Kimberly D. Cerney

Kimberly D. Cerney serves as a Contract Negotiator responsible for facilitating the acquisition of critical healthcare services through complex, high-stakes contract negotiations. In this role, she ensures compliance with federal procurement regulations while aligning contractual terms with agency mission objectives, particularly in the delivery of medical care. Her work directly supports the procurement of physician services and hospital-based care, requiring a nuanced understanding of clinical service delivery, provider network structures, and regulatory frameworks governing healthcare contracting. She typically handles sole-source and competitive negotiated acquisitions for professional medical services, ensuring timely and lawful execution of contracts that meet operational and patient care demands. While specific contractor names are not available, Cerney maintains a consistent pattern of engaging with large healthcare providers and integrated delivery systems specializing in outpatient physician practices and inpatient hospital services. Her negotiation approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, clear scope definitions, and compliance with Medicare and Medicaid billing standards. She routinely collaborates with legal counsel and clinical stakeholders to align contractual obligations with quality-of-care benchmarks and federal reimbursement protocols. Cerney’s contracting portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on maximizing market participation and leveraging broad industry capacity rather than targeting socioeconomic categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her approach prioritizes competitive pricing, service reliability, and scalability over socioeconomic preferences, consistent with the operational needs of large-scale healthcare delivery systems. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 621111 (Offices of Physicians) and NAICS 622110 (General Medical and Surgical Hospitals), indicating deep expertise in procuring outpatient clinical services, inpatient care delivery, and associated administrative support functions. She specializes in contracts for physician staffing, facility-based care, diagnostic services, and integrated care coordination—domains requiring precise alignment of provider credentials, credentialing timelines, and compliance with federal healthcare standards.