Hussiena Abba

Hussiena Abba serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Health Agency, supporting the agency’s mission to deliver high-quality, operationally ready healthcare services to uniformed personnel, retirees, and their families. She manages acquisitions centered on professional and management development training, ensuring that DHA’s clinical and administrative workforce remains proficient in evolving medical protocols, regulatory standards, and digital health systems. Her work directly enables workforce readiness and organizational resilience by securing specialized training solutions that align with DHA’s strategic priorities in clinical quality assurance and modernized healthcare delivery. Abba maintains consistent partnerships with a select group of vendors including Dependable On-Site Scan & Shred, Inc., Hanith Bioscience, LLC, Livion Technology, LLC, I-2-I Solutions, Inc., and Draeger Inc., each providing niche expertise in training delivery, compliance support, and health system optimization. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, prioritizing contractors with proven capacity in delivering accredited, scenario-based learning programs and operational readiness curricula tailored to military medical environments. She exhibits a firm commitment to socioeconomic contracting, directing 100% of her acquisitions toward total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster innovation and capacity-building among small, agile providers who can respond nimbly to DHA’s dynamic training needs. Her portfolio consistently prioritizes small businesses without reliance on other set-aside categories, reinforcing a pure small business development focus. Her primary procurement focus is NAICS 611430—Professional and Management Development Training—where she sources customized educational services including leadership development, clinical simulation training, health information management, and regulatory compliance education. Her expertise lies in procuring high-impact, performance-based training solutions that enhance workforce competency across DHA’s global medical infrastructure.