Marian Jones-Millwood

Marian Jones-Millwood serves as a Contracting Officer for the Defense Health Agency (HT9406), where she manages complex acquisitions critical to sustaining operational medical readiness across the global Department of Defense healthcare network. Her portfolio focuses on procuring clinical support services, advanced medical equipment, and health system modernization solutions that align with DHA’s mission to deliver high-quality, secure, and integrated care to service members, retirees, and their families. She routinely handles full and open competitions, as well as small business set-asides, under FAR Part 13 and Part 15 procedures, with an emphasis on performance-based contracting and risk-managed acquisition strategies. Jones-Millwood maintains strong, ongoing relationships with key vendors 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 balanced approach to sourcing specialized healthcare support services, diagnostic and surgical instrumentation, and health IT consulting. Her contracting patterns indicate a preference for vendors with proven capabilities in clinical workflow optimization, biomedical maintenance, and secure health data infrastructure, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in compliance and performance accountability. While 75% of her acquisitions are conducted as full and open competitions, she consistently allocates 25% of her portfolio to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to expanding opportunities for small businesses without compromising mission-critical requirements. Her socioeconomic contracting approach prioritizes capability over size, ensuring small firms with niche expertise in healthcare delivery are meaningfully integrated into DHA’s supply chain. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 813212 (Voluntary Health Organizations), reflecting her leadership in procuring administrative and operational support for clinical programs; 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing), underscoring her expertise in acquiring advanced diagnostic and surgical equipment; and 541611 (Administrative Management Consulting), highlighting her engagement with firms that enhance health system efficiency through process redesign and compliance consulting.