Hemwatie Ramasami

Hemwatie Ramasami serves as a key procurement lead within the W7NR Uspfo Activity Ny Arng, supporting the Department of the Army’s mission to sustain the operational readiness and quality-of-life needs of New York Army National Guard personnel. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions centered on facility operations, food service, medical support, and infrastructure maintenance, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and mission-critical readiness standards. Her work directly enables the delivery of essential services—including dining, housing, and recreational programming—critical to troop welfare during training and deployment cycles. Ramasami specializes in planning, soliciting, and awarding contracts under FAR Part 19, with a strong emphasis on timely execution and contractor performance oversight. Her primary contractor relationship is with THE ESCAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a trusted partner in delivering integrated support services. She consistently engages with vendors capable of providing scalable, compliant solutions across multiple domains, including temporary shelter operations, institutional construction, and food service contracting. Ramasami fosters long-term vendor partnerships grounded in performance accountability and mission alignment, often relying on repeat awardees with proven track records in military and National Guard environments. Ramasami demonstrates a pronounced commitment to small business participation, with 83.3% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. Her contracting patterns prioritize socioeconomic programs that empower small businesses, consistently directing opportunities to firms certified under small business, service-disabled veteran-owned, and HUBZone categories. This reflects a strategic alignment with Department of Defense mandates to enhance small business inclusion in defense support services. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 722310 (Food Service Contractors), 721110 (Hotels and Motels), 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), 624221 (Temporary Shelters), and 611620 (Sports and Recreation Instruction). She specializes in acquiring services that sustain daily operations for Guard units, from meal preparation and lodging to facility upgrades and recreational programming, demonstrating deep expertise in mission-enabling, non-combat support contracting.