Moses Deng

Moses Deng and Vangie Miller serve as Contract Specialists within the 246-NETWORK Contracting Office 6 (36C246) of the Department of Veterans Affairs, where they are responsible for managing the full lifecycle of acquisitions critical to sustaining and modernizing Veterans Health Administration facilities. Their portfolio centers on procuring surgical and medical instruments, laboratory diagnostics, facility infrastructure, and specialized support services that directly enhance clinical operations and patient care environments. They execute competitive solicitations under FAR and VA-specific guidelines, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements while aligning procurements with the agency’s mission to deliver high-quality, technologically advanced healthcare to veterans. Their primary contractor relationships include leading medical technology providers such as Cepheid, Roche Diagnostics Corporation, and Progenics Pharmaceuticals, as well as specialized service vendors like Reliance Medical Transport and Southeastern Industrial Barlovento JV-2, LLC. These partnerships reflect a strategic focus on high-performance diagnostic equipment, biomedical instrumentation, and mission-critical infrastructure support. The specialists maintain consistent, performance-driven engagements with these vendors, prioritizing technical capability, regulatory compliance, and supply chain reliability in award decisions. A defining feature of their contracting approach is a strong commitment to socioeconomic programs, with 73% of their awards designated for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs). This reflects a deliberate and sustained effort to prioritize veteran-owned enterprises, reinforcing VA’s mission of supporting those who served. The remaining 27% of awards are non-set-aside, typically reserved for specialized procurements requiring unique technical expertise or national security considerations. Their procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing), with significant activity also in engineering services (541330) and commercial building construction (236220). They possess deep expertise in acquiring complex medical devices, analytical laboratory systems, and facility upgrades that support surgical suites and diagnostic centers, demonstrating technical fluency in biomedical procurement domains critical to VA’s clinical infrastructure.