Hannah Mendendhall

Hannah Mendendhall serves as the primary procurement lead for the Federal Prison System under the Department of Justice, overseeing the acquisition of critical medical, dietary, and infrastructure services essential to the operational integrity of federal correctional facilities. Her role centers on ensuring compliance with constitutional standards for humane care by securing high-quality, continuous healthcare delivery systems and facility maintenance solutions. She manages full lifecycle contracts—from solicitation to award and performance monitoring—primarily in the domain of institutional healthcare services, with a focus on sustaining care for incarcerated populations under stringent regulatory and safety requirements. Mendendhall maintains longstanding relationships with key contractors including Federal Prison Industries, Inc., NaphCare Inc., McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, AOD & RBT JV, and MCW-TMG1 LLC. These partnerships reflect a pattern of engagement with specialized providers of correctional healthcare, clinical staffing, and facility modernization services. Her procurement approach prioritizes vendors with proven experience in federal correctional environments, emphasizing reliability, regulatory adherence, and scalability across a nationwide network of facilities. Her contracting activity reflects no set-aside preferences, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This indicates a procurement strategy focused on technical capability and service continuity over socioeconomic categorizations, aligning with the mission-critical nature of institutional healthcare and infrastructure demands. While small business participation is not formally prioritized, vendors are selected based on demonstrated capacity to meet complex operational and compliance standards. Her primary procurement focus is exclusively under NAICS 622110 (General Medical and Surgical Hospitals), reflecting deep expertise in institutional healthcare services tailored to correctional settings. She procures comprehensive medical care delivery systems, dietary programs accommodating religious and medical needs, clinical staffing contracts, and facility upgrades that support sanitary, safe, and constitutionally compliant living conditions for federal inmates.