Cicely Simmons - Carroll

Cicely Simmons-Carroll serves as a key procurement lead within the W40M MRC0 West agency under the Department of the Army, responsible for acquiring critical medical readiness capabilities that support operational field hospitals and combat medical units. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts for in-vitro diagnostic substances, surgical instrumentation, sterilization systems, and blood management solutions, ensuring the Army maintains sovereign, deployable medical capabilities. Her work directly enables high-acuity care in austere environments by securing advanced, FDA-regulated medical technologies that meet stringent military performance and logistics standards. She maintains long-standing partnerships with leading medical technology vendors including Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Abbott Molecular Inc., Cardinal Health 414, LLC, Surgical Neuromonitoring Associates, Inc., and Premier Shockwave, Inc. These relationships reflect a preference for established industry leaders with proven regulatory compliance, supply chain resilience, and technical expertise in diagnostic and surgical domains. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based requirements, rigorous technical evaluations, and vendor accountability to ensure mission-critical reliability under operational stress. Her procurement portfolio is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 84.6% of awards issued under full and open competition, reflecting the specialized nature and limited vendor base for advanced medical technologies. However, she consistently supports small business participation, allocating 11.5% of awards to total small business set-asides and 3.9% to 8(a) competed contracts, demonstrating a balanced commitment to both mission efficacy and socioeconomic goals. Her primary focus lies in NAICS 325413 for in-vitro diagnostic substance manufacturing, which accounts for 76% of her acquisitions, followed by 622110 for hospital and surgical support services. She specializes in procuring molecular diagnostics, point-of-care testing systems, sterile surgical kits, and automated sterilization equipment—technologies essential for battlefield triage, infection control, and rapid diagnostics. Her domain expertise centers on the intersection of clinical medicine, regulatory compliance, and expeditionary logistics.