Pasquale Romano

Pasquale Romano serves as a key procurement lead within the 257-NETWORK Contract Office 17 (36C257) of the Department of Veterans Affairs, overseeing the acquisition of mission-critical medical and facility support services essential to VA healthcare delivery. His responsibilities center on securing advanced electromedical devices, in-vitro diagnostic systems, surgical instrumentation, and infrastructure maintenance solutions to sustain operational readiness across VA medical campuses. He manages a diverse portfolio of contracts governed by federal acquisition regulations, ensuring timely delivery of high-reliability equipment and support services that directly impact veteran care outcomes. Romano maintains enduring relationships with principal vendors including Primary Care Solutions Inc., Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, VetPride Services, Inc., McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, and Cepheid. These partnerships reflect a strategic alignment with providers of clinical diagnostics, laboratory analytics, facility maintenance, and specialized healthcare support services. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, long-term service agreements, and vendor accountability to ensure consistent quality and compliance with VA clinical standards. His procurement patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 93.3% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions, reflecting a focus on technical capability and value over socioeconomic categorization. Nevertheless, he consistently allocates 6.7% of awards to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, demonstrating a measured but intentional commitment to veteran-led enterprise participation in VA supply chains. Romano’s primary NAICS focus areas include All Other Support Services (561990), Commercial and Industrial Machinery Repair and Maintenance (811310), and specialized facility services (811219), indicating deep expertise in procuring non-clinical yet mission-enabling services such as equipment calibration, biomedical maintenance, and campus infrastructure support. His technical domain spans diagnostic instrumentation lifecycle management, laboratory automation systems, and facility sustainment contracts, ensuring VA medical facilities remain equipped with reliable, compliant, and clinically validated resources.