Jill Phillips

Jill Phillips serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance ordnance systems and explosive technologies. She manages complex acquisitions for specialized engineering, testing, and manufacturing services critical to the sustainment and modernization of naval munitions. Her portfolio focuses on high-integrity technical contracts requiring stringent safety, reliability, and compliance standards, including precision instrumentation, explosive handling systems, and advanced detonation control technologies. Phillips ensures alignment with naval warfare requirements through rigorous acquisition planning, source selection, and contract administration. She maintains consistent partnerships with a select group of specialized vendors, including TOTAL CONCEPTS OF DESIGN INC, Boh Environmental, L.L.C., CHUCKING MACHINE PRODUCTS, INC., CANADIAN COMMERCIAL CORP, and DEVAL LIFE CYCLE SUPPORT LLC. These contractors provide niche capabilities in ordnance component manufacturing, environmental compliance for explosive facilities, and lifecycle support for sensitive weapon systems. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established technical partners with proven experience in defense-grade manufacturing and hazardous material handling, emphasizing quality assurance, traceability, and defense supply chain resilience. Phillips’ procurement activity is exclusively conducted under no set-aside conditions, indicating a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her award strategy, her contracts still engage firms with specialized expertise regardless of size, prioritizing mission-critical performance and regulatory compliance above socioeconomic categorizations. Her primary procurement focus is under NAICS 336212 (Truck Trailer Manufacturing), reflecting the unique need for specialized transport and storage systems for explosive ordnance, including armored munitions trailers, explosive transport modules, and secure handling chassis. This specialization underscores her deep domain expertise in defense logistics infrastructure and the engineering demands of safe ordnance movement, storage, and field deployment.