Edward Midkiff

Edward W. Midkiff serves as a Contract Specialist within the Telecommunications Division (HC1013) of the Defense Information Systems Agency, where he plays a critical role in procuring secure, high-capacity telecommunications infrastructure to support Department of Defense global operations. His responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of complex acquisition programs—from requirements validation and market research to contract award and administration—focusing on mission-critical network modernization, secure virtual private networks, and interoperable communications systems. Midkiff’s work directly enables resilient, classified, and unclassified connectivity across military and federal endpoints, ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity and resilience standards. Midkiff maintains established working relationships with a core group of prime contractors including AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc., Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Liberty Communications, Inc., AOC Connect LLC, and Norfolk Fiber, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in fiber-optic network deployment, secure telecom hardware, and enterprise-grade network services. His contracting patterns indicate a reliance on experienced, large-capacity providers capable of delivering integrated solutions across geographically dispersed and high-security environments, with consistent re-engagement based on performance and technical capability. His procurement portfolio is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 95.6% of awards issued under full and open competition, reflecting the technical complexity and scale of the telecommunications systems acquired. While small business participation is minimal, the 4.4% allocated to Total Small Business Set-Asides demonstrates a measured, compliance-driven approach to socioeconomic contracting, consistent with mission-critical urgency and limited vendor capacity in specialized telecom domains. The division’s acquisitions center on advanced telecommunications services, including fiber transport, MPLS networks, encrypted data links, and satellite-backed connectivity solutions. Midkiff’s expertise lies in procuring systems that meet stringent DoD Information Network (DoDIN) standards, with a focus on network resilience, bandwidth scalability, and zero-trust architecture integration—domains requiring deep technical understanding and rigorous acquisition governance.