Catherine-Tehila Johnson

Catherine-Tehila Johnson serves as a key procurement lead within the W40M USA HCA, a Department of the Army unit under the Department of Defense responsible for sustaining medical readiness across combat and garrison environments. She manages the acquisition of critical healthcare infrastructure, including surgical instrumentation, diagnostic systems, and laboratory equipment essential to battlefield medicine and military medical facilities. Her role centers on executing timely, compliant contracts that ensure operational health readiness, aligning procurement strategy with the agency’s mission to equip medics and clinical teams with mission-critical medical technologies. Johnson maintains consistent partnerships with leading medical technology providers including QUIDELORTHO SALES COMPANY, LLC, STERIS CORPORATION, MDM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, SYSMEX AMERICA, INC, and LBT DIAGNOSTIC RADIATION PHYSICS CONSULTING LTD. These relationships reflect a focus on high-reliability suppliers of sterilization systems, diagnostic analyzers, radiology services, and clinical support equipment. Her contracting approach emphasizes vendor performance, regulatory compliance, and technical specificity, often requiring FDA-cleared or CE-marked devices integrated into military medical workflows. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively awarded through 8(a) competed set-asides, demonstrating a strong, unwavering commitment to socioeconomic programs that empower small disadvantaged businesses. Every contract she manages is structured to maximize participation by 8(a)-certified firms, aligning with DoD mandates to foster innovation and resilience within the defense industrial base through targeted small business engagement. Despite the agency’s medical mission, Johnson’s contracting activity is classified under NAICS 561720 (Janitorial Services), indicating a unique administrative categorization likely tied to facility support contracts for infection control, decontamination, and sterile environment maintenance. This reflects her expertise in procuring specialized cleaning, sterilization, and environmental compliance services critical to hospital-grade sanitation in military medical settings.