Kristen Healy

Kristen Healy serves as a key procurement professional within the Internal Revenue Service, supporting the agency’s mission to modernize federal tax administration through strategic technology acquisitions. She manages a portfolio of IT services contracts focused on enhancing digital taxpayer services, cybersecurity infrastructure, and core system modernization. Her work directly advances the IRS’s strategic priorities in data integrity, secure cloud migration, and user-centered digital platforms. Healy specializes in acquiring complex, mission-critical IT solutions under FAR Part 15 procedures, ensuring compliance with federal standards for performance-based contracting and risk mitigation in high-sensitivity environments. She maintains a consistent working relationship with AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, a primary contractor delivering specialized computer services supporting IRS IT modernization initiatives. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance outcomes and vendor accountability, fostering long-term partnerships with firms capable of delivering scalable, secure, and compliant technology solutions. While she engages with established vendors, her contracting patterns reflect a balanced approach that integrates both large-capacity providers and qualified small businesses to meet evolving operational demands. Healy’s acquisition strategy includes a notable 33.3% allocation to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to expanding small business participation in IRS technology initiatives. While the majority of her contracts are unrestricted, she actively prioritizes socioeconomic programs that enhance competition and innovation, ensuring small businesses have equitable access to high-impact federal contracts without compromising mission requirements. Her procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 541519—Other Computer Related Services—encompassing software development, systems integration, cloud services, data analytics, and cybersecurity support. She routinely procures services that modernize taxpayer portals, strengthen backend data systems, and enhance IT operational resilience, reflecting deep expertise in federal IT modernization and mission-critical digital infrastructure.