Kennetta Boone

Kennetta Boone serves as a key procurement lead within the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Gf, supporting the Department of Defense’s mission to sustain the operational readiness of U.S. Navy vessels through specialized industrial and environmental services. She manages acquisition programs focused on mission-critical maintenance, repair, and compliance-driven support functions, ensuring naval platforms meet stringent regulatory and engineering standards. Her work centers on contracting for hazardous waste management, industrial marine services, and specialized rubber product manufacturing essential to shipyard infrastructure and vessel integrity. Boone’s acquisitions are strategically aligned with the shipyard’s long-term fleet sustainment goals, emphasizing precision engineering, regulatory compliance, and lifecycle extension of naval assets. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including G I INDUSTRIAL-MARINE, LLC, OWL INTERNATIONAL INC., AMEE BAY, LLC, ORBIS SIBRO INC, and MID ATLANTIC ENGINEERING TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in naval industrial support, marine environmental services, and high-integrity component manufacturing. Boone’s contracting approach prioritizes technical capability, regulatory adherence, and performance reliability over volume, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in quality and mission alignment. Her procurement patterns show a balanced approach to socioeconomic contracting, with approximately one-third of awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a deliberate commitment to small business participation. While the majority of contracts remain open to all competitors, she consistently leverages small business set-asides to cultivate a resilient, diversified supplier base capable of meeting the shipyard’s specialized technical demands. Boone’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 562211 (Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal), reflecting the shipyard’s intensive environmental compliance needs, and NAICS 326299 (All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing), which supports sealing, insulation, and vibration-dampening applications across naval systems. Her expertise centers on procuring technically complex, safety-critical industrial services and materials essential to maintaining the Navy’s fleet in compliance with federal environmental and operational standards.