Sarah Chang

Sarah Chang serves as a key procurement professional at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard IMF, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize the U.S. Navy’s fleet through complex ship repair and industrial infrastructure contracts. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions centered on naval vessel maintenance, mechanical overhauls, and mission-critical system refurbishment, ensuring operational readiness through precision engineering and industrial support. Her work directly enables the shipyard’s core capabilities in shipbuilding, repair, and long-term fleet sustainment, with a focus on high-value, technically demanding contracts requiring specialized industrial expertise. Chang maintains strong, ongoing relationships with leading defense and industrial contractors including NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT CORP, XLEAGLE LLC, FAIRBANKS MORSE, LLC, and PHILIP RIEKE. These partnerships reflect a reliance on vendors with deep capabilities in marine propulsion systems, heavy machinery repair, precision metal fabrication, and industrial instrumentation. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term vendor collaboration, technical compliance, and performance-based service delivery in high-stakes naval environments. A significant portion of her acquisitions—nearly half—are set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a robust commitment to socioeconomic contracting. While no single program type dominates, her consistent use of Total Small Business Set-Asides signals a strategic emphasis on fostering vendor diversity and enabling qualified small firms to support critical naval infrastructure. This approach aligns with Department of Defense priorities to strengthen the industrial base through inclusive procurement. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), followed by commercial and industrial machinery repair (811310) and prefabricated metal component manufacturing (332311). She routinely procures specialized services including propulsion system overhauls, hydraulic and mechanical system refurbishment, and industrial process control instrumentation, requiring deep technical knowledge of naval engineering standards and marine industrial protocols.