Jake Lewis

Jake Lewis serves as a Contracting Officer within the Defense Health Agency (HT9406), responsible for managing complex procurement actions that support the agency’s mission to deliver integrated, readiness-focused healthcare services to uniformed personnel, retirees, and their families. He oversees the acquisition of professional, scientific, and technical services critical to modernizing clinical workflows, securing health data infrastructure, and maintaining advanced diagnostic and surgical equipment. His portfolio centers on mission-critical contracts requiring high compliance with DoD standards, including cybersecurity, clinical operations support, and health information technology solutions, ensuring alignment with federal acquisition regulations and operational readiness goals. Lewis maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including Dependable On-Site Scan & Shred, Inc., Hanith Bioscience, LLC, Livion Technology, LLC, I-2-I Solutions, Inc., and Draeger Inc. These partnerships reflect a focus on specialized service providers delivering clinical support, bioscience solutions, medical device maintenance, and health IT infrastructure services. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and long-term vendor reliability, often engaging firms with proven expertise in defense healthcare environments and secure data handling. Lewis’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on accessing the broadest possible pool of qualified vendors capable of meeting the DHA’s high-complexity, high-stakes requirements, rather than prioritizing socioeconomic set-asides. His approach prioritizes capability and compliance over socioeconomic classification, ensuring mission-critical needs are met with optimal technical and operational fidelity. His primary NAICS focus is 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), encompassing clinical support, health analytics, and operational consulting. He also regularly procures services under 813920 (Professional Organizations), 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), and 518210 (Computing Infrastructure Providers), demonstrating deep expertise in health IT modernization, data processing, and secure cloud-based health systems. His domain knowledge spans electronic health record integration, pharmaceutical supply chain support, and medical equipment lifecycle management.