Tamara Jones

Tamara Jones serves as a key procurement professional within the Office of Acq Grants Management at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, supporting the Department of Health and Human Services’ mission to ensure the integrity and efficiency of national health insurance programs. She manages the acquisition of critical operational and analytical services essential to Medicare and Medicaid administration, including data collection systems, claims processing platforms, and beneficiary support infrastructure. Her work directly enables the agency’s ability to deliver accurate, timely, and secure healthcare services to millions of Americans through strategic sourcing of high-integrity contractor solutions. Jones maintains relationships with a broad spectrum of vendors specializing in health insurance operations and market research, with a primary focus on direct health and medical insurance carriers and public opinion polling firms. She engages with contractors capable of delivering scalable, compliant, and data-driven solutions that align with federal health program requirements, including HIPAA-compliant systems and analytics frameworks for program oversight. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, clear statement of work definitions, and rigorous vendor accountability. Her procurement activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of acquisitions conducted under full and open competition, reflecting a strategic preference for maximizing market-wide innovation and capacity. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her contracting decisions remain firmly rooted in value, capability, and compliance. Her primary NAICS focus is 524114 (Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers), indicating deep expertise in procuring core insurance operations services, including enrollment systems, payment integrity tools, and fraud detection analytics. She also frequently engages firms under 541910 (Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling) to support beneficiary feedback loops and program evaluation studies. Jones is a subject matter expert in health insurance administration contracting, with a proven track record of delivering mission-critical systems that uphold program integrity and regulatory compliance.