Laura L. Sells

Laura L. Sells serves as a Supervisory Contract Specialist within the Defense Health Agency (HT9406), overseeing the acquisition of critical healthcare services and systems that support operational readiness for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families. She leads a team responsible for managing full-cycle procurements under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, with a primary focus on direct health and medical insurance carriers. Her portfolio encompasses contracts for managed care, clinical support services, pharmaceutical supply chain logistics, and health data infrastructure solutions, ensuring alignment with DoD’s strategic priorities in clinical quality assurance and modernized health delivery systems. Sells maintains established 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., reflecting a consistent engagement with vendors specializing in medical compliance, biosciences, health technology, and advanced diagnostic equipment. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and outcome-driven service delivery, fostering long-term partnerships grounded in regulatory compliance and mission alignment rather than transactional vendor relationships. Her contracting activity reflects a 100% preference for non-set-aside procurements, indicating a focus on full and open competition to achieve optimal value and scalability across the global DoD healthcare footprint. While small business participation is not formally prioritized through socioeconomic set-asides, her team adheres strictly to competitive procedures and evaluates all vendors based on technical capability, past performance, and cost-effectiveness. The agency’s procurement activity is exclusively classified under NAICS 524114 (Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers), underscoring Sells’ deep expertise in managed care, health plan administration, and integrated medical services contracting. Her domain knowledge spans health plan design, provider network management, and health information exchange systems, making her a pivotal leader in sustaining the DHA’s mission-critical healthcare delivery infrastructure.