Sarah A. Porzillo

Sarah Porzillo serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Coast Guard’s SFLC Procurement Branch 1 (70Z080), responsible for managing complex acquisitions to sustain and modernize the Coast Guard’s fleet of cutters and maritime assets. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission of ensuring operational readiness through shipbuilding, dry dock overhauls, and propulsion system upgrades. She specializes in contracting for heavy industrial maintenance, naval vessel repair, and precision machine tool fabrication, frequently overseeing task orders under indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles and competitive sealed bidding processes. Her acquisitions are mission-critical, ensuring vessels remain compliant with Coast Guard safety and performance standards across coastal and open-ocean operations. Porzillo maintains consistent, long-term relationships with a core group of specialized shipyard and industrial contractors, including Fairbanks Morse, LLC, Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C., Bay Ship & Yacht Co., Automatic Coating Limited USA, and Technico Corporation. These partnerships are built on technical expertise in marine propulsion systems, hull fabrication, corrosion protection, and precision machining. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, with a focus on quality assurance, naval specifications, and adherence to MIL-STD and ABS standards. She routinely engages contractors through competitive and sole-source mechanisms based on unique capability requirements. Porzillo’s procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside classifications. While she does not routinely reserve contracts for 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her acquisitions remain accessible to all qualified vendors, prioritizing technical capability and past performance over socioeconomic status. This reflects the specialized nature of the work, which demands highly certified industrial facilities and experienced maritime engineering teams. Her primary focus lies in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing) and 333517 (Machine Tool Manufacturing), reflecting deep expertise in naval architecture, dry dock operations, and precision component fabrication. She procures high-value marine systems including diesel-electric propulsion units, CNC-machined engine components, anti-fouling coatings, and structural steel retrofitting services, ensuring vessels meet rigorous maritime operational demands.