Jacqueline Thomson

Jacqueline Thomson serves as a Contract Specialist at the Supply of Shipbuilding Groton, a critical component of the Department of the Navy responsible for sustaining the U.S. fleet’s shipbuilding and modernization infrastructure. In this role, she manages the full lifecycle of complex procurement actions for mission-critical naval components, including propulsion systems, hull integrity materials, safety and survivability equipment, and advanced shipboard infrastructure. Her expertise lies in executing sealed bidding and negotiated acquisitions under FAR and NAVAIR-specific regulations, ensuring compliance with defense acquisition standards while aligning purchases with strategic fleet readiness objectives. Thomson maintains enduring relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including JO-KELL INC., HC Merchandisers, Inc., General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., Dumonde Group, LLC, and Tent Company of Norfolk LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven technical capabilities in naval shipbuilding support, precision manufacturing, and defense-grade logistics. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous source selection, and long-term vendor collaboration to ensure reliable delivery of high-integrity components under demanding maritime operational conditions. Notably, Thomson’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside profile, indicating a consistent focus on full and open competition. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her approach prioritizes technical capability, past performance, and industrial capacity over socioeconomic categorization, ensuring that mission-critical shipbuilding needs are met by the most qualified providers regardless of business size or certification status. Her primary procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 333249 — Other Industrial Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing — which encompasses specialized machinery, fabrication systems, and custom-engineered components essential to naval vessel construction and repair. This specialization underscores her deep domain expertise in procuring highly technical, non-commercial items tailored to the unique structural and operational demands of submarine and surface ship programs.