Lisa M. Penn

Lisa M. Penn serves as a Contract Specialist within the U.S. Coast Guard’s Headquarters Contract Operations (CG-912), where she plays a pivotal role in executing strategic acquisitions that support national maritime security and operational readiness. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts for aerospace, maritime, and technical services, with a focus on modernizing patrol vessels, enhancing maritime domain awareness systems, and sustaining specialized fleet capabilities. Her work directly enables mission-critical procurement across search and detection technologies, vessel construction, and logistics support, aligning acquisitions with the Coast Guard’s broader goals of force modernization and coastal resilience. Penn maintains strong, ongoing relationships with key shipbuilding and maritime service providers, including Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, L.L.C., Davie Defense Inc., Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, and Rozema’s Boat Works, Inc. These partnerships reflect a pattern of engagement with specialized industrial vendors capable of delivering complex maritime platforms and technical support services. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, technical compliance, and performance-based outcomes, ensuring alignment with Coast Guard operational requirements and lifecycle sustainment needs. Her procurement practices prioritize non-set-aside contracts at 78.6%, reflecting the technical complexity and scale of many acquisitions. However, she consistently integrates small business participation, with 14.3% of awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides and 7.1% allocated to Women-Owned Small Businesses, demonstrating a balanced commitment to socioeconomic objectives without compromising mission-critical delivery. Penn’s primary NAICS focus includes Administrative Management Consulting (541611), Professional Equipment Wholesaling (423490), and Professional Training (611430), with significant activity in Search, Detection, and Nautical System Manufacturing (334511). This reflects her expertise in procuring both high-tech maritime sensors and the administrative and training infrastructure necessary to operate and maintain them, positioning her at the intersection of technical acquisition and operational support within the Coast Guard’s acquisition ecosystem.