Tamia McCoy

Tamia McCoy serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Health Agency, supporting the agency’s mission to ensure operational medical readiness through strategic acquisitions of advanced clinical equipment and surgical supplies. She manages a portfolio of contracts focused on electromedical and electrotherapeutic devices, as well as specialized surgical appliances and supplies critical to military treatment facilities worldwide. Her work directly enables the modernization of clinical workflows and the maintenance of mission-critical health infrastructure, aligning with DHA’s priorities in diagnostic precision, surgical capability, and pharmaceutical supply chain resilience. McCoy maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of specialized vendors, 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 niche providers with technical expertise in medical device servicing, bioscience solutions, and FDA-regulated surgical instrumentation. Her contracting approach emphasizes vendor reliability, regulatory compliance, and technical support capabilities, often requiring post-sale service agreements and calibration certifications. Her procurement strategy reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals, with approximately half of her acquisitions set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5, and the other half competed without set-asides. This pattern demonstrates a deliberate effort to foster competition while ensuring access to specialized capabilities only available through small, innovative firms. She actively engages with small business representatives to identify capable vendors aligned with DHA’s technical requirements. McCoy’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334510 (electromedical and electrotherapeutic apparatus) and 339113 (surgical appliance and supplies manufacturing), indicating deep expertise in procuring diagnostic imaging components, therapeutic devices, sterile surgical kits, and reusable medical instruments. Her domain knowledge encompasses FDA classification standards, ISO 13485 compliance, and the unique logistics of deploying medical technology in austere or deployed environments.