SK3 Kierra Allen

Kierra K. Allen serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Coast Guard’s SFLC Procurement Branch 2 (70Z085), where she manages critical acquisitions supporting the sustainment, modernization, and lifecycle management of the Coast Guard’s fleet of cutters and maritime vessels. Her responsibilities encompass the full spectrum of shipbuilding and repair contracting, ensuring operational readiness for coastal, offshore, and open-ocean missions. She routinely handles complex, technically demanding contracts under FAR Part 13 and Part 15 procedures, with a focus on integrated naval infrastructure upgrades, propulsion system integration, and vessel maintenance services. Her work directly enables the Coast Guard’s mission to maintain a resilient, modernized maritime presence. Allen maintains long-standing relationships with a core group of specialized maritime contractors, including ROLLS-ROYCE SOLUTIONS AMERICA INC, VIGOR MARINE LLC, JAG INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC, G I INDUSTRIAL-MARINE, LLC, and L1 ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in naval architecture, dry-dock repair, propulsion system overhaul, and marine industrial services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and vendor reliability in high-stakes, mission-critical environments. A defining feature of Allen’s procurement strategy is her exclusive use of Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to socioeconomic contracting. All acquisitions are structured to maximize opportunities for small businesses, ensuring broad participation across the maritime industrial base without reliance on large prime contractors. This pattern reinforces the agency’s strategic goal of fostering a robust, diverse supplier network capable of sustaining Coast Guard assets over decades. Her technical focus is concentrated in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), accounting for 80% of her portfolio, with additional activity in NAICS 339999 (All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing). She procures specialized marine systems including hull modifications, electrical retrofits, sonar integration, and corrosion-resistant coatings, requiring deep domain knowledge in naval engineering standards and Coast Guard-specific operational requirements.