Mandy L. Shoemaker

Mandy L. Shoemaker serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Systems and Experimental Warfare Center, where she manages complex research and development acquisitions critical to advancing naval operational readiness. Her role centers on facilitating the acquisition of cutting-edge engineering and scientific solutions to support experimental warfare technologies, ocean infrastructure resilience, and explosive effects analysis. She oversees the full lifecycle of contracts under NAICS 541715, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the Department of the Navy’s strategic innovation goals. Her work directly enables the development and testing of next-generation maritime systems through technically rigorous, mission-critical contracting. Shoemaker maintains longstanding partnerships with specialized research and engineering entities, including the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Sociedad Española de Montajes Industriales SA, and Emerging Compounds Treatment Technologies, Inc. These relationships reflect a pattern of engaging high-caliber scientific institutions and niche technical vendors capable of delivering advanced experimental capabilities. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term collaboration with organizations possessing deep domain expertise in marine systems, environmental modeling, and hazardous material remediation, often requiring specialized certifications and secure research facilities. Shoemaker’s procurement portfolio is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a deliberate focus on technical merit and capability over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing mission-critical performance over socioeconomic categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. While small business participation is not formally targeted, her contracts frequently involve small, specialized firms with unique technical niches, indicating an organic alignment with capable small entities rather than structured set-aside programs. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541715, encompassing research and development in physical, engineering, and life sciences. She procures advanced oceanographic instrumentation, explosive ordnance disposal technologies, environmental monitoring systems, and marine telemetry platforms. Her technical domain expertise spans naval engineering, experimental warfare systems, and environmental resilience, ensuring acquisitions meet the rigorous demands of naval operational environments.