Kimberly DiBartolomeo

Kimberly DiBartolomeo serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division, supporting the U.S. Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize surface ship systems. She manages complex acquisitions for mission-critical engineering and integration services, focusing on shipboard propulsion, damage control, ballast, and industrial control infrastructure. Her work directly enables operational readiness by ensuring naval platforms are equipped with advanced, reliable systems through competitive contracting processes aligned with Department of the Navy strategic priorities. She handles full lifecycle procurements from requirements development to contract award and administration, often coordinating with technical stakeholders to translate operational needs into enforceable contract deliverables. DiBartolomeo maintains strong, sustained relationships with prime contractors including FAIRBANKS MORSE, LLC, LEIDOS, INC., ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION, G. S. E. DYNAMICS, INC., and KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established industry leaders with proven expertise in naval systems integration, mechanical engineering, and shipboard electronics. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and long-term sustainment capability, fostering collaborative vendor relationships grounded in compliance, innovation, and mission alignment. Her procurement portfolio reflects a balanced approach to socioeconomic goals, with approximately one-third of awards structured as 8(a) competed contracts, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to small business participation. While the majority of her acquisitions are unrestricted, she consistently leverages the 8(a) program to cultivate emerging defense contractors with niche capabilities in naval support systems, ensuring a diverse and resilient supplier base. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), where she acquires engineering services, retrofit kits, and integrated subsystems for surface combatants and auxiliary vessels. She also procures facilities support services under NAICS 561210 to maintain critical shore-based test and evaluation infrastructure. Her technical domain expertise centers on mechanical, electrical, and control systems essential to naval platform survivability and operational performance.