Michael Yourkoski

Michael J. Yourkoski serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance undersea warfare capabilities through the acquisition of specialized engineering, manufacturing, and technical services. He manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on the development, testing, and sustainment of sonar systems, underwater sensors, ruggedized computing platforms, and signal processing technologies essential for submarine and unmanned undersea vehicle operations. His work directly enables the Navy’s technological superiority in undersea electronic warfare and navigation systems, ensuring mission-critical systems meet stringent operational and environmental standards. Yourkoski maintains consistent relationships with a select group of contractors, including Ordnance Technology Service, Inc., Boh Environmental, L.L.C., Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, and EOS of North America, Inc. These partnerships reflect a focus on niche technical providers capable of delivering precision machining, specialized construction, ship repair, and industrial instrumentation services tailored to undersea environments. His contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration with firms possessing proven expertise in high-reliability systems and defense-grade manufacturing. His procurement activity is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 92.9% of awards issued under full and open competition, indicating a primary emphasis on technical capability over socioeconomic preferences. However, he does allocate 7.1% of contracts to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but deliberate commitment to small business participation when technical requirements align with small firm capabilities. Yourkoski’s procurement focus centers on five primary NAICS categories: machine shops, shipbuilding and repair, instruments for industrial process control, other heavy civil engineering construction, and soybean farming—an outlier likely reflecting administrative or misclassified activity. His core technical domain spans precision manufacturing of undersea sensor components, ruggedized electronics, and infrastructure supporting undersea test facilities, underscoring deep expertise in defense-specific engineering procurement.