Mira Cabrera

Mira Cabrera serves as a key procurement lead at the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize naval vessel readiness through industrial maintenance and repair services. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions for shipbuilding and repair capabilities, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations and aligning procurement strategies with fleet operational requirements. Her portfolio primarily encompasses complex industrial contracts requiring specialized engineering oversight, including dry dock services, structural rehabilitation, and marine systems integration, all critical to maintaining the Navy’s surface and submarine fleet readiness. Cabrera maintains longstanding relationships with a select group of qualified industrial contractors, including W. V. Construction Company, Turn Key Scaffolding LLC, Premier Scaffolding, Inc., Fairbanks Morse, LLC, and The Sherwin-Williams Company. These partnerships reflect a focus on firms with proven expertise in marine infrastructure, corrosion protection, and heavy industrial maintenance. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and contractor reliability, fostering collaborative, long-term vendor relationships grounded in quality assurance and safety standards essential to naval operations. Cabrera demonstrates an unwavering commitment to small business participation, directing 100% of her acquisitions under the Full Small Business Set-Aside authority per FAR 19.5. This consistent preference ensures that qualified small businesses—particularly those with niche capabilities in shipyard support, scaffolding, and marine coatings—have equitable access to federal contracting opportunities. Her socioeconomic strategy prioritizes economic inclusion while maintaining mission-critical performance standards. Her procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 336611, Ship Building and Repairing, encompassing everything from hull and structural repairs to propulsion system maintenance and protective coating applications. She possesses deep technical expertise in naval industrial infrastructure, understanding the unique demands of dry dock operations, hazardous material handling, and compliance with Navy shipyard safety and environmental protocols. Her work ensures that critical maintenance capabilities remain resilient, responsive, and aligned with the Navy’s long-term fleet sustainment strategy.