Noleen Powell

Noleen Powell serves as the primary procurement lead for the Oklahoma City Area Indian Health Service, overseeing the acquisition of critical infrastructure, medical equipment, and clinical support services essential to delivering culturally competent healthcare to Native American communities. Her role centers on executing strategic procurements aligned with the agency’s mission to modernize tribal health systems through advanced diagnostic tools, surgical and dental instrumentation, and facility upgrades. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, with a strong emphasis on compliance with Indian Health Service-specific authorities and tribal sovereignty considerations, ensuring that acquisitions directly enhance clinical capacity and operational resilience in underserved regions. Powell maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including DNI Mission Services LLC, McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, Razor Consulting Solutions, Inc., Lyday Construction LLC, and Valiosa LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with demonstrated experience in tribal health infrastructure, medical supply distribution, and technical consulting services tailored to remote and resource-constrained environments. Her procurement approach prioritizes long-term vendor collaboration, ensuring reliability, cultural competency, and responsiveness to the unique logistical challenges faced by IHS facilities. A defining feature of Powell’s contracting portfolio is its heavy reliance on the Buy Indian Set-Aside authority, which accounts for over two-thirds of her awards, alongside significant participation under Small Business and Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) set-asides. This reflects a deep institutional commitment to economic development within Native communities and the empowerment of tribal-owned and socially disadvantaged enterprises through targeted contracting mechanisms. Her procurement focus is overwhelmingly concentrated in NAICS 237110 for water and sewer line construction, underscoring her leadership in critical public health infrastructure projects. Secondary categories include medical equipment wholesaling and related technical services, highlighting her expertise in procuring both hard infrastructure and clinical supply chains necessary for sustainable tribal healthcare delivery.