Tiffany Waits

Tiffany Waits serves as a key procurement lead within the W40M USA HCA, a Department of the Army organization responsible for sustaining medical readiness across combat and garrison environments. She manages the acquisition of critical healthcare infrastructure, including surgical instrumentation, diagnostic laboratory systems, and clinical support technologies essential to military medical operations. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to equip combat medics and field hospitals with mission-critical equipment, ensuring operational health readiness through timely and compliant contracting practices. Waits typically handles complex, high-stakes procurements under FAR Part 13 and Part 15, often involving technical specifications for FDA-regulated medical devices and clinical-grade equipment. She maintains consistent partnerships with leading medical technology providers including QUIDELORTHO SALES COMPANY, LLC, STERIS CORPORATION, MDM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, SYSMEX AMERICA, INC, and LBT DIAGNOSTIC RADIATION PHYSICS CONSULTING LTD. These relationships reflect a focus on vendors with proven expertise in sterile processing, diagnostic analytics, radiation safety, and laboratory automation. Waits prioritizes vendors capable of meeting stringent military logistics, sterilization, and compliance standards, fostering long-term supplier engagement through performance-based contract structures and technical collaboration. Her procurement portfolio demonstrates a strong preference for small business set-asides, with approximately two-thirds of awards designated under the Total Small Business Set-Aside authority (FAR 19.5). This reflects a deliberate strategy to expand access for small, innovative firms in the defense healthcare space, aligning with DoD socioeconomic goals. While no set-aside is used for one-third of actions, the overwhelming majority of contracts are structured to promote small business participation, particularly among firms with clinical or technical certifications relevant to military medicine. Waits primarily procures under NAICS 611310 (Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools) and 621330 (Offices of Mental Health Practitioners), indicating a focus on academic medical training partnerships and behavioral health service integration. Her technical domain expertise spans laboratory diagnostics, surgical instrument management, and mental health support systems, with an emphasis on solutions that bridge clinical innovation with operational military requirements.