Jeanette Mathena

Jeanette Mathena serves as a Contracting Officer for the 255-NETWORK Contract Office 15 (36C255) within the Department of Veterans Affairs, where she leads the acquisition of critical healthcare infrastructure and facility modernization projects. Her portfolio centers on commercial and institutional building construction to support VA medical facilities, ensuring operational readiness and compliance with federal healthcare standards. Mathena manages full lifecycle procurements—from market research and solicitation development to contract award and administration—focusing on projects that enhance clinical environments through structural upgrades, utility system improvements, and integrated technical support systems essential to veteran care delivery. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors, including JETT’S SPECIALTY CONTRACTING, LLC, MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, HIGHLANDS DEVELOPMENT LLC, RISE COMPANIES, LLC, and MEDICONE MEDICAL RESPONSE OF TENNESSEE, INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with demonstrated expertise in healthcare facility construction, site development, and medical support services. Mathena fosters collaborative, performance-driven vendor relationships grounded in compliance, schedule adherence, and quality assurance standards critical to VA’s mission-critical infrastructure needs. Mathena’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. While she does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her approach emphasizes competitive fairness and vendor capability over socioeconomic categorization, aligning with agency priorities for rapid, high-quality delivery of essential construction services. Her primary focus is on NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), where she specializes in procuring design-build, renovation, and infrastructure upgrades for VA medical centers. Her technical domain expertise includes procurement of building systems integration, HVAC modernization, electrical upgrades, and ADA-compliant facility enhancements tailored to the unique demands of veteran healthcare environments.