Kimberly Foster

Kimberly Foster serves as a Purchasing Agent at U.S. Coast Guard Base New Orleans (70Z029), where she plays a critical role in advancing the agency’s mission to sustain and modernize shore-based infrastructure essential to maritime safety and environmental resilience. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on facility maintenance, utility systems, and physical infrastructure upgrades, ensuring compliance with federal building standards and coastal hazard mitigation requirements. Her procurement activities directly support operational readiness by securing timely, high-quality services and materials for critical Coast Guard installations across the Gulf region. Foster cultivates strong vendor partnerships with contractors specializing in building finishing, telecommunications, and infrastructure support services. While specific contractor names are not disclosed in available data, her procurement patterns indicate consistent engagement with firms capable of delivering complex, mission-critical construction and systems integration services under federal contracting frameworks. She prioritizes responsiveness, technical competence, and regulatory adherence in vendor selection, fostering long-term relationships with contractors who demonstrate reliability and compliance with FAR and DHS acquisition policies. A strong advocate for small business participation, Foster consistently applies Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with 66.7% of her acquisitions reserved for small businesses. This reflects a deliberate strategy to expand economic opportunity and enhance competition, aligning with DHS and Coast Guard socioeconomic goals. Her contracting patterns show minimal use of set-asides for 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB firms, indicating a primary reliance on general small business set-asides to broaden vendor participation across the region. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 517919 (Other Telecommunications) and 238390 (Other Building Finishing Contractors), underscoring expertise in telecommunications infrastructure and interior construction services. She routinely procures services such as wiring systems, HVAC integration, waterproofing, drywall installation, and facility modernization—domains requiring technical precision and adherence to federal building codes. Foster’s domain knowledge ensures that acquisitions meet the Coast Guard’s operational and resilience standards for coastal infrastructure.