Rolando Pasayan / Danise Burt

Rolando Pasayan serves as a procurement specialist within the 257-NETWORK Contract Office 17 (36C257) of the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he plays a critical role in securing medical and facility infrastructure assets essential to veteran healthcare delivery. His responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle management of acquisitions for surgical instruments, electromedical devices, in-vitro diagnostic systems, and laboratory analytics equipment, ensuring operational readiness across VA medical campuses. He routinely handles complex solicitations under FAR Part 15, prioritizing technical performance, compliance with FDA-regulated medical standards, and lifecycle support requirements to sustain high-acuity clinical environments. Pasayan maintains established working relationships with key contractors including Primary Care Solutions Inc., Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, VetPride Services, Inc., McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, and Cepheid. These partnerships reflect a balanced approach between large-capacity providers of diagnostic services and specialized manufacturers of medical devices, with consistent engagement on performance-based contracts requiring stringent quality assurance and supply chain traceability. His procurement patterns emphasize long-term vendor reliability and technical alignment with VA clinical protocols. A defining feature of Pasayan’s contracting approach is his strong preference for socioeconomic set-asides, with approximately 80% of awards designated for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), reflecting a deep institutional commitment to veteran economic empowerment. The remaining awards are distributed among Total Small Business Set-Asides and limited No Set-Aside procurements, demonstrating a structured, mission-aligned strategy to maximize small business participation while maintaining procurement integrity. His technical focus centers on NAICS 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing) and 339113 (Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing), with significant activity in analytical laboratory instrumentation (334516). He specializes in procuring precision medical devices, sterile surgical kits, and diagnostic systems requiring regulatory compliance, demonstrating advanced expertise in the intersection of healthcare technology procurement and federal acquisition policy.