Molly O'Keefe

Molly O’Keefe serves as a key procurement lead within the U.S. Coast Guard’s Headquarters Contract Operations (CG-912), overseeing strategic acquisitions critical to national maritime security and operational readiness. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts for shipbuilding, vessel modernization, and specialized maritime systems, ensuring alignment with the Coast Guard’s mission to sustain and enhance coastal and riverine patrol capabilities. Her portfolio centers on complex, high-priority acquisition programs that support force modernization, including the procurement of new construction, refits, and advanced detection systems for patrol and surveillance platforms. O’Keefe’s work directly enables the agency’s technical and operational objectives through disciplined contract execution and lifecycle management. She maintains enduring relationships with a core group of shipyard and maritime systems contractors, including Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, L.L.C., Davie Defense Inc., Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, and Rozema’s Boat Works, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for established, technically capable vendors with proven experience in naval architecture, aluminum and steel vessel fabrication, and integrated mission systems. O’Keefe’s contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, technical compliance, and performance accountability, fostering reliable delivery of mission-critical maritime assets under stringent Coast Guard specifications. O’Keefe’s procurement activity is exclusively conducted under full and open competition, with no set-asides applied to her portfolio. This reflects a deliberate focus on technical capability and industrial capacity over socioeconomic classifications, prioritizing mission effectiveness and schedule reliability. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her contracting stream, all vendors are evaluated on merit, compliance, and past performance in accordance with federal acquisition regulations. Her primary procurement focus is firmly anchored in NAICS 336611 — Ship Building and Repairing — encompassing new construction, dry-docking, structural upgrades, and integration of maritime domain awareness technologies. She specializes in acquiring custom-built patrol vessels, patrol craft with integrated sensors, and support systems for extended offshore operations, demonstrating deep expertise in naval engineering standards and Coast Guard-specific operational requirements.