Michele D. Smith

Michele D. Smith serves as a Contract Specialist at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard IMF (N4523A), under the Department of the Navy, where she manages the acquisition lifecycle for critical ship repair, maintenance, and industrial support services essential to fleet readiness. Her role involves planning, soliciting, negotiating, and administering complex contracts aligned with naval vessel sustainment requirements, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and mission-critical delivery timelines. She primarily handles procurements for heavy industrial services, mechanical systems, and specialized electronic components supporting the overhaul and modernization of naval platforms. Smith maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including LAKE UNION DRYDOCK CO, SUNBELT RENTALS, INC, FLUKE ELECTRONICS CORP, PAULEY RODINE INC, and MOTIVE POWER MARINE, LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on vendors with proven expertise in naval shipyard operations, precision maintenance, and mission-critical equipment supply. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, technical validation, and long-term vendor reliability over price alone, fostering collaborative relationships grounded in quality, safety, and regulatory compliance. Her contracting activity is exclusively classified as No Set-Aside, reflecting a mission-driven prioritization of technical capability and operational readiness over socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is not formally targeted through set-asides, she evaluates all offers on technical merit and past performance, ensuring competitive, high-integrity outcomes aligned with Navy industrial base needs. Her primary procurement focus lies within NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), accounting for 60% of her portfolio, followed by 333613 (Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing) and 334419 (Other Electronic Component Manufacturing). She specializes in acquiring heavy machinery, propulsion system components, diagnostic instrumentation, and industrial support services critical to sustaining the Navy’s surface fleet and submarine force through advanced maintenance and modernization cycles.