Mildred Figuereo

Mildred A. Anderson serves as a Contracting Officer for the U.S. Coast Guard’s SFLC Procurement Branch 1 (70Z080), where she manages critical acquisitions to sustain and modernize the Coast Guard’s fleet of cutters and maritime assets. Her portfolio centers on shipbuilding, vessel repair, dry dock overhauls, and propulsion system modernization, ensuring operational readiness for coastal, offshore, and open-ocean missions. She executes complex contract actions under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, often coordinating with technical specialists to meet stringent naval engineering standards and lifecycle extension goals. Her work directly supports national maritime security by enabling the procurement of mission-critical naval infrastructure. Anderson maintains longstanding relationships with key shipyard and marine systems contractors, including Fairbanks Morse, LLC, Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C., Bay Ship & Yacht Co., and Technico Corporation. These partnerships reflect a consistent reliance on specialized marine industrial vendors with proven expertise in naval vessel construction, coating systems, and mechanical retrofitting. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, quality assurance protocols, and rigorous contractor compliance with naval specifications, fostering reliable, long-term vendor collaboration grounded in technical competence and delivery reliability. Her procurement strategy demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with nearly half of her awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She also regularly utilizes HUBZone and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-asides, reflecting a deliberate effort to expand economic opportunity within the maritime industrial base. Her socioeconomic contracting patterns align with federal mandates while ensuring competitive, capable vendor participation across diverse business sizes and locations. Anderson’s primary procurement focus is on NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), which accounts for over 70% of her activity, supplemented by engineering services and specialized equipment manufacturing. She specializes in procuring naval-grade vessel systems, corrosion-resistant coatings, propulsion components, and integrated marine support services, demonstrating deep technical fluency in maritime defense acquisition domains.