Dr. Francine Hemphill

Dr. Francine Hemphill serves as a key procurement lead within the Program Support Center Acquisition Management Service, supporting the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration in advancing the Department of Health and Human Services’ scientific and operational missions. She manages complex acquisitions for mission-critical computing infrastructure and data services that underpin biomedical research and public health analytics. Her portfolio centers on securing high-performance computing environments, secure data processing platforms, and cloud-based hosting solutions essential to modernizing health information systems and enabling large-scale data-driven decision-making across federal health programs. Dr. Hemphill maintains a strategic partnership with Science Applications International Corporation and SARA Software Systems LLC, both of which provide advanced technical services in data infrastructure, systems integration, and specialized software platforms. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term performance-based outcomes, leveraging firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement instruments to ensure reliability, scalability, and cybersecurity compliance. These relationships reflect a preference for established contractors with proven expertise in federal health IT environments, prioritizing technical capability and operational continuity over transactional vendor engagement. Her procurement activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of contracts awarded under full and open competition. This reflects a deliberate focus on technical excellence and mission urgency over socioeconomic set-asides, aligning with the agency’s need for immediate access to specialized, high-capacity service providers capable of supporting complex, time-sensitive health research initiatives. Dr. Hemphill’s procurement focus is narrowly concentrated on NAICS 518210, encompassing computing infrastructure providers, data processing, and web hosting services. She routinely acquires secure cloud platforms, high-throughput data centers, AI-enabled analytics systems, and managed IT services tailored to the stringent compliance requirements of federal health data environments. Her expertise lies at the intersection of federal procurement policy and cutting-edge information technology, ensuring that HHS’s research and operational infrastructure remains resilient, scalable, and secure.