Kaity George

Kaity George serves as a secondary procurement specialist within the SFLC Procurement Branch 1 (70Z080), supporting the U.S. Coast Guard’s mission to sustain and modernize its fleet of cutters and maritime assets. While not the lead contracting officer, she plays a critical role in facilitating the acquisition lifecycle for shipbuilding, repair, and maintenance contracts, ensuring alignment with operational readiness goals. Her responsibilities include contract administration support, vendor coordination, and compliance verification for complex naval vessel upgrades, including dry dock overhauls and propulsion system modernizations. She works closely with primary contracting teams to execute technically demanding procurements under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, with a focus on long-term asset lifecycle management. George maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized maritime contractors, including Fairbanks Morse, LLC, Bay Ship & Yacht Co, and Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C., all of which possess deep expertise in naval vessel construction and repair. She also collaborates regularly with Automatic Coating Limited USA and Technico Corporation for specialized marine coatings and engineered components. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven experience in Coast Guard-specific vessel platforms and regulatory compliance, indicating a relationship-driven approach grounded in technical capability and past performance. Her procurement patterns demonstrate a strong commitment to small business participation, with over 76% of acquisitions set aside for total small businesses under FAR 19.5. While HUBZone and Women-Owned Small Business set-asides are minimal, the overwhelming emphasis on small business contracting reflects a deliberate strategy to foster industry capacity and innovation within the maritime industrial base. This pattern underscores a broader agency priority to build resilience through diversified, qualified small vendor networks. The vast majority of her procurements—nearly 94%—fall under NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), reflecting deep specialization in naval architecture, dry dock operations, and marine structural maintenance. She routinely handles acquisitions for hull repairs, welding, electrical system retrofits, and corrosion control services, demonstrating technical fluency in maritime engineering domains and the unique demands of federal shipyard operations.