Stephanie Erpelding

Stephanie Erpelding serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Health Agency, overseeing acquisitions critical to sustaining the operational readiness of military and veteran healthcare systems. She specializes in pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing contracts, ensuring the timely and secure supply of mission-critical medications and sterile pharmaceutical products across the global DoD healthcare network. Her work directly supports the agency’s strategic priorities in modernizing pharmaceutical supply chains and maintaining clinical continuity for service members, retirees, and their families. Erpelding manages full-cycle contracting actions, from requirements definition through contract award and administration, with a focus on high-compliance, regulated medical procurement. She maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including Dependable On-Site Scan & Shred, Inc., Hanith Bioscience, LLC, Livion Technology, LLC, I-2-I Solutions, Inc., and Draeger Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with demonstrated expertise in pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical device support, and secure healthcare logistics. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, regulatory compliance, and supply chain resilience, often engaging firms with FDA-registered facilities and GMP-certified production capabilities. Erpelding’s contracting portfolio reflects a strict focus on full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside classifications. This indicates a deliberate emphasis on technical capability and regulatory compliance over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing mission-critical performance and supply chain integrity above socioeconomic targeting. Her primary NAICS classification is 325412 — Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing — underscoring her deep specialization in the procurement of sterile injectables, oral solid dosage forms, and other regulated pharmaceutical products. She consistently sources items requiring stringent quality control, cold chain logistics, and compliance with 21 CFR Part 211, demonstrating expertise in the complex intersection of federal healthcare regulation and defense medical logistics.