Tara Borntreger

Tara Borntreger serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSYSCOM), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize the U.S. Fleet through the acquisition of advanced maritime systems. She manages complex contracts for mission-critical naval platforms, focusing on the integration of combat systems, propulsion components, and electronic warfare technologies. Her work directly enables fleet readiness by ensuring timely delivery of high-performance naval hardware aligned with lifecycle support requirements and technological innovation goals. Borntreger maintains strategic relationships with prime contractors including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, and Damen Shipbuilding & Cooperation B.V., reflecting a preference for industry leaders with proven expertise in shipbuilding, naval electronics, and high-speed drive systems. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term partnerships with vendors possessing deep technical capabilities in naval architecture, systems integration, and defense-grade manufacturing. These relationships are typically structured through full and open competitions, with a strong emphasis on performance-based acquisition and risk-mitigated contract vehicles. Her procurement approach is overwhelmingly oriented toward full and open competition, with 97.4% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions. While small business participation is minimal—accounting for only 2.6% of awards—this reflects the nature of the high-capacity, technologically complex systems she procures, which often require Tier 1 industrial base capabilities beyond the scope of most small businesses. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334511 for naval and aeronautical sensing and guidance systems, followed by 336611 for shipbuilding and repair, and 333612 for industrial drive systems. She consistently acquires mission-critical components such as radar suites, turbine generator units, and integrated combat systems, demonstrating specialized expertise in naval electronics, propulsion, and surface/subsurface platform modernization.