Chantal Cornelius

Chantal Cornelius serves as a key procurement professional within the Program Support Center Acquisition Management Service, supporting the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration under the Department of Health and Human Services. She is responsible for managing the acquisition of specialized technical services critical to sustaining the nation’s public health infrastructure, with a primary focus on electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance. Her work ensures the operational readiness of laboratory instrumentation, diagnostic devices, and mission-critical computing systems that underpin biomedical research and health service delivery. Cornelius handles complex service contracts requiring technical expertise in calibration, preventive maintenance, and system modernization, aligning acquisitions with federal standards for reliability and compliance. Her primary contractor relationships are anchored with Science Applications International Corporation and SARA Software Systems LLC, both of which provide high-assurance technical support and specialized software integration services. These partnerships reflect a preference for established vendors with proven capabilities in maintaining sensitive federal equipment and systems. Cornelius consistently engages these contractors through competitive, full-and-open procurement pathways, emphasizing performance-based outcomes and technical compliance over socioeconomic set-asides. Notably, Cornelius’s portfolio is entirely composed of full-and-open acquisitions, with no set-asides designated for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. This reflects a strategic prioritization of technical capability and mission-critical service continuity over socioeconomic targeting, consistent with the agency’s need for specialized, high-reliability support. Her procurement activity is narrowly concentrated in NAICS 811210, reflecting deep expertise in the repair, calibration, and maintenance of electronic and precision equipment. She routinely procures services for laboratory analyzers, environmental monitoring systems, and biomedical instrumentation, requiring contractors with certified technical personnel, ISO-compliant processes, and experience in federal healthcare environments.