Teresa L. Calabrese

Teresa L. Calabrese serves as a Contracts Specialist at the U.S. Coast Guard’s CG ACADEMY (70Z039), where she manages the acquisition of critical infrastructure and maintenance services essential to sustaining the agency’s training and operational readiness mission. Her portfolio centers on facility upgrades, maritime asset support systems, and technical maintenance contracts that ensure the functionality of academic and logistical infrastructure. Calabrese executes full lifecycle procurement activities under FAR guidelines, coordinating requirements analysis, solicitation development, source selection, and contract administration to align with the Academy’s mission-critical objectives. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including Top 3D Shop Inc., Vantage Point, Inc., Chase, Leavitt & Co. Inc., and Crocker’s Boatyard, Inc., each providing niche expertise in construction, marine maintenance, and facility modernization. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven experience in maritime environments and federal compliance standards, fostering long-term, performance-based collaborations that prioritize reliability and mission alignment. Calabrese demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with over 58% of her awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, and an additional 6.5% reserved for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize small business participation, reflecting a deliberate strategy to expand vendor diversity and support economically disadvantaged enterprises within the federal acquisition ecosystem. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS 238210 (electrical contracting) and 238220 (plumbing, heating, and HVAC systems), with significant activity in heavy civil construction (237990) and commercial machinery repair (811310). This specialization underscores her expertise in procuring mission-critical infrastructure services that support the Coast Guard’s training facilities, ensuring compliance with federal building codes and maritime operational standards.