Padgy Soltis

Padgy Soltis serves as a Contract Specialist for the Commanding General under the Department of the Navy, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical procurements that sustain operational readiness for naval and marine forces. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on maintenance, logistics, and specialized support services essential to combat systems, mobility assets, and expeditionary infrastructure. Her work ensures the reliability of equipment across both garrison and deployed environments, aligning procurement actions with strategic readiness goals. Soltis specializes in complex service contracts requiring technical oversight, compliance with federal acquisition regulations, and coordination with engineering and logistics stakeholders to deliver mission-enabling capabilities. Soltis maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including MANCON LLC, GEMINI TECH SERVICES LLC, CHEMBLE SOLUTIONS, LLC, MICROTECHNOLOGIES LLC, and SAELIG COMPANY, INC. These partnerships span industrial maintenance, instrumentation, and technical support services, reflecting her focus on vendors with proven expertise in naval and defense-grade applications. She cultivates long-term vendor engagement through structured solicitation processes, performance-based contracting, and rigorous compliance reviews, ensuring accountability and technical fidelity in delivered solutions. Soltis demonstrates an overwhelming commitment to small business participation, with 92.6% of her acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, and other socioeconomic categories, reinforcing the Department of the Navy’s mandate to foster inclusive economic opportunity while maintaining mission effectiveness. She actively leverages set-aside authorities to expand the defense industrial base and enhance competition among qualified small firms. Her technical procurement focus centers on NAICS codes including 334513 (industrial process instrumentation), 811310 (commercial and industrial machinery repair), 339920 (sporting and athletic goods manufacturing), and 335311 (power transformer manufacturing). These reflect her expertise in acquiring precision measurement systems, maintenance services for non-automotive equipment, and specialized hardware critical to naval operational environments. Soltis brings deep domain knowledge in technical specifications, performance metrics, and lifecycle support requirements for defense-critical systems.