Lily Nguyen

Lily Nguyen serves as a secondary procurement professional within the Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Puget Sound, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain the readiness of surface and submarine fleets. She plays a critical role in facilitating the acquisition of specialized marine engineering systems, precision-fabricated hardware, and industrial maintenance components essential to vessel integrity and operational longevity. Her responsibilities include supporting contract execution for high-integrity mechanical and structural systems, ensuring compliance with naval technical specifications and defense acquisition regulations. She works closely with senior contracting officers to manage complex procurements involving custom-fabricated components and mission-critical subsystems. Nguyen routinely collaborates with a core group of established defense contractors including Timken Gears & Services Inc., Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corp, Bellingham Marine Industries, Palfinger Marine USA, and Jered LLC. These partnerships center on the procurement of engineered marine components such as gear drives, electro-mechanical actuators, hull fittings, and hydraulic lifting systems. Her working relationships reflect a preference for vendors with proven naval experience, technical certifications, and demonstrated capacity for precision fabrication under strict quality control standards. Nguyen’s procurement activities are fully aligned with the agency’s 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside policy under FAR 19.5, reflecting a robust commitment to socioeconomic contracting. She consistently supports small business participation across multiple categories, prioritizing firms certified as small, veteran-owned, or service-disabled veteran-owned enterprises. This pattern underscores a strategic emphasis on building a resilient, diversified supplier base capable of meeting the Navy’s demanding technical requirements. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 331318 (Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding) and 332919 (Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing), indicating deep expertise in sourcing high-strength aluminum alloys and custom-fabricated fluid system components. She specializes in acquiring corrosion-resistant, pressure-rated fittings and extruded structural elements critical to submarine and surface ship systems, demonstrating technical fluency in naval metallurgy and marine engineering standards.