Jose Hernandez

Jose Hernandez serves as a Contracting Officer for the 261-NETWORK Contract Office 21 (36C261) within the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he leads the acquisition of critical medical infrastructure, clinical equipment, and facility construction services to support veteran healthcare delivery. He is responsible for managing full lifecycle procurements under FAR and VA-specific guidelines, ensuring compliance with statutory mandates while advancing the agency’s mission to modernize VA medical facilities. His portfolio primarily encompasses construction, medical device procurement, and engineering services essential to sustaining diagnostic, surgical, and therapeutic capabilities across VA healthcare networks. Hernandez maintains enduring relationships with key contractors including Abbott Laboratories Inc., Cynergy Professional Systems LLC, Integrated Trans Joint Venture LLC, Science Applications International Corporation, and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC. These partnerships reflect a balanced approach to sourcing advanced medical instrumentation, clinical systems, and facility upgrades from both large prime contractors and specialized joint ventures. His contracting patterns emphasize performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and long-term operational reliability, often leveraging indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and multiple-award contract vehicles to ensure responsive and scalable support. While the majority of his acquisitions are conducted as No Set-Aside procurements, Hernandez demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic goals, consistently prioritizing Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-asides and maintaining a measurable presence of Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster veteran-owned enterprise participation while ensuring competitive, high-quality outcomes. His technical expertise centers on NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), with significant focus on NAICS 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing) and 334510 (Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing). He routinely procures surgical tools, diagnostic imaging components, laboratory systems, and facility upgrades, demonstrating deep familiarity with clinical engineering standards and federal construction codes governing VA medical infrastructure.