Susan K. Jones

Susan Jones serves as a Contract Specialist (contractor support) within the Defense Health Agency, supporting the acquisition of critical healthcare-enabling services and products aligned with the agency’s mission to ensure operational readiness through integrated medical support. She manages the full lifecycle of procurements under FAR and DFARS guidelines, with a focus on technical consulting, facilities support, and specialized medical equipment procurement. Her work directly enables clinical modernization, pharmaceutical supply chain resilience, and secure health data infrastructure across the DoD’s global footprint, ensuring timely and compliant delivery of mission-critical capabilities. Jones maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of 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 pattern of engagement with niche providers offering specialized services such as secure document destruction, bioscience research support, medical technology integration, and clinical equipment maintenance. Her procurement approach emphasizes vendor reliability, technical specificity, and compliance with defense health standards, fostering long-term, performance-based contractor relationships. Her contracting portfolio reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic programs, with approximately 36% of awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 and 9% awarded through 8(a) competed processes. While the majority of acquisitions remain open to all competitors, Jones actively prioritizes small business participation where market conditions permit, demonstrating a strategic alignment with DoD’s goals to expand the defense industrial base and promote equitable access to federal opportunities. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 315990 (apparel accessories), 541690 (scientific and technical consulting), and 561210 (facilities support services), indicating a strong emphasis on non-clinical but mission-enabling services. She routinely procures specialized technical consulting, medical logistics support, and facility-based operational services that underpin the delivery of healthcare readiness, with deep domain knowledge in the intersection of administrative efficiency and clinical infrastructure support.