Shanna Laging

Shanna Laging serves as a key procurement lead within the Commander (M00264) organization under the Department of the Navy, where she manages mission-critical acquisitions to sustain and modernize naval warfighting capabilities. Her portfolio centers on engineering services, armored vehicle systems, and tactical electronic equipment, ensuring operational readiness through integrated command and control architectures. She oversees full lifecycle contracting for complex technical systems, including systems engineering, integration, and sustainment contracts that support real-time decision-making and cyber-enabled battlefield environments. Her work directly enables the Navy’s strategic priorities in advanced sensor networks, armored vehicle modernization, and tactical computing infrastructure. Laging maintains consistent partnerships with a core group of specialized contractors, including Goldbelt Hawk L.L.C., Alex-Alternative Experts, LLC, Tnda Technologies Inc., BC Market Solutions LLC, and Biospace, Inc. These vendors provide niche expertise in systems engineering, defense-grade software development, armored vehicle component manufacturing, and mission-critical support services. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established technical partners with proven capabilities in naval and defense environments, indicating a focus on reliability, compliance, and rapid fielding of high-assurance systems. Her procurement approach is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 92.3% of awards issued under open competition, reflecting the specialized and technical nature of the requirements. Only 7.7% are designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, suggesting that while small business participation is recognized, mission necessity and technical complexity drive award decisions more than socioeconomic preferences. The primary NAICS categories she supports are 541330 (Engineering Services) and 336992 (Military Armored Vehicle Manufacturing), with secondary focus on 336320 (motor vehicle electronics) and 336612 (boat building). These reflect deep technical expertise in integrated defense systems, including armored vehicle upgrades, embedded electronics, and maritime platform modernization—all critical to maintaining naval superiority in contested environments.