Nichole Cundiff

Nichole Cundiff serves as the primary procurement lead for the U.S. Coast Guard’s SFLC Procurement Branch 1 (70Z080), overseeing the acquisition of critical shipbuilding, repair, and maintenance services essential to sustaining the Coast Guard’s fleet of cutters and maritime assets. Her role centers on managing complex contract actions aligned with the agency’s mission to extend vessel service life through dry dock overhauls, propulsion system upgrades, and hull integrity restoration. She specializes in negotiating and administering contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation for naval vessel modernization, ensuring compliance with technical specifications and operational readiness standards across coastal and open-ocean missions. Cundiff maintains consistent working relationships with key industry partners including Fairbanks Morse, LLC, Bay Ship & Yacht Co, Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C., Automatic Coating Limited USA, and Technico Corporation. These contractors provide specialized expertise in marine fabrication, corrosion protection, mechanical systems repair, and integrated vessel modernization. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, leveraging proven performance histories and technical capabilities to support mission-critical maintenance cycles and lifecycle extension initiatives. A strong advocate for small business participation, Cundiff consistently prioritizes Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with approximately 83% of her acquisitions reserved for small businesses. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster competition, enhance industrial base resilience, and support economic development within the maritime support sector. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a steadfast commitment to socioeconomic goals without compromising technical rigor or operational requirements. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), complemented by significant activity in NAICS 811310 (commercial and industrial machinery repair) and NAICS 334513 (industrial process control instrumentation). She procures specialized marine systems, propulsion components, hull coatings, and sensor integration packages, demonstrating deep technical fluency in naval architecture, corrosion mitigation, and vessel systems integration.