Rebecca Maddox

Rebecca Maddox serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Systems and Experimental Warfare Center, where she manages complex research and development acquisitions critical to advancing naval operational readiness. Her work centers on securing cutting-edge engineering and scientific solutions for experimental warfare technologies, ocean infrastructure, and explosive effects analysis. She oversees the full lifecycle of contract actions—from solicitation to award and performance monitoring—ensuring alignment with Department of the Navy strategic priorities in maritime innovation and installation resilience. Her portfolio is exclusively focused on high-technical, mission-critical R&D efforts requiring specialized scientific expertise and advanced technical capabilities. Maddox maintains consistent partnerships with a select group of high-caliber research and engineering contractors, including Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Sociedad Española de Montajes Industriales SA, and Emerging Compounds Treatment Technologies, Inc. These relationships reflect a preference for organizations with proven capabilities in marine systems, environmental engineering, and experimental defense technologies. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term collaboration with entities possessing niche technical expertise, often involving non-traditional defense contractors and academic research institutions with deep domain knowledge in oceanographic and explosive effects sciences. Her procurement patterns show a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside classifications. This indicates a deliberate focus on selecting the most technically qualified offerors regardless of socioeconomic status, prioritizing capability and mission fit over socioeconomic program participation. While small business participation is not structurally mandated in her portfolio, she maintains compliance with all federal acquisition regulations and evaluates all offerors on technical merit and past performance. Her primary NAICS classification is 541715—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences—reflecting her exclusive focus on advanced scientific R&D. She procures services related to ocean sensing systems, underwater infrastructure modeling, explosive hazard mitigation, and environmental impact analysis, requiring deep expertise in naval engineering, marine science, and defense experimentation.