Marissa Dickens

Marissa Dickens serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NAVSURFWARCENT PHIL), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize surface ship systems. She manages complex acquisitions for mission-critical engineering, electronic integration, and shipboard infrastructure, including propulsion, damage control, and industrial control systems. Her work directly enables operational readiness by ensuring timely delivery of advanced technical capabilities across naval platforms, with a focus on long-term sustainment and system integration contracts under the Navy’s acquisition framework. Dickens maintains strategic relationships with leading defense and industrial contractors including Fairbanks Morse, LLC, Leidos, Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation, G.S.E. Dynamics, Inc., and Kampi Components Co Inc. These partnerships reflect a reliance on established industry leaders with deep expertise in marine propulsion, electronic systems integration, and naval-grade component manufacturing. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term vendor collaboration to support the lifecycle needs of naval vessels. Her procurement patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 85.7% of awards issued without set-aside designations, indicating a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic categorization. However, she consistently allocates 14.3% of awards to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured commitment to small business participation without compromising mission-critical requirements. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 336310 (marine engine and component manufacturing), 541330 (engineering services), and 336611 (shipbuilding and repair), reflecting deep technical specialization in propulsion systems, naval engineering support, and shipboard integration. She routinely procures custom-engineered components, control systems, and technical services critical to maintaining the Navy’s surface fleet, underscoring her expertise in high-complexity, defense-specific procurement domains.