Jatoya L Garner

Jatoya L. Garner serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Coast Guard’s SFLC Procurement Branch 2 (70Z085), where they oversee the acquisition of critical shipbuilding, repair, and maintenance services essential to sustaining the Coast Guard’s fleet of cutters and maritime vessels. Their responsibilities include managing full lifecycle procurement activities for naval infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning with the Coast Guard’s operational readiness goals. Garner specializes in complex, mission-critical contracts for vessel modernization, hull integrity upgrades, propulsion system overhauls, and marine engineering services, working closely with technical stakeholders to define performance requirements and evaluate contractor capabilities. Garner maintains established relationships with a core group of qualified marine industrial contractors, including ROLLS-ROYCE SOLUTIONS AMERICA INC, VIGOR MARINE LLC, JAG INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC, G I INDUSTRIAL-MARINE, LLC, and L1 ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED. These partnerships reflect a focus on vendors with proven expertise in naval shipyard operations, dry-dock services, and Coast Guard-specific vessel maintenance protocols. Their contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor reliability, technical compliance, and performance-based outcomes, fostering collaborative relationships built on consistent delivery and regulatory adherence. A strong commitment to small business participation defines Garner’s socioeconomic strategy, with 60% of acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate emphasis on empowering small, capable marine contractors to contribute to national maritime security efforts. While no set-asides are used for the remaining 40%, the consistent prioritization of small business opportunities underscores a strategic alignment with federal socioeconomic goals and workforce development in the maritime industrial base. Garner’s procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 336611—Ship Building and Repairing—reflecting deep expertise in naval architecture, marine systems integration, and corrosion control. They procure specialized services such as structural steel fabrication, propulsion system refits, electrical system modernization, and compliance upgrades for Coast Guard-specific operational standards, ensuring all acquisitions support the enduring mission of maritime domain awareness and national defense readiness.