Jun Ji

Jun Ji serves as Deputy Chief of Contracts at the Southeast Regional Maintenance Center, where they oversee the planning, solicitation, and award of critical ship maintenance and repair contracts essential to sustaining the U.S. Navy’s surface fleet. In this leadership role, Jun Ji ensures compliance with DoD acquisition regulations while aligning procurement strategies with the Center’s mission to extend vessel service life through dry-docking, structural overhauls, and system modernization. Their portfolio primarily encompasses full-spectrum shipbuilding and repair services under NAICS 336611, including hull integrity work, machinery upgrades, and combat system integration. Jun Ji guides contracting teams through complex technical requirements, ensuring contracts support operational readiness and naval engineering standards. While specific contractor names are not publicly disclosed, Jun Ji maintains a robust network of qualified industrial partners with proven expertise in naval vessel repair, marine fabrication, and classified system integration. The contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and rigorous contractor oversight to ensure mission-critical work meets Navy safety and quality benchmarks. Relationships are built on long-term reliability, past performance, and adherence to naval specifications, with a preference for vendors possessing relevant naval shipyard experience and certified quality management systems. Jun Ji’s procurement pattern reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued without set-aside designations. This approach prioritizes technical capability and mission urgency over socioeconomic classifications, indicating a focus on acquiring the most qualified industrial partners regardless of business size or certification status. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through set-asides, qualified small firms may still compete successfully through open solicitations based on technical merit. The agency’s entire contracting portfolio is concentrated under NAICS 336611, reflecting deep specialization in naval ship repair and construction. Jun Ji’s expertise lies in procuring complex, high-value services such as dry-dock availability work, propulsion system overhauls, corrosion control, and modernization of electrical and combat systems, all critical to maintaining the Navy’s combat-effective fleet.