Rebecca A Budde

Rebecca A. Budde serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Coast Guard’s SFLC Procurement Branch 2 (70Z085), where she manages acquisitions critical to the sustainment and modernization of the Coast Guard’s maritime fleet. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle procurement of vessel repair, shipbuilding, and naval infrastructure services, ensuring operational readiness for coastal, offshore, and open-ocean missions. She specializes in complex contract vehicles for shipyard services, marine engineering, and industrial maintenance, aligning acquisitions with the Coast Guard’s strategic priorities in fleet resilience and technological integration. Budde maintains longstanding partnerships with leading maritime industrial contractors including ROLLS-ROYCE SOLUTIONS AMERICA INC, VIGOR MARINE LLC, JAG INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC, G I INDUSTRIAL-MARINE, LLC, and L1 ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED. These relationships reflect a focus on Tier 1 shipbuilders and specialized marine industrial service providers with proven expertise in cutter maintenance, propulsion system upgrades, and hull fabrication. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, long-term vendor reliability, and technical compliance with naval engineering standards. A defining feature of Budde’s procurement strategy is her strong commitment to small business participation, with 84.6% of her awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate effort to foster competition and capacity-building among small, qualified maritime contractors, particularly those with shipyard, fabrication, or marine maintenance capabilities. Her portfolio consistently prioritizes socioeconomic contracting programs that enhance industrial base diversity. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), which accounts for nearly 80% of her acquisitions, underscoring deep expertise in naval architecture, dry-dock operations, and corrosion control. She also procures related fabricated metal components and marine logistics services, demonstrating specialized knowledge in the technical domains of maritime industrial support and fleet sustainment.