Kirstin L. Quinn

Kirstin Quinn serves as a primary procurement lead within the Defense Health Agency, overseeing mission-critical acquisitions that support operational readiness and clinical infrastructure across the global Department of Defense healthcare network. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on medical equipment maintenance, biotechnology research, hazardous waste management, and custom software solutions, ensuring alignment with DHA’s strategic priorities in modernizing clinical workflows and securing health data systems. Her role is central to executing compliant, efficient procurement processes that uphold federal acquisition regulations while advancing the agency’s commitment to high-quality, scalable healthcare delivery for service members, retirees, and their families. Quinn maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including Dependable On-Site Scan & Shred, Inc., Hanith Bioscience, LLC, Livion Technology, LLC, I-2-I Solutions, Inc., and Draeger Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for specialized vendors capable of delivering precision equipment repair, advanced biotech R&D, secure data handling, and medical device support services. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical capability, regulatory compliance, and service reliability, often engaging vendors with proven track records in defense and federal healthcare environments. Her procurement patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 95% of awards issued without set-asides, indicating a focus on technical merit and market-wide competition. Only 5% of awards are structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a targeted but limited emphasis on socioeconomic programs, consistent with the agency’s need for specialized, high-capacity vendors in critical technical domains. Quinn’s primary NAICS focus areas include electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance (811210), hazardous waste collection (562112), biotechnology research (541714), and custom computer programming (541511). These reflect deep expertise in procuring diagnostic and surgical equipment maintenance, environmentally compliant medical waste services, advanced biotech solutions, and tailored health IT systems that support secure, interoperable clinical environments.