Defense Inc., Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, and Rozema’s Boat Works, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for established maritime industrial base vendors with proven expertise in vessel design, fabrication, and system integration. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, technical compliance, and long-term sustainment, fostering collaborative engagements with vendors capable of meeting stringent Coast Guard operational and safety standards. Her contracting patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 87.5% of awards issued without set-aside designations, reflecting a focus on maximizing competition and technical capability. However, she maintains a deliberate 12.5% commitment to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, ensuring opportunities for qualified small businesses in niche technical and support services, consistent with federal socioeconomic goals. Newman’s procurement portfolio is concentrated in five core NAICS categories, each representing 12.5% of her activity: search, detection, and navigation system manufacturing; other marine fishing; other computer-related services; office furniture manufacturing; and book printing. This diverse mix underscores her role in procuring not only mission-critical maritime systems but also essential administrative and logistical support goods, demonstrating broad technical and operational acumen across both defense and institutional domains.