Michelle Priester

Michelle Priester serves as a key procurement lead within the Defense Health Agency, supporting the delivery of critical healthcare services to uniformed service members, retirees, and their families. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on clinical support services, diagnostic infrastructure, and operational health systems, aligning with the agency’s mission to ensure readiness through integrated medical capabilities. Her work spans the full lifecycle of contract award and administration, with emphasis on securing reliable, compliant, and technologically advanced solutions for global DOD medical operations. Priester maintains consistent working relationships with a select 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 strategic focus on specialized medical support, laboratory instrumentation, health IT services, and clinical safety equipment. Her procurement approach prioritizes vendors with proven expertise in secure, mission-critical environments, fostering long-term collaborations that ensure continuity of care and regulatory compliance across deployed and garrisoned medical facilities. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a balanced commitment to socioeconomic programs, with nearly one-third of awards designated for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and over 15 percent reserved for total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. While the majority of acquisitions remain open to all competitors, her deliberate use of set-asides underscores a strong institutional alignment with DOD’s small business goals and veteran employment initiatives. Priester’s primary NAICS focus areas include Telephone Answering Services, Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services, and Offices of Other Health Practitioners, reflecting her oversight of administrative and clinical support functions. She also procures specialized equipment under NAICS 334516 for analytical laboratory instruments and supports operational hygiene needs through Drycleaning and Laundry Services, indicating a broad yet precise scope that bridges clinical, logistical, and administrative domains essential to military medical readiness.