Sou J. Walls

Sou J. Walls serves as a Contracting Officer within the Defense Health Agency (HT9406), responsible for managing the acquisition of critical facilities support services essential to maintaining operational readiness across the global Department of Defense healthcare enterprise. In this role, she executes full lifecycle contracting actions in alignment with FAR and DFARS regulations, ensuring compliance with mission-critical standards for clinical infrastructure, environmental services, and medical facility operations. Her portfolio primarily encompasses performance-based contracts for janitorial, waste management, infection control support, and facility maintenance services that directly enable the delivery of healthcare to service members, retirees, and their families. Walls maintains consistent working relationships with a focused group of contractors including DEPENDABLE ON-SITE SCAN & SHRED, INC., HANITH BIOSCIENCE, LLC, LIVION TECHNOLOGY, LLC, I-2-I SOLUTIONS, INC., and DRAEGER INC., all of which provide specialized facilities and environmental support solutions. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor partnerships grounded in performance metrics, quality assurance, and compliance with DoD health and safety protocols. These relationships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in secure, high-standards healthcare facility operations. She demonstrates a robust and exclusive commitment to small business participation, directing 100% of her acquisitions to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster economic opportunity within the defense support sector while ensuring responsive, agile service delivery. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize small businesses with demonstrated capability in healthcare environmental services. Her primary procurement focus is centered on NAICS 561210 (Facilities Support Services), encompassing cleaning, decontamination, medical waste handling, and facility maintenance services tailored to clinical and operational environments. Her technical expertise lies in ensuring these services meet stringent DoD health, safety, and biosecurity requirements, supporting the agency’s mission to sustain a ready and resilient medical force.