Teresa Hernandez

Teresa Hernandez serves as a Contracting Officer within the Property Management - Co under the Department of Justice’s Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons, where she leads the acquisition of behavioral health and reentry support services critical to incarcerated and transitioning populations. Her role encompasses the full lifecycle management of contracts for outpatient mental health and substance use treatment programs, ensuring alignment with federal mandates for evidence-based care and successful community reintegration. She specializes in procuring clinical services, case management systems, and culturally competent behavioral health interventions under FAR Part 13 and Part 17 authorities, often coordinating with clinical staff and correctional administrators to define performance-based requirements. While specific contractor names are not publicly disclosed, Hernandez maintains consistent partnerships with qualified behavioral health providers, including community-based organizations, licensed clinical service vendors, and non-profit entities delivering trauma-informed care. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance metrics, outcome tracking, and compliance with HIPAA and OMB A-123 standards, fostering long-term vendor relationships built on accountability and service quality rather than transactional engagement. Hernandez demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic inclusion, with 62.5% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, prioritizing small disadvantaged businesses, HUBZone firms, and women-owned small businesses. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to expand access to underserved providers and strengthen local reentry ecosystems through targeted socioeconomic contracting. Her procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 621420—Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers—reflecting deep expertise in behavioral health service delivery. She procures clinical staffing, therapeutic programming, electronic treatment records, peer support services, and reentry coordination tools, ensuring all acquisitions align with evidence-based practices in addiction treatment and mental health stabilization within correctional and transitional settings.