Rachel Benedetto

Rachel Benedetto serves as a key procurement lead at U.S. Coast Guard Base Miami (70Z028), responsible for managing acquisitions that sustain critical maritime infrastructure and facility operations. She oversees contracts essential to maintaining operational readiness, including mechanical systems maintenance, facility modernization, and environmental compliance projects. Her role is central to ensuring the base’s physical assets support national security, search and rescue, and port safety missions. Benedetto specializes in complex, mission-critical acquisitions requiring technical precision and long-term lifecycle management, often coordinating with engineering and facilities teams to align contracting outcomes with infrastructure resilience goals. Her primary contractor relationships include MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, PHOENIX MARINE LLC, ATZ SOLUTION LLC, and COMMERCIAL BLUE INC, with whom she maintains consistent, performance-driven partnerships. These vendors are frequently engaged for specialized construction, marine facility upgrades, and industrial maintenance services. Benedetto’s procurement approach emphasizes reliability, technical compliance, and timely delivery, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in past performance and regulatory adherence. While Vanderbilt University Medical Center appears in her contractor roster, its inclusion suggests niche procurement for specialized health or safety support services tied to base operations. Benedetto’s contracting activity is entirely classified under “No Set-Aside,” indicating a preference for open competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. This pattern reflects a mission-driven focus on technical capability and operational urgency over socioeconomic targeting, though it does not preclude small business participation when vendors meet stringent performance and compliance standards. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively aligned with NAICS 325998—All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing—indicating a specialized focus on industrial chemicals, corrosion inhibitors, marine coatings, decontamination agents, and other formulation-based products critical to vessel maintenance, facility preservation, and environmental remediation. This technical domain requires deep expertise in hazardous material handling, regulatory compliance (EPA, OSHA), and lifecycle management of chemical systems supporting maritime infrastructure.