Leila Hemenway

Leila Hemenway serves as a key procurement professional within the Military Sealift Command, supporting the agency’s mission to sustain global naval logistics through strategic sealift and afloat support capabilities. She manages complex acquisitions for vessel maintenance, repair, and specialized marine systems, ensuring the readiness of both government-owned and chartered maritime assets. Her work directly enables operational continuity for expeditionary naval forces by securing critical engineering and technical services aligned with MSC’s fleet modernization priorities. She typically handles full-and-open competitive contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, with a focus on long-term service agreements and performance-based procurement strategies. Hemenway collaborates with a network of defense-industrial contractors specializing in shipbuilding, fluid power systems, and industrial valve manufacturing. While no single vendor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages Tier 1 shipyard contractors, marine systems integrators, and niche suppliers of hydraulic and pneumatic components essential to vessel propulsion and control systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical compliance, lifecycle cost analysis, and supplier performance metrics, fostering long-term partnerships with firms capable of delivering mission-critical maritime infrastructure under demanding operational conditions. Hemenway’s procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for full-and-open competition, with no set-aside preferences recorded in her portfolio. This indicates a focus on technical capability and operational readiness over socioeconomic targeting, aligning with MSC’s mission-critical need for proven, high-reliability suppliers. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her acquisitions, she remains compliant with all statutory requirements and may consider small business subcontractors within prime contractor teams when technical requirements permit. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), with significant activity in 332912 (Fluid Power Valve and Hose Fitting Manufacturing) and 332911 (Industrial Valve Manufacturing). She procures engineered marine components, hull repair systems, hydraulic actuators, and corrosion-resistant piping solutions critical to sustaining the MSC fleet’s operational endurance in austere environments. Her technical expertise centers on naval engineering standards, marine classification codes, and defense-specific material specifications.