Laura Irish

Laura Irish serves as a key procurement lead within the U.S. Coast Guard’s SFLC Procurement Branch 2 (70Z085), responsible for managing complex acquisitions related to the construction, repair, and lifecycle sustainment of Coast Guard cutters and maritime vessels. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to maintain operational readiness across coastal, offshore, and open-ocean domains by ensuring timely delivery of critical naval infrastructure. She specializes in full-spectrum shipbuilding and repair contracts, overseeing requirements development, source selection, and contract administration for major maintenance modernization programs, including propulsion system upgrades, hull integrity restoration, and integrated combat systems installation. Laura routinely collaborates with a core group of highly specialized industrial partners, including ROLLS-ROYCE SOLUTIONS AMERICA INC, VIGOR MARINE LLC, JAG INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC, G I INDUSTRIAL-MARINE, LLC, and L1 ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED. These relationships reflect a preference for long-term, performance-based partnerships with vendors possessing deep expertise in naval architecture, marine engineering, and defense-grade shipyard operations. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical compliance, quality assurance, and schedule adherence, often utilizing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and cost-reimbursement contract types to accommodate the unique demands of vessel modernization. Her procurement portfolio reflects a strict focus on non-set-aside awards, with 100% of contracts issued under full and open competition. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, her contracting decisions are driven by technical capability and industrial capacity rather than socioeconomic criteria. Laura’s expertise is concentrated entirely within NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), where she procures high-value marine systems, structural repairs, propulsion retrofits, and naval electrical integration services. Her domain knowledge spans dry-dock operations, welding and fabrication standards, and Coast Guard-specific vessel class requirements, making her a critical steward of the nation’s maritime defense infrastructure.