Samantha Toles

Samantha Toles serves as the primary procurement lead at the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, a Department of the Navy facility responsible for sustaining naval vessel readiness through industrial maintenance and repair services. In this role, she manages the acquisition of specialized industrial support capabilities critical to fleet sustainment, overseeing contracts for facility upgrades, environmental remediation, and custom fabrication. Her work directly supports the Center’s mission to maintain operational availability of naval assets by ensuring timely access to skilled trades and mission-critical infrastructure services. She handles a diverse portfolio of service-based acquisitions under FAR Part 12 and Part 36, with a strong emphasis on performance-based contracting and industrial engineering support. Toles maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including W.V. Construction Company, Turn Key Scaffold LLC, Premier Scaffold, Inc., Fairbanks Morse, LLC, and The Sherwin-Williams Company. These partnerships reflect a focus on niche industrial service providers with proven expertise in shipyard environments, including scaffolding systems, corrosion control, mechanical repair, and protective coating applications. Her procurement approach prioritizes vendors with demonstrated experience in naval maintenance settings, fostering long-term collaboration grounded in compliance, safety standards, and quality assurance protocols. Toles exhibits a robust commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to maximize economic opportunity for small, locally-based contractors capable of delivering specialized industrial services. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize small businesses with relevant technical capabilities, reinforcing the Department of Defense’s mandate to cultivate a resilient, diverse supplier base. Her primary NAICS focus areas—811420 (Reupholstery and Furniture Repair), 562910 (Remediation Services), and 238990 (All Other Specialty Trade Contractors)—reveal expertise in niche industrial support domains. She procures services ranging from hazardous material abatement and paint stripping to custom fabrication and non-standard facility modifications, demonstrating deep familiarity with the unique demands of naval shipyard environments and the specialized trades required to sustain them.