Joshua W. Burgess

Joshua W. Burgess serves as a Contracting Officer at the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (N55236), a key facility under the Department of the Navy responsible for sustaining naval vessel readiness through industrial-scale maintenance and repair operations. In this role, he manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions for critical shipbuilding and repair services, ensuring alignment with naval engineering standards and fleet readiness objectives. His acquisitions primarily involve complex, mission-critical contracts for vessel dry-docking, structural refurbishment, and industrial infrastructure support, requiring deep technical understanding of naval shipyard operations and compliance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) requirements. Burgess maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of specialized industrial 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 firms with proven expertise in marine construction, industrial coating systems, and heavy machinery maintenance. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous technical evaluation, and long-term vendor reliability over transactional procurement, fostering stable, mission-aligned vendor relationships critical to sustained fleet availability. Burgess’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside strategy, indicating a deliberate focus on full and open competition. While he does not routinely utilize socioeconomic programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, his approach prioritizes technical capability, past performance, and industrial capacity over socioeconomic classifications, ensuring the highest standards of quality and readiness for naval assets. His primary NAICS specialization is 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), encompassing the full spectrum of naval vessel maintenance, including hull and machinery repairs, corrosion control, propulsion system overhauls, and industrial scaffolding and coating applications. Burgess’s expertise lies in procuring engineered solutions for complex shipyard environments, where precision, safety, and compliance with Navy technical specifications are paramount to operational mission success.