Cassandra Mahlstedt

Cassandra Mahlstedt serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Medical Logistics Command (N62645), supporting the Department of Defense’s mission to sustain combat-ready medical forces through the acquisition of critical surgical and medical instrumentation. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts for high-precision diagnostic and life-sustaining equipment used in forward-deployed clinical environments, ensuring compliance with military specifications and rapid deployment requirements. Her acquisitions focus on enabling point-of-care diagnostics, trauma care systems, and field-deployable medical devices essential to Navy and Marine Corps medical operations worldwide. While specific contractor names are not publicly available, Mahlstedt maintains a balanced procurement approach, engaging both large-scale medical manufacturers and small businesses capable of meeting stringent DoD performance and quality standards. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for competitive, open solicitations alongside targeted small business set-asides, fostering a diverse supplier base equipped to deliver mission-critical medical hardware under austere conditions. Vendor partnerships are characterized by rigorous technical evaluation, adherence to FAR Part 12 commercial item procedures, and emphasis on supply chain resilience. Mahlstedt exhibits a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with approximately half of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to expand access for small businesses with specialized capabilities in medical device manufacturing, ensuring innovation and agility in the supply chain. While no other set-aside categories are predominant, her portfolio consistently prioritizes small business participation as a core element of mission readiness. Her procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 339112 — Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing — encompassing endoscopes, portable diagnostic units, sterilization equipment, and trauma response tools. She possesses deep technical expertise in FDA-regulated medical devices, ISO 13485 compliance, and military-specific environmental and ruggedization standards, ensuring all procured systems meet operational demands in global theaters.