Michelle Augustus

Michelle Augustus serves as a key procurement professional within the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Gf, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize critical naval vessels through industrial and technical contracting. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on ship repair, maintenance, and industrial support services, ensuring compliance with naval engineering standards and regulatory frameworks. Her work directly enables fleet readiness by securing specialized services in fluid systems, precision manufacturing, and facility maintenance, often coordinating across multiple technical disciplines to meet stringent operational requirements. Augustus maintains established relationships with a core group of industrial contractors, including G I INDUSTRIAL-MARINE, LLC, OWL INTERNATIONAL INC., and MID ATLANTIC ENGINEERING TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC., among others. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in marine industrial services, valve and pipe fitting fabrication, and specialized shipyard construction. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, technical capability, and long-term performance, fostering collaborative vendor relationships grounded in compliance, quality assurance, and timely delivery of mission-critical components. Her procurement strategy prioritizes open competition, with 76.9% of awards issued without set-asides, while maintaining a consistent 23.1% commitment to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This balance demonstrates a disciplined approach to leveraging small business capacity without compromising operational urgency or technical specificity, aligning with Navy-wide goals for workforce resilience and supply chain diversity. Augustus’s primary NAICS focus areas include 332919 (Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing) and 332912 (Fluid Power Valve and Hose Fitting Manufacturing), underscoring her technical expertise in hydraulic and pneumatic systems critical to naval vessel integrity. She also procures professional training services (611430) and specialized building finishing (238390), reflecting a holistic approach to sustaining shipyard infrastructure and workforce competency across engineering and operational domains.