Eric Fuentes

Eric Fuentes serves as a procurement lead within Dha Enterprise Medical Support (EMS-CD), operating under the Defense Health Agency, where he manages the acquisition of enterprise-level information technology services critical to modernizing military health systems. His role centers on securing scalable, secure, and interoperable clinical and administrative IT solutions that enhance operational readiness and data-driven decision-making across the Department of Defense’s healthcare network. He routinely oversees contracts for software development, systems integration, cybersecurity services, and health informatics platforms, ensuring alignment with federal IT modernization mandates and DoD health IT standards. Mr. Fuentes maintains a broad contractor ecosystem composed of qualified IT service providers capable of delivering complex, mission-critical health IT solutions. While no single vendor dominates his portfolio, he engages with firms possessing demonstrated expertise in secure cloud migration, health data interoperability, and compliance with HIPAA, FISMA, and NIST standards. His procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous vendor evaluation, and adherence to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) protocols to ensure accountability and system resilience. Mr. Fuentes does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of his acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on maximizing technical capability and vendor diversity without restriction, prioritizing mission need over socioeconomic classifications. His contracting patterns indicate a focus on merit-based selection grounded in technical merit, past performance, and cybersecurity readiness. His primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), encompassing custom software development, health IT consulting, systems engineering, and managed IT services for clinical and administrative workflows. He specializes in acquiring solutions that support electronic health records, telehealth infrastructure, health analytics platforms, and secure data exchange systems, demonstrating deep technical fluency in the domain of military health information technology.