Sommer Starr

Sommer Starr serves as Supervisory Contract Specialist at USP Hazelton within the Federal Bureau of Prisons, overseeing the acquisition of mission-critical subsistence, medical, and infrastructure services essential to maintaining constitutionally adequate conditions for incarcerated populations. In this leadership role, Starr manages the full lifecycle of complex procurements—from market research and solicitation development to contract award and performance monitoring—ensuring compliance with FAR, agency policy, and statutory mandates. Their portfolio centers on high-volume, high-impact contracts supporting nutritional services, clinical care delivery, and mobility support, aligning procurement strategy with the agency’s operational and humanitarian imperatives. Starr maintains consistent working relationships with key vendors including SUMO MEDICAL STAFFING LLC, HUCKEYE HEALTH SERVICES LLC, and TURBO WHEELCHAIR CO, INC, reflecting a focus on specialized medical staffing, clinical service delivery, and durable medical equipment procurement. These partnerships are characterized by long-term performance-based contracts requiring rigorous compliance with healthcare standards and inmate-specific accessibility requirements. The contracting approach emphasizes reliability, regulatory adherence, and service continuity in a high-security correctional environment. A significant portion of Starr’s acquisitions—40.8%—are structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a strong institutional commitment to expanding economic opportunity for small businesses. While the majority of procurements remain open to all competitors, the consistent use of small business set-asides signals a deliberate strategy to foster vendor diversity and enhance competition within the correctional services sector. Starr’s procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 621111 (Offices of Physicians) and 622110 (General Medical and Surgical Hospitals), underscoring expertise in clinical service contracting, followed by 611710 (Educational Support Services) and 311999 (Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing), indicating a broad operational scope that includes inmate health education and institutional food services. Their technical domain expertise lies at the intersection of healthcare logistics, correctional compliance, and large-scale subsistence management.