Rebecca Hayes

Rebecca Hayes serves as a key procurement lead within the Commanding General’s office under the Department of the Navy, where she manages critical acquisitions to sustain operational readiness for naval and marine forces. Her portfolio centers on maintenance, logistics, and specialized support services essential to combat systems, mobility assets, and expeditionary infrastructure. She oversees the full lifecycle of contract actions—from requirement validation through award and performance monitoring—ensuring alignment with Navy readiness priorities and defense acquisition regulations. Her work directly enables mission-critical capabilities across both garrison and deployed environments, with a strong emphasis on equipment reliability and rapid sustainment. Hayes 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 technical support, maintenance logistics, and specialized equipment supply, reflecting a preference for established vendors with proven capabilities in defense-grade systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and long-term vendor reliability, often resulting in repeat engagements and task order extensions under existing indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) mechanisms. A strong advocate for small business participation, Hayes consistently structures procurements with Total Small Business Set-Asides, directing over 70% of her contract actions to small businesses under FAR 19.5. While no specific socioeconomic set-asides are dominant, her pattern reflects a deliberate strategy to broaden vendor diversity and enhance competition among qualified small firms, reinforcing DoD’s broader socioeconomic goals without compromising mission requirements. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS categories including 813110 (Religious Organizations), 711130 (Musical Groups and Artists), 334118 (Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing), 336413 (Aircraft Parts Manufacturing), and 332911 (Industrial Valve Manufacturing). These reflect a unique blend of niche, non-traditional defense suppliers alongside core industrial and electronic component providers, indicating an unconventional yet mission-driven approach to sourcing specialized, often low-volume, high-reliability components for legacy and modernized naval systems.