Kaity Ramirez-Chavarria

Kaity Ramirez-Chavarria serves as a Contract Specialist within the U.S. Coast Guard’s SFLC Procurement Branch 1 (70Z080), where she plays a pivotal role in managing complex acquisitions to sustain and modernize the Coast Guard’s fleet of cutters and maritime assets. Her responsibilities include planning, soliciting, awarding, and administering contracts for shipbuilding, vessel repair, and critical system upgrades, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and operational readiness requirements. She routinely handles high-stakes, technical procurements involving naval architecture, propulsion systems, and marine engineering, aligning acquisitions with the Coast Guard’s long-term fleet sustainment strategy. Ramirez-Chavarria maintains established working relationships with key industrial partners including Fairbanks Morse, LLC, Bay Ship & Yacht Co, Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C., Automatic Coating Limited USA, and Technico Corporation. These vendors are recognized for their expertise in shipyard services, marine coatings, and propulsion system integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, leveraging long-term vendor partnerships to ensure quality, schedule adherence, and technical compliance across multi-year maintenance and modernization programs. Her procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 63.2% of awards issued without set-asides, while maintaining a significant commitment to small business participation—36.8% of contracts are awarded under Total Small Business Set-Asides per FAR 19.5. She consistently supports small business growth through competitive, non-preferential avenues, fostering a balanced ecosystem of prime contractors and qualified small business subcontractors without reliance on 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her technical focus centers on NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), which accounts for over 70% of her acquisitions, encompassing dry dock overhauls, hull repairs, and system retrofits. She also procures specialized marine electrical components under NAICS 335313 and select specialty trade services under NAICS 238990, demonstrating deep domain expertise in naval engineering and maritime infrastructure lifecycle management.