Jeff Choplin

Jeff Choplin serves as a key procurement lead within the Virginia Contracting Activity under the Defense Intelligence Agency, where he manages complex acquisitions supporting classified national intelligence missions. His responsibilities center on securing advanced technical services that enable real-time data exploitation, systems analysis, and mission-critical operational support. He routinely oversees contracts for research and development in physical and engineering sciences, including custom software development, sensor systems integration, and secure infrastructure design. His work directly enables the agency’s mission to enhance intelligence processing capabilities for high-priority defense and counterintelligence applications. Choplin collaborates with a diverse array of defense contractors specializing in high-assurance systems, signal processing, and classified software environments. While specific vendor names are not publicly disclosed, his contracting patterns reflect consistent engagement with firms possessing Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearances and expertise in secure development lifecycles. He fosters long-term partnerships with vendors capable of rapid prototyping, agile delivery, and compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards such as NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC. His approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and outcome-driven requirements to ensure technical fidelity and mission readiness. Choplin’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict preference for open competition, with 100% of acquisitions conducted without set-asides. This indicates a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic categorization, prioritizing mission-critical performance and security clearance readiness above small business participation mandates. While small businesses are not excluded, awards are determined primarily by technical merit, past performance, and compliance with stringent intelligence community standards. His primary focus lies in NAICS 541715, encompassing research and development in physical and engineering sciences. He procures advanced analytical tools, machine learning frameworks for intelligence data, hardware-software co-design solutions, and secure computing platforms tailored for classified environments. His domain expertise centers on systems that support real-time geospatial analysis, signals intelligence processing, and missile defense surveillance architectures.