Temika Morris

Temika Morris 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. Navy’s fleet through strategic acquisition of naval vessels and mission-critical maritime systems. Focused exclusively on boat building under NAICS 336612, Morris oversees the full lifecycle procurement of surface and undersea platforms, including design, construction, integration of combat systems, and lifecycle support services. Her work directly enables fleet readiness and technological superiority by ensuring timely delivery of high-performance naval vessels aligned with current and future operational requirements. Morris maintains established working relationships with leading shipbuilders and defense contractors, including Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Damen Shipbuilding & Cooperation B.V., G.S.E. Dynamics, Inc., and Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, vertically integrated industrial base partners capable of delivering complex, high-integrity naval platforms under stringent military specifications. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term collaboration with vendors possessing proven track records in naval shipbuilding, systems integration, and compliance with Navy technical and quality standards. Morris’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict focus on full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside conditions. This pattern underscores a strategic prioritization of capability, capacity, and industrial base sustainability over socioeconomic set-asides, ensuring access to the most qualified and capable entities for mission-critical naval platforms. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her award structure, all procurements adhere to full transparency and competitive fairness under FAR guidelines. Her technical domain is singularly focused on NAICS 336612—Boat Building—encompassing the acquisition of new construction, refits, and modernization of naval surface and submersible vessels. This includes procurement of hull systems, propulsion integration, combat electronics suites, and survivability features tailored to Navy operational doctrines. Morris’s expertise lies in managing technically complex, multi-year shipbuilding contracts requiring rigorous oversight of engineering compliance, naval architecture standards, and defense logistics frameworks.