Tricia Folts

Tricia Folts serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock (N00167), where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisition strategies to support the Department of the Navy’s mission in advancing maritime warfare capabilities. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts for high-technical naval systems, with a focus on shipbuilding, hydrodynamic testing, propulsion integration, and signature management technologies. Her work ensures timely and compliant procurement of mission-critical hardware, software, and engineering services that enhance the survivability and operational effectiveness of U.S. naval vessels and underwater platforms. Folts maintains enduring relationships with leading defense contractors including BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Goodrich Corp, and Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, as well as specialized joint ventures such as CB Design & Huitt Zollars Joint Venture, LLC. She regularly collaborates with vendors possessing deep expertise in naval architecture, systems integration, and advanced materials testing, fostering partnerships grounded in technical rigor and performance-based acquisition principles. Her contracting approach emphasizes vendor reliability, past performance, and adherence to rigorous naval engineering standards. Folts’ procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, reflecting the agency’s reliance on large-scale, technically complex solutions requiring specialized capabilities typically found in established defense prime contractors. While small business participation is not formally prioritized through socioeconomic set-asides, her contracting actions remain fully compliant with all federal acquisition regulations and emphasize competitive, open bidding to ensure optimal value and technical adequacy. Her primary procurement focus lies within NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), encompassing hull modifications, structural testing, and integration of stealth technologies. She also procures specialized services under NAICS 541519 for computational modeling and systems analysis, and NAICS 333992 for welding and non-destructive evaluation equipment, demonstrating deep technical fluency in naval engineering domains critical to modern fleet modernization.