Mildred A Anderson

Mildred A. Anderson serves as a Contracting Officer for the SFLC Procurement Branch 1 (70Z080) within the U.S. Coast Guard, where she manages complex acquisition programs critical to sustaining and modernizing the nation’s maritime fleet. Her portfolio centers on shipbuilding, repair, and maintenance contracts for cutters and naval vessels, ensuring operational readiness across coastal, offshore, and open-ocean missions. She executes procurements under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, coordinating with engineering, logistics, and program management teams to align contracting strategies with lifecycle readiness goals, including dry dock overhauls and propulsion system upgrades. Anderson maintains longstanding relationships with key industrial partners including Fairbanks Morse, LLC, Bay Ship & Yacht Co, Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C., Automatic Coating Limited USA, and Technico Corporation. These partnerships reflect a focus on specialized maritime fabrication, vessel maintenance, and corrosion protection services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and long-term vendor reliability, often leveraging indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and cost-reimbursement contract types to accommodate the unpredictable nature of shipyard work. A strong advocate for small business participation, Anderson consistently directs nearly half of her acquisitions to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, with a modest but intentional allocation to HUBZone firms. While the majority of her awards are unrestricted, her procurement patterns demonstrate a deliberate effort to foster competitive small business engagement within the maritime industrial base. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), where she oversees the full spectrum of naval vessel acquisition—from structural refits and hull maintenance to propulsion system integration. She rarely procures non-maritime services, with minimal activity in hospitality or building exterior contracting, underscoring her deep technical expertise in naval architecture and maritime engineering domains.