Shelly A. Umana Martinez

Shelly A. Umana Martinez serves as a Purchasing Agent at the Mid Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, a key component of the Department of the Navy responsible for sustaining and modernizing naval surface platforms. In this role, she manages the acquisition of critical fabricated metal components, mechanical subsystems, and industrial infrastructure equipment essential to fleet readiness and shipboard integrity. Her procurement activities center on supporting precision maintenance, repair, and industrial modernization initiatives, ensuring that naval vessels remain operationally viable through timely and compliant sourcing of mission-critical hardware and structural systems. Umana Martinez maintains consistent working relationships with established industrial suppliers including Fairlead Boatworks, Inc., General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., Howard W. Pence, Inc., and Kampi Components Co., Inc., among others. These partnerships reflect a blend of large-capacity manufacturers and specialized fabricators capable of meeting stringent Navy specifications for durability, precision engineering, and regulatory compliance. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, technical alignment, and supply chain resilience, often coordinating with engineering and logistics teams to validate product suitability for harsh maritime environments. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a strong commitment to small business participation, with over 46% of awards directed toward small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, including a notable 4% allocated to Women-Owned Small Businesses. While the majority of acquisitions are open to full and open competition, her consistent use of total small business set-asides underscores a deliberate strategy to foster vendor diversity and strengthen the industrial base supporting naval maintenance operations. Her primary procurement focus lies within NAICS 332510 (Hardware Manufacturing), 332321 (Metal Window and Door Manufacturing), and 332999 (Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing), reflecting deep expertise in sourcing structural metal components, lockers, shelving systems, and specialized fabrication for naval infrastructure. She routinely procures items requiring adherence to military specifications and industrial quality standards, demonstrating technical fluency in metal fabrication, environmental resilience, and naval architectural integration.