Andrea V. Rivas

Andrea V. Rivas serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Health Agency, supporting the agency’s mission to deliver integrated, readiness-focused healthcare services to uniformed personnel, retirees, and their families. She manages a portfolio of technical and management consulting contracts critical to modernizing clinical workflows, optimizing pharmaceutical supply chains, and maintaining advanced diagnostic and surgical infrastructure. Her acquisitions primarily involve high-complexity services requiring specialized scientific and operational expertise, ensuring alignment with DoD health system standards and cybersecurity requirements. Rivas maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of contractors including Dependable On-Site Scan & Shred, Inc., Hanith Bioscience, LLC, Livion Technology, LLC, I-2-I Solutions, Inc., and Draeger, Inc. These partnerships reflect a focus on firms capable of delivering secure, compliant, and scalable solutions in medical logistics, biosciences, health technology, and clinical support services. Her procurement approach emphasizes vendor reliability, technical proficiency, and adherence to federal health regulations, fostering long-term collaborations with contractors who demonstrate proven capability in defense healthcare environments. Rivas’s contracting activity reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without set-aside designations. This indicates a strategic emphasis on selecting the most qualified providers based on technical merit and mission alignment, rather than socioeconomic categorizations. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her portfolio, her evaluations remain rigorously merit-based, ensuring optimal outcomes for complex healthcare modernization initiatives. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services), accounting for 75% of her activity, with additional emphasis on NAICS 541611 (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services). She routinely acquires services related to clinical process optimization, health data infrastructure support, medical equipment lifecycle management, and operational readiness consulting—domains requiring deep domain expertise in military healthcare systems and federal regulatory compliance.