Teresa Balbi

Teresa Balbi serves as a key procurement lead within the U.S. Coast Guard’s SFLC Procurement Branch 2 (70Z085), responsible for managing complex acquisitions supporting the sustainment, modernization, and repair of the Coast Guard’s fleet of cutters and maritime vessels. Her work directly enables operational readiness across coastal, offshore, and open-ocean missions by overseeing contracts for shipbuilding, vessel maintenance, and critical marine systems integration. She handles a diverse portfolio of procurement actions under FAR Part 13 and Part 15, with a focus on competitive sealed bidding and negotiated contracts for industrial and engineering services essential to naval infrastructure lifecycle management. Balbi maintains longstanding partnerships with principal contractors including ROLLS-ROYCE SOLUTIONS AMERICA INC, VIGOR MARINE LLC, JAG INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC, G I INDUSTRIAL-MARINE, LLC, and L1 ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED. These relationships reflect a preference for experienced shipyard and marine industrial firms capable of delivering high-integrity fabrication, propulsion system upgrades, and dry-dock repair services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance with naval standards, and vendor accountability under fixed-price and cost-reimbursement contract types. While the majority of her acquisitions are conducted as unrestricted procurements, Balbi consistently prioritizes small business participation, with approximately 36.6% of awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. She actively facilitates opportunities for small businesses in the marine industrial sector, aligning with the Coast Guard’s socioeconomic goals without reliance on specialized set-aside programs such as 8(a) or HUBZone. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), with significant activity in fabricated metal products (332999), engine equipment (333618), and structural metal manufacturing (332312). She specializes in acquiring mission-critical components including propulsion systems, hull modifications, and marine-grade hardware, demonstrating deep technical fluency in naval architecture and maritime industrial supply chains.