Laura Lindsay

Laura Lindsay serves as a key procurement lead at the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center under the Department of the Navy, where she manages acquisitions critical to sustaining naval vessel readiness. Her role centers on securing specialized shipbuilding, repair, and industrial support services that ensure fleet operational availability. She oversees the full lifecycle of contract actions—from solicitation to award and administration—focusing on complex engineering and maintenance requirements that support naval infrastructure and vessel modernization. Her acquisitions directly enable the center’s mission to deliver timely, high-quality repair and maintenance capabilities across the fleet. Lindsay maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of industrial contractors, including W. V. Construction Company, Turn Key Scaffolding LLC, Premier Scaffolding, Inc., Fairbanks Morse, LLC, and The Sherwin-Williams Company. These partnerships reflect a strategic reliance on firms with proven expertise in shipyard infrastructure, marine coating systems, and propulsion equipment maintenance. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term vendor collaboration, prioritizing contractors with deep domain knowledge in naval environments and a track record of compliance with Navy technical standards and safety protocols. A strong advocate for small business participation, Lindsay consistently deploys Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, accounting for 75% of her portfolio, with an additional 12.5% allocated to 8(a) competed contracts. This reflects a deliberate and sustained commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals, ensuring opportunities for small, disadvantaged, and veteran-owned firms to contribute to critical naval maintenance missions. Her approach aligns with Department of the Navy directives to expand small business engagement in defense industrial base activities. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), reflecting expertise in dry-dock operations, structural repairs, and hull systems maintenance. Secondary emphasis on NAICS 333618 (Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing) and 611430 (Professional and Management Development Training) demonstrates her support for propulsion system overhauls and workforce upskilling initiatives essential to sustaining skilled naval industrial labor.