Michelle Augustus

Michelle Augustus serves as a primary procurement lead at Norfolk Naval Shipyard Gf, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize critical naval vessels through industrial repair, maintenance, and engineering services. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on mission-critical shipyard infrastructure, industrial machinery, and specialized technical support systems, ensuring compliance with naval engineering standards and regulatory frameworks. Her acquisitions directly enable fleet readiness by securing components and services essential to vessel overhaul, machinery refurbishment, and system integration across the shipyard’s operational lifecycle. Augustus maintains consistent working 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 are centered on heavy industrial fabrication, marine system repair, and precision instrumentation services. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor reliability, technical specificity, and adherence to naval quality assurance protocols, fostering collaborative relationships with firms possessing deep domain expertise in naval vessel maintenance and industrial process control. Her procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 65.3% of awards issued without set-asides, yet she actively supports small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, accounting for 34.7% of awards. This balanced approach ensures competitive rigor while promoting equitable access for qualified small businesses without compromising mission-critical performance standards. Augustus’s primary NAICS focus includes 326220 for rubber and plastics hosing systems, 334513 for industrial process instrumentation, and 333310 for commercial machinery used in shipyard operations. She routinely procures specialized components such as pressure-rated hoses, control panels, and heavy-gauge metal tanks critical to naval repair environments, demonstrating technical fluency in marine industrial systems and compliance-driven procurement practices.