William Rush

William Rush serves as a procurement professional within the Department of Veterans Affairs, operating under the Sac Frederick (36C10X) designation, where he manages acquisitions critical to sustaining clinical infrastructure and operational readiness across VA medical facilities. His responsibilities include planning, soliciting, and awarding contracts for professional services and technical solutions that support healthcare delivery, data systems, and medical equipment procurement. He plays a pivotal role in aligning acquisition strategy with the agency’s mission to modernize veteran care through efficient, compliant, and mission-driven contracting practices, primarily handling complex service-based and technology-enabled procurements under FAR Part 12 and Part 15 procedures. Rush maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including AFTER ACTION MEDICAL AND DENTAL SUPPLY, LLC, VETERANS HEALTHCARE SUPPLY SOLUTIONS, INC, Argent ARC LLC, PROMETHEUS FEDERAL SERVICES LLC, and AQUESTIVE THERAPEUTICS, INC. These partnerships reflect a focus on medical supply chain resilience, clinical support services, and specialized pharmaceutical distribution. His contracting patterns emphasize reliability, regulatory compliance, and vendor performance, often engaging firms with proven experience in federal healthcare environments and deep domain expertise in VA-specific operational requirements. His procurement portfolio demonstrates a strong preference for open competition, with 75% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions. However, he actively supports socioeconomic goals, regularly allocating 12.5% of awards to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and another 12.5% to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, reinforcing the VA’s commitment to veteran-owned enterprise participation. Rush’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541611 (administrative and management consulting), 518210 (cloud infrastructure and data services), and 332510 (hardware manufacturing), reflecting expertise in IT modernization, clinical systems integration, and medical device procurement. He routinely acquires professional services supporting healthcare operations, secure data platforms, and specialized medical hardware, demonstrating a technical command over the intersection of clinical needs and federal acquisition policy.