Heather M. Skimson

Heather M. Skimson serves as a key procurement professional within the W6QK Acc-apg Natick unit of the U.S. Army, supporting the Department of Defense’s mission to develop and field advanced soldier systems. She manages acquisitions for mission-critical pharmaceutical preparations and specialized medical formulations designed for battlefield use, ensuring warfighters receive life-sustaining, flame-resistant, and environmentally stable pharmaceutical solutions. Her work directly enables the Army’s medical readiness objectives by securing high-integrity, GMP-compliant manufacturing services that meet stringent military specifications for stability, sterility, and rapid deployment in austere environments. Skimson maintains consistent contracting relationships with EPERNAY DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION LLC and TEVET LLC, both of which provide specialized pharmaceutical manufacturing, formulation development, and technical support services aligned with military medical requirements. These partnerships reflect a pattern of long-term, performance-based engagement with vendors possessing deep expertise in sterile compounding, lyophilization, and military-spec drug delivery systems. Her procurement approach prioritizes technical capability, regulatory compliance, and supply chain resilience over cost alone, fostering collaborative relationships with contractors who can meet exacting DoD quality and logistics standards. Skimson’s portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside contracting strategy, with no reliance on 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. This indicates a procurement focus driven by technical necessity and industrial capacity rather than socioeconomic objectives, consistent with the specialized nature of pharmaceutical manufacturing for defense applications, where only a limited pool of qualified vendors meets the required cGMP and military certification standards. Her primary procurement activity centers on NAICS 325412 (Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing), encompassing the acquisition of combat-ready pharmaceuticals including injectables, oral solids, and topical formulations engineered for extreme conditions. She specializes in procuring products requiring rigorous stability testing, extended shelf life, and compatibility with field medical protocols—demonstrating deep domain expertise in military pharmacology and defense medical logistics.