Matthew Phelps

Matthew Phelps serves as a key procurement lead within the Division of Engineering Services – Seattle, operating under the Indian Health Service. He manages the acquisition of critical infrastructure support services essential to advancing public health outcomes in tribal communities across the United States. His responsibilities include planning, soliciting, and awarding contracts for engineering design, systems integration, and technical services that enable the construction, repair, and modernization of health facilities, sanitation systems, and utility networks. Phelps ensures all acquisitions align with federal mandates for tribal health equity and infrastructure resilience, consistently prioritizing technical precision and culturally competent service delivery in his procurement decisions. Phelps maintains enduring relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including JAYNES CORPORATION, LACREEK DEVELOPMENT CORP, SWERN JV, SEH - TEPA ES JV LLC, and WBK ENGINEERING LLC. These firms are regularly engaged for their expertise in healthcare facility design, environmental engineering, and tribal infrastructure modernization. His contracting patterns reflect a preference for collaborative, long-term vendor partnerships that demonstrate proven experience in serving remote and underserved Native communities, often requiring specialized knowledge of tribal land use, environmental regulations, and tribal consultation protocols. All of Phelps’s acquisitions are structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a steadfast commitment to economic empowerment within the tribal and Native-owned business ecosystem. He consistently channels opportunities to small businesses, including those certified under 8(a), HUBZone, and SDB programs, ensuring that federal investments directly benefit economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs with relevant technical capabilities. His procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 541512 — Computer Systems Design Services — encompassing the design, integration, and implementation of digital infrastructure for health facilities, including building automation systems, data center support, and interoperable health IT platforms. Phelps specializes in procuring technical services that bridge engineering design with digital health systems, ensuring that tribal clinics and hospitals are equipped with modern, secure, and scalable infrastructure to support 21st-century care delivery.