Marcos Saldarriaga

Marcos Saldarriaga serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Coast Guard’s SFLC Procurement Branch 2 (70Z085), responsible for managing complex acquisitions related to the sustainment, modernization, and lifecycle support of the Coast Guard’s fleet of cutters and maritime vessels. His work directly supports operational readiness by securing critical naval infrastructure services, including ship repair, maintenance, and propulsion system integration. He routinely handles competitive and non-competitive contracts under the Department of Defense’s acquisition framework, focusing on technical engineering services and industrial marine systems that ensure mission-critical vessel performance across coastal and open-ocean environments. Saldarriaga maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized industrial contractors, including ROLLS-ROYCE SOLUTIONS AMERICA INC, VIGOR MARINE LLC, JAG INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC, G I INDUSTRIAL-MARINE, LLC, and L1 ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED. These partnerships reflect a preference for established vendors with proven expertise in marine propulsion, hull fabrication, and naval maintenance systems. His contracting approach emphasizes technical compliance, performance-based outcomes, and long-term vendor reliability over transactional procurement, fostering stable, mission-aligned supplier relationships. Saldarriaga’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside orientation, with no use of 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. This indicates a strategic focus on securing specialized industrial capabilities that require advanced technical certifications and large-scale marine engineering capacity, which are currently concentrated among a limited pool of qualified prime contractors. His primary procurement activity centers on NAICS 333612—Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing—reflecting deep expertise in marine drivetrain systems, gearboxes, and propulsion control units. He procures mission-critical components and integration services essential to cutter propulsion reliability, demonstrating specialized technical knowledge in naval mechanical systems and industrial marine power transmission.