Christina Swando

Christina Swando serves as a key contracting professional within the 246-NETWORK Contracting Office 6 (36C246) of the Department of Veterans Affairs, where she supports the procurement of critical infrastructure, engineering, and clinical support services essential to maintaining and modernizing Veterans Health Administration facilities. Her work directly enables the operational readiness of healthcare delivery environments by managing complex acquisitions for medical equipment integration, facility upgrades, and specialized technical services. She routinely handles competitive procurements under FAR and VA-specific acquisition policies, focusing on high-impact projects that enhance clinical safety, efficiency, and technological capability across VA medical centers. Swando maintains consistent contracting relationships with leading providers in medical diagnostics, transport logistics, and construction services, including Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Cepheid, Reliance Medical Transport, LLC, and Southeastern Industrial Barlovento JV-2, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established, high-performance vendors capable of delivering mission-critical solutions under stringent regulatory and operational standards. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous technical evaluation, and vendor accountability to ensure compliance with VA clinical and safety requirements. While the majority of her acquisitions are conducted as full and open competitions (88.9%), Swando demonstrates a targeted commitment to small business participation, with service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) representing 11.1% of her set-aside awards. This pattern aligns with VA’s statutory priorities and reflects a deliberate effort to foster veteran-led enterprise participation in the delivery of healthcare infrastructure services. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services) and 541310 (Architectural Services), with significant activity in 238140 (Masonry Contractors) and 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction). She specializes in procuring design-build, renovation, and systems integration services that support the physical and technological backbone of veteran healthcare facilities, demonstrating deep expertise in facility modernization and clinical environment sustainment.