Rebecca Hayes

Rebecca Hayes serves as a key procurement lead within the Commanding General’s office under the Department of the Navy, responsible for managing critical acquisitions that sustain operational readiness across naval and marine forces. She oversees the procurement of specialized maintenance, logistics, and mission-enabling support services essential to combat systems, mobility assets, and expeditionary infrastructure. Her portfolio includes complex technical acquisitions requiring stringent reliability standards, with a focus on ensuring equipment functionality in both garrison and forward-deployed environments. Hayes plays a pivotal role in aligning contracting strategies with the agency’s mission to maintain high-readiness postures through timely, compliant, and technically sound procurement actions. She 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., each recognized for their expertise in defense-grade electronics, avionics support, and mission-critical logistics. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor partnerships built on technical reliability, rapid response capabilities, and adherence to military specifications. These relationships are cultivated through repeat engagements on time-sensitive, high-priority requirements, reflecting a preference for proven performers with demonstrated experience in naval and marine operational environments. Hayes demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with 60% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, and an additional 6.7% reserved for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate effort to broaden the defense industrial base by prioritizing socioeconomic programs that enhance competition and innovation among qualified small firms, while maintaining mission-critical performance standards. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS codes related to audio and video equipment manufacturing, aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment, software publishing, fiber optic cable manufacturing, and educational support services. These reflect a technical domain spanning embedded systems, tactical communications, avionics integration, and specialized training infrastructure—underscoring her expertise in procuring complex, mission-critical technologies that directly enable naval and marine force readiness.