Daniel Howell

Daniel Howell serves as a key procurement lead within the FA4814 6 Cons Pk unit of the Department of the Air Force, overseeing acquisitions critical to sustaining mission-ready communications and IT infrastructure across deployed and garrisoned locations. His responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of contract actions for secure communications equipment, network support systems, and base sustainment technologies aligned with Air Force operational tempo requirements. He specializes in complex procurements under FAR Part 12 and Part 13, ensuring compliance with defense-specific standards while accelerating delivery of mission-critical capabilities. His portfolio centers on maintaining resilient, encrypted communications architectures that support both tactical and strategic command and control functions. Howell maintains consistent working relationships with a focused set of contractors including SupplyCore LLC, CyberProTex, LLC, and Liberty Communications, Inc., all of which provide specialized communications equipment, cybersecurity-enabled hardware, and IT support services. His procurement approach favors established vendors with proven track records in DoD-compliant manufacturing and field support, particularly those capable of rapid integration of encrypted radio systems, satellite terminals, and secure data transmission platforms. He cultivates long-term vendor partnerships grounded in technical reliability, supply chain integrity, and adherence to NIST and DoD Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements. Howell’s contracting strategy reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals, with approximately half of his awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, while the other half remain open competition. This dual approach enables robust small business participation without compromising access to specialized capabilities only available from larger, non-set-aside vendors. His pattern demonstrates deliberate alignment with the Department of Defense’s broader small business utilization objectives, particularly in supporting service-disabled veteran-owned and woman-owned small enterprises within the communications sector. His procurement focus is exclusively concentrated on NAICS 334290—Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing—encompassing the acquisition of encrypted radio systems, tactical data links, secure satellite terminals, and field-deployable communications hardware. He possesses deep technical expertise in military-grade RF systems, frequency-hopping technologies, and hardened network infrastructure, ensuring all acquisitions meet Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) and MIL-STD specifications for expeditionary operations.