Jennifer A. Mitchell

Jennifer A. Mitchell serves as the SILC BSS Small Business Specialist for the U.S. Coast Guard under LOG-9 (70Z084), where she plays a pivotal role in advancing small business participation across shore-based and maritime life-cycle support contracts. Her responsibilities include identifying, outreach, and facilitating procurement opportunities for small businesses in facilities and operational support services, ensuring alignment with the Coast Guard’s mission to sustain secure, functional, and habitable infrastructure. She specializes in managing non-competitive and competitive acquisitions for facilities support, janitorial, and security services, working closely with contracting officers to structure solicitations that maximize small business access while maintaining operational readiness. Mitchell maintains consistent procurement relationships with a core group of experienced service providers, including GILMAN CORPORATION THE, FRONTLINE ENTERPRISES LLC, ISN ALLIANCE LLC, S3 SOLUTIONS ONE LLC, and FAZTEC INDUSTRIES INC. These contractors are frequently engaged for integrated facilities management, custodial operations, and armed and unarmed security patrols. Her working pattern reflects a preference for established vendors with proven performance in federal environmental and security service delivery, often leveraging long-term task order contracts under indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) mechanisms to ensure continuity of critical support functions. Notably, Mitchell’s portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside procurement strategy, indicating a focus on full and open competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. While small business participation is not mandated through set-asides, she actively encourages inclusion through mentorship, pre-solicitation outreach, and subcontracting opportunities embedded in larger contracts. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 561210 (Facilities Support Services), accounting for half of her portfolio, followed equally by NAICS 561720 (Janitorial Services) and 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services). She specializes in procuring integrated, performance-based services that support Coast Guard shore facilities, training centers, and operational hubs, requiring strict adherence to federal security, environmental, and occupational safety standards.