Marisol Vargas-Busch

Marisol Vargas-Busch serves as Acting SADBU Manager for the Defense Health Agency, where she oversees the planning, solicitation, and award of professional services contracts critical to sustaining military healthcare readiness. In this role, she ensures alignment with DHA’s mission to deliver integrated clinical support, modernize medical workflows, and secure health data infrastructure across the global DoD footprint. Her acquisitions primarily focus on training and management development services, enabling workforce competency in evolving clinical standards and operational protocols. She manages the full lifecycle of contract actions—from market research and requirement definition to award and performance oversight—ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and strategic procurement goals. Vargas-Busch maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of 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 service providers delivering clinical support, technology-enabled training solutions, and operational readiness services. Her contracting patterns indicate a focus on vendors with proven expertise in healthcare compliance, process optimization, and secure information handling, suggesting a reliance on niche, high-precision service providers rather than broad-spectrum contractors. Notably, Vargas-Busch’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical merit and performance capability over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with DHA’s operational urgency and need for specialized, scalable solutions. While small business participation is not formally prioritized through set-asides, her contracting decisions remain compliant with all applicable socioeconomic statutes. Her primary procurement focus is NAICS 611430—Professional and Management Development Training—indicating deep expertise in designing and acquiring workforce development programs tailored to military medical personnel. This includes curriculum design, simulation-based training, leadership development, and compliance education, underscoring her specialization in human capital enhancement within complex healthcare environments.