Minh-Ha Do

Minh-Ha Do serves as a Contract Specialist within the Contracting and Procurement office of the Transportation Security Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security. In this role, she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions for mission-critical transportation security systems, including explosive detection equipment, irradiation technologies, and GPS-enabled rail monitoring solutions. Her work directly supports the agency’s mandate to enhance aviation and transit security through the acquisition of advanced, high-integrity detection and surveillance systems. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning contract strategies with operational requirements from TSA’s technical and field teams. Minh-Ha collaborates with a network of specialized manufacturers and defense contractors that produce certified detection and navigation instrumentation for aviation and transit environments. Her working relationships are characterized by technical engagement early in the requirements development phase, ensuring that solicitations accurately reflect performance specifications for complex hardware systems. She maintains a vendor engagement model that emphasizes pre-solicitation outreach, industry days, and technical clarification sessions to foster transparency and competitive responsiveness. Minh-Ha’s contracting portfolio reflects a consistent preference for full and open competition, with no set-asides applied to her acquisitions. This approach aligns with the highly specialized nature of the technologies procured, where only a limited number of qualified vendors possess the required certifications, engineering capabilities, and security clearances. While small business participation is not formally prioritized through socioeconomic set-asides, she actively encourages participation from all eligible firms through equitable evaluation criteria and clear technical requirements. Her primary focus is on NAICS 334511, encompassing the manufacturing of search, detection, navigation, and aeronautical systems. She routinely procures explosive detection systems, radiation portal monitors, and integrated sensor platforms used in airports and transit hubs. Her technical expertise lies in evaluating performance-based specifications for electromagnetic sensing, real-time data transmission, and ruggedized hardware designed for high-throughput security checkpoints.