Jorge Morales

Jorge Morales serves as a key procurement lead at the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center under the Department of the Navy, where he manages contracting activities essential to sustaining naval vessel readiness. His responsibilities encompass the acquisition of specialized industrial services critical to ship repair, maintenance, and infrastructure modernization. Morales oversees a portfolio dominated by specialty trade contracting, ensuring that the Center’s operational demands for skilled labor and technical support are met through timely, compliant, and mission-aligned procurements. He plays a central role in executing the agency’s industrial base strategy by aligning contracting actions with fleet readiness objectives and long-term sustainment planning. Morales maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including W. V. Construction Company, Turn Key Scaffolding LLC, Premier Scaffolding, Inc., Fairbanks Morse, LLC, and The Sherwin-Williams Company. These partnerships reflect a focus on high-skill, safety-critical trades such as scaffolding, industrial coating, marine repair, and mechanical system maintenance. His contracting approach emphasizes reliability, technical proficiency, and adherence to naval safety and environmental standards, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in performance and compliance. A defining feature of Morales’s procurement strategy is his exclusive use of Total Small Business Set-Aside authorities under FAR 19.5, reflecting an unwavering commitment to small business participation. All acquisitions are structured to maximize opportunities for small businesses, ensuring that socioeconomic goals are fully integrated into the contracting lifecycle. This pattern underscores a deliberate effort to cultivate a resilient, locally rooted industrial base capable of supporting naval maintenance missions. His procurement focus is entirely centered on NAICS 238990, All Other Specialty Trade Contractors, which encompasses a broad range of niche industrial services including scaffolding, marine painting, insulation, and specialized fabrication. This specialization reveals deep technical expertise in supporting complex shipyard environments where precision, safety, and regulatory compliance are paramount. Morales’s work ensures that the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center maintains a responsive, capable, and small-business-driven industrial support network.