Jessica Medina

Jessica Medina serves as a key procurement lead within the Defense Health Agency HCD West, supporting the operational readiness of military medical forces across the Indo-Pacific region. She manages the acquisition of mission-critical electromedical, surgical, and diagnostic equipment essential to clinical operations in deployed and garrisoned settings. Her portfolio focuses on sustaining and modernizing healthcare infrastructure through timely procurement of high-reliability medical systems, ensuring compliance with DoD standards for performance, safety, and interoperability. Medina’s work directly enables the agency’s mission to maintain uninterrupted access to life-saving diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities for service members and their families. She maintains strategic partnerships with a core group of vendors including HealthStream Inc., Seneca Federal Solutions, LLC, AMD International Technologies LLC, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, and A.S.Y. Co., Ltd., reflecting a balanced mix of specialized medical technology providers, pharmaceutical suppliers, and defense-support contractors. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, long-term service agreements, and technical validation of equipment specifications, fostering collaborative relationships with vendors who demonstrate robust quality control and rapid response capabilities in high-stakes environments. Medina’s procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside classifications. This indicates a focus on technical capability and mission necessity over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing the most qualified suppliers regardless of business size or certification status. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, she ensures all solicitations are structured to allow equitable access based on merit and compliance. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334510 (electromedical and electrotherapeutic apparatus), 339112 and 339113 (surgical instruments and supplies), and 621511 (medical laboratories), underscoring deep expertise in clinical diagnostics, surgical support systems, and laboratory automation. She routinely procures advanced imaging devices, sterilization equipment, patient monitoring systems, and diagnostic reagents, demonstrating specialized knowledge in biomedical engineering standards and regulatory compliance for military healthcare applications.