Chelsea Lavelle

Chelsea Lavelle serves as a Contract Specialist within the Defense Health Agency (HT9406), responsible for managing the full lifecycle of healthcare-related acquisitions to support the operational readiness of uniformed service members, retirees, and their families. She executes complex procurements aligned with the DHA’s mission to modernize clinical workflows, secure health data infrastructure, and ensure reliable pharmaceutical and medical equipment supply chains. Her portfolio primarily consists of direct health and medical insurance carrier services, with a focus on contracts that enable seamless access to care, health information exchange, and clinical support systems across the global DoD footprint. Lavelle maintains consistent working relationships with key 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 pattern of engaging specialized vendors delivering medical waste management, bioscience diagnostics, health technology solutions, and advanced clinical equipment. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous vendor evaluation, and long-term service reliability to sustain mission-critical health operations. Lavelle’s contracting activity demonstrates a 100% preference for full and open competition, with no set-asides designated for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic categories. This reflects a strategic alignment with the DHA’s operational imperatives, where mission-critical capabilities require broad market competition to ensure technical excellence, scalability, and continuity of care. Her primary NAICS focus is 524114 (Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers), indicating deep expertise in procuring managed care services, provider network contracts, and health plan administration solutions. She specializes in acquisitions that integrate clinical delivery systems with health data infrastructure, ensuring compliance with federal health privacy standards and interoperability requirements across military treatment facilities and civilian care networks.