Danise Burt

Danise Burt serves as a key procurement professional within the 257-NETWORK Contract Office 17 (36C257) of the Department of Veterans Affairs, where she supports the acquisition of mission-critical medical and infrastructure assets essential to veteran healthcare delivery. Her responsibilities encompass the end-to-end management of contracts for surgical instruments, electromedical devices, in-vitro diagnostic systems, and facility maintenance services, ensuring operational readiness across VA medical campuses. Burt’s work directly enables the agency’s mission to provide high-quality, technologically advanced care by securing reliable, compliant, and clinically validated equipment and services through competitive and strategic sourcing practices. She maintains strong, ongoing relationships with primary contractors including Primary Care Solutions Inc., Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, VetPride Services, Inc., McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, and Cepheid. These partnerships reflect a balanced approach to procurement, combining large-capability vendors with specialized providers of diagnostic, clinical, and construction services. Burt consistently engages these contractors through performance-based, outcome-driven contract vehicles, emphasizing quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and lifecycle support for complex medical and facility systems. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a pronounced commitment to socioeconomic goals, with over 40% of awards designated for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), reflecting a deliberate alignment with VA’s veteran-centric procurement priorities. While the majority of acquisitions remain open to general competition, her consistent use of SDVOSB set-asides underscores a strategic emphasis on empowering veteran-owned enterprises within the healthcare supply chain. Burt’s technical expertise centers on NAICS 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing) and 339113 (Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing), with significant focus on diagnostic and laboratory equipment, ophthalmic devices, and related medical supplies. She also manages acquisitions in infrastructure support services, demonstrating fluency in both clinical technology procurement and facility sustainment contracting, ensuring seamless integration of medical hardware and environmental systems across VA healthcare networks.