San Antonio · Houston · Federal Staffing & Professional Services

Healthcare staffing
and placement, built
from the inside out.

Serving those who served. Federal healthcare staffing, executive search, and digital transformation for DHA, VA, and DoD, in San Antonio and Houston.

Founded by a family with four decades of service inside the institutions it now serves: military treatment facilities, Air Force installations, USAA, and Fortune 100 enterprise leadership.

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SDVOSB · Application in process WOSB · Application in process SAM.gov · Registration in process DHA · VA · DoD · Federal Markets

Who We Are

The federal healthcare system runs on the people who staff it.

We built this firm because we know both sides. We have worked inside the military treatment facility, on the installation, in civil service, at USAA, and in Fortune 100 enterprise leadership. We place the right people in federal roles.

The right candidate matters more than the most qualified one on paper, and we put a guarantee behind that difference.

250K+
TRICARE beneficiaries in the San Antonio DHA market alone
$43B
DHA MQS2-NG vehicle, the contracting ecosystem we operate within
40+
Combined years of military, federal, and enterprise experience across our principals
90
Day placement guarantee with prorated refund

What We Do

Three practices. One firm. The depth to do each one right.

01
Healthcare Workforce Solutions

Staff augmentation and executive placement for DHA hospitals, VA facilities, and DoD clinics. Candidates come from direct outreach, referrals, and open introductions. Behavioral health, specialty imaging, physicians, and advanced practice roles.

Clinical Staffing MTF Operations DHA · VA · DoD
02
Executive & Professional Search

Senior-level talent acquisition for federal leadership, clinical director, and technical roles. Ausabel Meridian Assessment on every engagement: structured behavioral interviewing, 360-degree reference review, and one candidate presented to one client at a time.

Federal Search 90-Day Guarantee Director & Above
03
Digital Transformation & Product Strategy

Enterprise digital product strategy and IT modernization for federal agencies. Built on 15+ years of Fortune 100 product leadership across Expedia Group, USAA, and TCS, where managing eight-figure vendor portfolios was the baseline.

IT Modernization Product Strategy Federal Agencies
04
The guarantee behind every placement.

Few firms in this market offer a placement guarantee. Ours exists because we screen at retained-search depth on every engagement.

100%
Days 1–30
67%
Days 31–60
33%
Days 61–90

The Name

Of the sand.

French
Au Sable: "of the sand." The language of early explorers mapping territory that would become Michigan.
Ojibwe
Zaabiing: the river that flows out. The indigenous name for the same river, spoken by the people who knew it first.
Place
The Au Sable River runs through Oscoda, Michigan. This family was stationed there during formative years, and the connection to service, military community, and the meaning of home took hold there.
Photo: Au Sable River, Oscoda

Sand is what remains when everything else has moved. It is the substrate, the thing that roots grow into, that nutrients come from, that holds its shape under pressure even as it shifts with the current.

We named this firm after a river in a small Michigan town because of what that place gave this family. The best names carry who you are.

Four decades of service, rooted in the same community, running through every role this family has held. That is what Ausabel is. A lineage.

"Sand is the foundation everything is built on, and the thing that's still there when the structure is long gone. We build to last."

Our Story

Built from a lifetime of service.
Designed to last.

Between us, we have done every job in this ecosystem from the inside. Four people. Four careers. One company built to outlast all of them.

Photo: the founding family
Lonnie
Managing Principal · Product Strategy & Operations
Product and consulting executive. Civil service at JPPSO San Antonio. 15+ years across Expedia Group (Brand GM, Vrbo), USAA Director of Product Management with an eight-figure innovation portfolio, and partner-level executive search at Allen Austin.
Expedia Group USAA Allen Austin Civil Service
Cynthia
Managing Principal · Healthcare Operations & Workforce
Retired U.S. Air Force veteran. MTF Hospital Administrator. Foundation Health federal contractor. USAA life insurance underwriting operations and offshore team leadership.
Air Force (Ret.) MTF Administration Foundation Health USAA
Manuel
Advisor · Security & Force Protection
Retired U.S. Air Force Security Forces. 20+ years of installation security and force protection leadership. USAA Corporate Security executive overseeing programs for a 13M+ member base.
Air Force (Ret.) Security Forces USAA Security
Shawanda
Advisor · Market Intelligence & Growth
Client Director, Forrester Research. Former VP of Global Sales, Frost & Sullivan. Inside-the-analyst-firm perspective on how Fortune 100 organizations evaluate, procure, and engage advisory and consulting services.
Forrester Research Frost & Sullivan Fortune 100 Advisory

Our Markets

Two cities.
One ecosystem.

The DoD's largest military healthcare market.

San Antonio is home to Brooke Army Medical Center, the DoD's largest inpatient hospital, largest outpatient facility, and only Level I Trauma Center. It serves 250,000+ TRICARE beneficiaries across 10+ MTFs. This is where we're headquartered, and where our principals have worked inside the system.

BAMC, Wilford Hall AASC, and 10 standalone MTFs in the San Antonio DHA market
JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Lackland, and Randolph, three major installations
Founding principals with backgrounds in MTF administration, installation security, USAA, and Fortune 100 product leadership
$43B MQS2-NG vehicle, the primary contracting vehicle for federal military healthcare staffing through 2034
$43B
DHA MQS2-NG vehicle ceiling, the primary contract vehicle for federal military healthcare staffing
250K+
TRICARE beneficiaries in the San Antonio DHA market alone
10+
Military treatment facilities across the JBSA footprint

The world's largest medical complex. Your VA system.

Houston is a VA-dominant federal healthcare market anchored by the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, which serves 131,000+ veterans annually across 13 locations inside the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest medical complex. Houston is our second market, and we are building into it from San Antonio.

DeBakey VA serves 131,000+ veterans annually
VISN 16 coverage extends to Galveston, Beaumont, Katy, Sugar Land, Conroe, and Lufkin
University of Houston pre-med pipeline, with credentialing-ready talent and the UH APEX Accelerator nearby
Texas Medical Center: 60+ institutions, directly adjacent to federal healthcare contracting activity
131K+
Veterans served annually by the DeBakey VA Healthcare System
60+
Texas Medical Center institutions, the world's largest medical complex
13
DeBakey VA locations across the Houston VISN 16 region

Certifications

One award. Two federal goals.

Ausabel Group is applying for SDVOSB and WOSB certification, and its ownership structure is built to qualify for both. Once certified, a single subcontract award to us credits toward two separate federal spending goals.

SDVOSB Advantage

5% federal SDVOSB spending mandate, raised by NDAA 2024. Agencies that miss it file corrective action reports with SBA. Certification connects us directly to mandated demand.

WOSB Advantage

5% WOSB spending goal applies separately. Two designations. One ownership stake. Primes credit both goals from a single subcontract relationship.

SDVOSB
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Application to SBA VetCert in process. 5% of federal spend is mandated. Vets First priority applies at VA agencies.
WOSB
Woman-Owned Small Business
Application in process with SBA. 5% federal spending goal. Qualification runs through the ownership structure.
SDB
Small Disadvantaged Business
Self-certification follows SAM.gov registration. Counts toward large prime subcontracting goals independently.
SAM
SAM.gov Registration
Registration in process, with NAICS codes covering each practice area.

Work With Us

We work with three kinds of people.

Each one comes to us for something specific. Find where you belong.

01
Primes & Federal Agencies
You need small business subcontractors and hard-to-fill talent.

Federal primes with SDVOSB and WOSB subcontracting goals can meet both with a single award to us, once our certifications are in place. We fill the specialty clinical and professional roles that have been open for months by sourcing from places other firms do not reach.

SDVOSB + WOSB goals from a single subcontract award, on certification
Behavioral health, specialty imaging, physicians, advanced practice
90-day placement guarantee with prorated refund
Ausabel Meridian Assessment on every candidate before presentation
Start a Conversation
02
Healthcare & Federal Professionals
You want a federal role that's worth your credentials.

We recruit through direct outreach and welcome introductions from professionals who are looking. If we call you, your background fits a specific opening at a federal prime. We present you to one client at a time, keep your resume out of competing contracts, and handle credentialing from start to finish.

Behavioral health, specialty imaging, physicians, advanced practice roles
DHA, VA, and DoD facilities in San Antonio and Houston
Single-client presentation keeps your credentials exclusive
Full credentialing support from offer through start date
Introduce Yourself
03
Strategic Partners
The right partnership with us opens federal markets you can't access alone.

Firms that team with Ausabel Group on federal pursuits access SDVOSB and WOSB set-aside categories that most organizations can't bid independently, once we are certified. We are selective, and a teaming agreement with us is a relationship. If you bring domain expertise in healthcare IT, clinical operations, or government consulting, there may be a real conversation here.

Access SDVOSB and WOSB federal set-aside categories on joint pursuits, on certification
Strengthen your federal contracting track record with small business participation
DHA and VA market relationships built over decades
Explore a Partnership
Advisors

Ausabel Group works with a small group of advisors. We are selective about who joins and handle those conversations privately. If you have deep federal contracting, DHA ecosystem, or executive search experience and believe there's a fit, you're welcome to reach out directly. We respond to the ones that make sense.

"The people placed on federal contracts shape the quality of service this country delivers to the people it serves. We find the right people, and we stand behind that difference."

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Contact

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Legal name
Ausabel Group LLC
Location
San Antonio, Texas
Primary NAICS
561320, Temporary Help Services
Secondary NAICS
541512, Computer Systems Design Services
UEI / CAGE
Assigned at SAM.gov registration

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