Debra Bailey

Debra Bailey serves as a key procurement professional within the Department of Veterans Affairs, overseeing the acquisition of critical emergency and relief services essential to veteran healthcare delivery. She plays a central role in executing the agency’s mission to ensure timely, accessible, and high-quality support through contracted clinical and operational services. Her portfolio primarily consists of sole-source and competitive procurements under NAICS 624230, focusing on emergency medical response, veteran evaluation services, and community-based health outreach programs. Bailey ensures alignment with VA’s strategic goals of modernizing care delivery and expanding access to life-sustaining diagnostics and rehabilitative support across the national network of VA facilities and community partners. She maintains longstanding, high-volume relationships with leading healthcare contractors including Optum Public Sector Solutions, McKesson Corporation, TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp, QTC Medical Services Inc, and Veterans Evaluation Services, Inc. These partnerships are characterized by long-term performance-based contracts, often awarded through indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) mechanisms, to deliver standardized, scalable services such as medical examinations, claims support, and urgent care coordination. Her contracting approach prioritizes operational continuity, regulatory compliance, and service reliability over competitive bidding, reflecting the mission-critical nature of the services procured. Bailey’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects the VA’s operational need for large-scale, nationwide service providers capable of meeting stringent federal healthcare standards and geographic coverage requirements. While small business participation is not structurally prioritized in her portfolio, her contracting decisions are guided by capability, capacity, and compliance rather than socioeconomic criteria. Her technical expertise centers on NAICS 624230, specializing in emergency and other relief services that support veteran health assessments, disability evaluations, and urgent care coordination. She procures a range of clinical and administrative services, including contract medical examinations, telehealth-enabled diagnostics, and mobile health unit operations, ensuring veterans receive timely, standardized, and compliant care across all service delivery channels.