Shannon Lertora

Shannon Lertora serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Medical Logistics Command (N62645), where she plays a pivotal role in securing mission-critical medical logistics capabilities for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps forces worldwide. Responsible for the full lifecycle of procurement actions, she manages complex acquisitions of diagnostic equipment, surgical instruments, pharmaceuticals, and medical supplies essential to combat casualty care and point-of-care diagnostics. Her work directly supports the agency’s mandate to sustain a resilient, globally responsive medical supply chain, ensuring operational readiness through timely, compliant, and technically sound contracting solutions. Lertora collaborates with a diverse base of industrial partners, including manufacturers of medical devices, pharmaceutical preparers, and medical equipment wholesalers. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with firms possessing robust quality assurance systems, FDA-compliant manufacturing processes, and supply chain traceability capabilities. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based requirements, technical evaluations, and risk mitigation, fostering long-term vendor partnerships grounded in reliability and regulatory adherence. Her procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 95.1% of acquisitions conducted without set-asides, indicating a focus on maximizing competition and technical capability over socioeconomic classifications. Nevertheless, she actively supports small business participation, with approximately 4.9% of awards directed toward total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a balanced commitment to both mission effectiveness and socioeconomic goals. Lertora’s primary technical focus lies in NAICS 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing), followed by 325413 (In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing) and 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing). She specializes in procuring advanced diagnostic tools, laboratory analyzers, sterile medical disposables, and precision surgical instruments, requiring deep familiarity with FDA regulations, ISO standards, and military specifications. Her expertise ensures the acquisition of high-integrity medical technologies that meet the demanding operational environments of naval and marine medical units.