Julie Thomas

Julie Thomas serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance undersea warfare capabilities through the acquisition of specialized systems and infrastructure. She manages a portfolio of contracts focused on the design, development, and sustainment of sonar, navigation, guidance, and underwater sensor technologies, with particular emphasis on ruggedized computing platforms and electronic warfare systems essential for submarine and unmanned undersea vehicle operations. Her acquisitions span engineering services, heavy-gauge metal fabrication, and mission-critical instrumentation manufacturing, ensuring alignment with the Center’s strategic priorities in undersea technological superiority. Thomas maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including Ordnance Technology Service, Inc., Boh Environmental, L.L.C., Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, and EOS of North America, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for established vendors with proven expertise in defense-grade manufacturing, environmental compliance for naval facilities, and advanced sensor integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical reliability, long-term sustainment support, and adherence to military specifications for harsh underwater environments. Her procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition, indicating a focus on technical merit and capability over socioeconomic preferences. This reflects the specialized nature of undersea systems procurement, where mission-critical performance and certified defense industrial base capabilities take precedence over small business set-asides. Thomas’s primary NAICS focus areas include Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing, Other Metal Container Manufacturing, Search and Navigation System Manufacturing, and Engineering Services. She procures ruggedized enclosures, specialized containment systems, advanced signal processing hardware, and mission-specific engineering support, demonstrating deep domain expertise in undersea systems engineering and defense manufacturing supply chains.