Steven Carlberg

Steven Carlberg serves as a key procurement professional at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Gf, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize U.S. Navy submarines and surface vessels. He manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on industrial support services, specialized maintenance, and mission-critical equipment leasing, ensuring the shipyard’s operational readiness through timely and compliant contract execution. His work directly enables precision fabrication, mechanical system repair, and supply chain reliability for high-integrity naval components, aligning procurement activities with the shipyard’s strategic priorities in naval infrastructure resilience. Carlberg maintains longstanding relationships with major defense and industrial contractors including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, United Rentals (North America), Inc., and Kardex Remstar, LLC, partnering with vendors capable of delivering complex engineering services, heavy machinery leasing, and industrial logistics support. His contracting approach emphasizes vendor reliability, technical capability, and adherence to defense-specific quality standards, fostering long-term partnerships with firms experienced in naval shipyard environments and DoD compliance frameworks. He demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with over 56% of his acquisitions set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5, reflecting a deliberate strategy to engage diverse suppliers in the industrial support ecosystem. While no single socioeconomic category dominates, his pattern consistently prioritizes small business involvement across multiple NAICS sectors, reinforcing the agency’s broader goals of economic inclusivity and workforce development within the defense industrial base. His primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 532490 (commercial and industrial machinery leasing), 238990 (specialty trade contracting), and 811310 (mechanical equipment repair and maintenance), with additional emphasis on 332722 for fastener manufacturing and 611430 for technical training. These categories reflect deep expertise in procuring industrial maintenance services, specialized tooling, and workforce development programs critical to sustaining complex naval systems.