ShaMona Avery

ShaMona Avery serves as a Contracting Officer within the Region 4 Emergency Preparedness Agency, part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Department of Homeland Security. In this role, she is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions to support critical emergency response infrastructure and operational readiness initiatives. Her acquisitions focus on securing specialized health-related support services essential to sustaining emergency medical capacity during disasters. She executes competitively awarded contracts in accordance with FAR and agency-specific policies, ensuring alignment with federal resilience objectives and timely delivery of mission-critical capabilities. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identified in the procurement record, Avery engages with a broad spectrum of qualified vendors capable of delivering specialized health practitioner services under performance-based requirements. Her contracting approach emphasizes vendor responsiveness, compliance with federal standards, and the ability to rapidly mobilize services in high-stress operational environments. She maintains a results-driven, transparent procurement process that prioritizes mission need over vendor size or affiliation, fostering a competitive marketplace for qualified service providers. Avery’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% preference for non-set-aside acquisitions, indicating a focus on open competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. This pattern suggests an emphasis on selecting the most capable and responsive providers based on technical merit and operational readiness, rather than socioeconomic criteria. Her approach aligns with urgent mission requirements where speed, scalability, and proven expertise take precedence over socioeconomic targeting. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 621399 — Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners — indicating a specialization in procuring niche, non-traditional health services such as emergency medical coordination, disaster behavioral health support, and mobile clinical response teams. She routinely manages contracts for personnel and services that bolster emergency medical infrastructure, ensuring continuity of care during crises through agile, mission-tailored acquisitions.