Alan Willingham

Alan Willingham serves as a Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist for the Department of Veterans Affairs (Agency Code 36C776), where he leads the acquisition of critical infrastructure and technical services essential to modernizing veteran healthcare facilities. He manages full lifecycle procurements spanning construction support, IT modernization, and facility engineering programs, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations while aligning acquisitions with the VA’s mission to deliver safe, technologically advanced medical environments. His portfolio emphasizes complex, mission-critical contracts requiring rigorous technical evaluation and risk mitigation, particularly in digital health infrastructure and facility systems integration. Willingham maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established contractors, including RWH Capital LLC, Bridger Richard JV LLC, Hurley JV, LLP, Veterans Contracting Group, Inc., and The Trevino Group, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for joint ventures and experienced firms capable of delivering integrated construction, engineering, and technical services across multi-year programs. His procurement approach prioritizes performance-based outcomes, leveraging firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement contract types to ensure accountability and mission readiness. A strong advocate for veteran-owned small businesses, Willingham consistently structures solicitations to maximize participation by Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), which account for 42.9% of his awards, while the remainder are open competition. His contracting patterns demonstrate a deliberate commitment to socioeconomic goals, embedding SDVOSB eligibility criteria into requirement definitions and actively promoting small business outreach in pre-solicitation phases. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 561920 (Convention and Trade Show Organizers), reflecting a significant need for event and training logistics support tied to VA-wide facility modernization initiatives. He also procures professional services under 541512 and 541519 for computer systems design and related IT services, as well as 611430 for management training and 334220 for communications equipment. This blend of technical and operational procurement expertise positions him as a key enabler of the VA’s digital and physical infrastructure transformation.