Laura A. Lebherz

Laura A. Lebherz serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Health Agency, supporting the agency’s mission to ensure operational readiness through reliable medical infrastructure and clinical support services. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on the maintenance, repair, and technical servicing of advanced healthcare equipment and systems critical to military and retiree medical operations. Her work directly enables the DHA’s strategic priorities in modernizing clinical workflows and sustaining diagnostic, surgical, and pharmaceutical delivery systems across global defense medical facilities. Lebherz maintains consistent working relationships with specialized service providers including Dependable On-Site Scan & Shred, Inc., Hanith Bioscience, LLC, Livion Technology, LLC, I-2-I Solutions, Inc., and Draeger Inc. These contractors deliver niche capabilities in medical device maintenance, bioscience support, health IT integration, and life-safety equipment servicing. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for vendors with deep technical expertise in clinical environments, fostering long-term partnerships that ensure compliance with military-grade standards and rapid response capabilities in deployed settings. Her procurement strategy prioritizes open competition, with 75% of awards issued without set-asides, while maintaining a deliberate 25% allocation to SBA Certified Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB). This balance reflects a commitment to both operational efficiency and socioeconomic equity, ensuring broad access to contracting opportunities for qualified small businesses without compromising mission-critical performance requirements. Lebherz’s primary focus lies in NAICS 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance) and 811412 (Appliance Repair and Maintenance), reflecting her expertise in sustaining complex medical hardware such as imaging systems, ventilators, and diagnostic instruments. She also procures professional technical services under NAICS 541990, supporting clinical process optimization and health data infrastructure. Her domain expertise centers on the lifecycle management of high-reliability medical technology within austere and high-tempo operational environments.