Sarah Decker

Sarah Decker serves as a key procurement professional at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWC Dahlgren), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to develop and evaluate advanced naval warfare systems. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on electronic warfare, command and control platforms, embedded computing systems, and secure communications infrastructure. Her role involves executing full lifecycle contracting for complex technical systems, ensuring alignment with Navy modernization priorities and defense acquisition regulations. Decker’s work directly enables the integration of cutting-edge sensor technologies and networked combat capabilities for surface ships and missile systems. Decker maintains consistent relationships with a select group of contractors including TEX-TECH ENGINEERED COMPOSITES, LLC, TATITLEK GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC., 3DB LABS INC, WASTE REMOVAL USA, LLC, and BOWHEAD PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS, LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on specialized engineering services, advanced manufacturing, IT support, and mission-critical logistics. Her contracting patterns indicate a preference for established vendors with proven technical capabilities in defense environments, often engaging firms with prior experience in naval systems integration and rapid prototyping. Decker’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical excellence and mission urgency over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing capability and schedule over small business set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her primary NAICS focus areas include software publishing (513210), radio and wireless communications equipment manufacturing (334220), electronic equipment repair and maintenance (811210), and metal window and door manufacturing (332321)—the latter likely supporting specialized facility or electromagnetic shielding requirements. This blend underscores her expertise in procuring both high-tech software-defined systems and mission-enabling physical infrastructure critical to naval electronic warfare and signal processing domains.