Josephine Vissers

Josephine Vissers serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Systems and Experimental Warfare Center, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance maritime operational readiness through technical innovation. She manages complex acquisitions centered on professional and management development training, ensuring that naval personnel and technical staff receive high-caliber instruction in emerging warfare systems, ocean infrastructure resilience, and explosive effects analysis. Her work directly enables the agency’s capacity to sustain cutting-edge scientific and engineering capabilities through targeted workforce development contracts. Vissers maintains strategic relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Sociedad Española de Montajes Industriales S.A., and the Foundation for Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research. These partnerships reflect a preference for research-oriented, science-driven vendors capable of delivering advanced training programs in maritime technology, environmental monitoring, and experimental warfare systems. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term, high-impact engagements with organizations possessing deep domain expertise in naval science and applied research. Vissers’ procurement activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a mission-driven focus on technical capability over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing the highest-quality training providers regardless of business size or certification status. While small business participation is not formally incentivized, her portfolio consistently selects vendors based on proven technical merit and institutional expertise. Her primary NAICS focus is 611430—Professional and Management Development Training—indicating a specialized procurement domain centered on curriculum design, simulation-based learning, and technical workforce certification. She procures services including advanced naval systems training, explosive hazard mitigation instruction, and oceanographic data analysis education, underscoring her expertise in sustaining a technically proficient naval workforce through elite, mission-critical training solutions.