Kiemisha Sweetney

Kiemisha Sweetney serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Coast Guard’s Headquarters Contract Operations (CG-912), supporting strategic acquisitions critical to national maritime security and operational readiness. She manages complex contracting actions for aerospace, maritime, and technical systems that enhance coastal patrol capabilities, maritime domain awareness, and vessel modernization programs. Her work directly enables the Coast Guard’s mission to sustain and upgrade specialized fleets through new construction, retrofitting, and advanced sensor integration, ensuring mission-critical readiness across inland and offshore environments. Sweetney maintains strong, ongoing relationships with specialized shipbuilders and defense contractors, including Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, L.L.C., Davie Defense Inc., Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, and Rozema’s Boat Works, Inc. These partnerships reflect a focus on niche maritime fabrication, vessel modernization, and integrated system installation. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration with firms possessing proven expertise in constructing and upgrading patrol craft, search and rescue platforms, and sensor-equipped maritime platforms, ensuring alignment with Coast Guard technical and operational requirements. Her procurement strategy reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals, with equal emphasis on full and open competition and Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. She consistently structures solicitations to enable participation from small businesses with relevant maritime, aerospace, and systems integration capabilities, reinforcing the agency’s dedication to broadening vendor diversity while maintaining technical rigor. Sweetney’s primary technical focus lies in NAICS 334511 for search, detection, and nautical systems and NAICS 336413 for aircraft and auxiliary equipment manufacturing. She procures advanced radar, sonar, navigation, and surveillance systems, as well as mission-specific avionics and maritime instrumentation. Her expertise centers on integrating sensor suites and communication platforms onto patrol vessels and aircraft, ensuring interoperability and enhanced maritime domain awareness across the Coast Guard’s operational fleet.