Julie A. Bertrand

Julie A. Bertrand serves as a key procurement professional at Naval Medical Center San Diego, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain combat-ready medical forces through the acquisition of advanced clinical and surgical technologies. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on electromedical equipment, surgical instrumentation, and diagnostic laboratory systems, ensuring that frontline medical personnel have access to mission-critical hardware and support services. Her acquisitions directly enable operational readiness, trauma response, and rehabilitative care for active-duty service members, veterans, and their families, aligning with the center’s strategic priorities in modernizing medical infrastructure. Bertrand maintains established working relationships with manufacturers and service providers specializing in surgical devices, medical instrumentation, and biomedical maintenance. She routinely engages with vendors certified under ISO 13485 and FDA-regulated quality systems, ensuring compliance with federal medical device standards. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical evaluation, lifecycle support, and vendor performance metrics, fostering long-term partnerships with firms capable of delivering calibrated, field-deployable equipment and responsive service contracts. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 90% of acquisitions conducted without set-asides, yet she actively supports small business participation through targeted Total Small Business and Women-Owned Small Business set-asides, each accounting for 5% of her portfolio. This balanced approach ensures market competitiveness while fulfilling statutory obligations to promote socioeconomic diversity among suppliers. Bertrand’s primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 811219 (Medical and Diagnostic Laboratory Services), 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing), and 339113 (Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing). She routinely acquires endoscopes, surgical robotics components, sterilization systems, and rehabilitative devices, demonstrating deep technical familiarity with Class II and III medical devices under FDA oversight. Her expertise lies at the intersection of clinical needs and industrial manufacturing standards, ensuring that acquired technologies meet the rigorous demands of military medicine.