Jeffrey W. Dedrick

Jeffrey W. Dedrick serves as a Contracting Officer within the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL under the Department of the Air Force, where he leads the acquisition and contract management of critical aerospace and space-based sustainment initiatives. His portfolio centers on ensuring the operational readiness of guided missile systems, satellite communications infrastructure, and global positioning system platforms. Dedrick manages complex, technically demanding procurements involving research, development, and engineering services essential to national defense capabilities, often overseeing sole-source and competitive acquisitions aligned with urgent modernization requirements. While specific contractor relationships are not publicly enumerated, Dedrick routinely engages with prime contractors possessing deep expertise in systems engineering, space domain awareness, and advanced avionics integration. His procurement patterns reflect a preference for established defense technology providers with proven track records in sustaining high-reliability aerospace systems, including firms capable of delivering classified and controlled technical solutions under strict compliance frameworks such as NIST SP 800-171 and ITAR. Dedrick’s contracting activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a mission-critical focus on technical superiority and rapid capability insertion, where specialized domain expertise outweighs socioeconomic preferences. His approach prioritizes performance, security, and schedule fidelity over socioeconomic set-asides, consistent with the high-stakes nature of space and missile sustainment operations. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541712 (Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences), accounting for 75% of his activity, and NAICS 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services), comprising the remainder. He routinely procures advanced modeling and simulation tools, embedded software development, signal processing systems, and secure command and control architectures, demonstrating deep technical fluency in space systems engineering, RF communications, and navigation warfare domains.