Karie Kapise

Karie Kapise serves as the primary procurement lead for DISA/DITCO Europe, responsible for managing the acquisition of critical commercial telecommunications infrastructure to support U.S. military communications in theater. In this role, she executes complex contracting actions to secure high-capacity, encrypted, low-latency data transport services across Europe and Southwest Asia, ensuring resilient connectivity for classified and unclassified defense networks. Her acquisitions focus on end-to-end wired telecommunications solutions that meet stringent DoD security and performance standards, aligning directly with DISA’s mission to sustain global information dominance through secure, scalable network infrastructure. Karie maintains longstanding relationships with a select group of global telecommunications providers, including L1 Enterprises, British Telecommunications, Vodafone Enterprise Germany, Liberty Communications, and QualityNet General Trading. These partnerships reflect a preference for established commercial carriers with proven capabilities in secure fiber-optic transport, MPLS networks, and encrypted backbone services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, service-level agreements, and compliance with NATO and DoD interoperability requirements, fostering collaborative, long-term vendor engagements rather than transactional procurements. Karie’s procurement portfolio exhibits no set-aside preferences, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects the technical complexity and scale of required services, which typically exceed the capacity of small business concerns to deliver independently. While socioeconomic programs are not utilized, her contracting decisions prioritize technical readiness, global reach, and mission-critical reliability over socioeconomic criteria. Her primary focus is on NAICS 517111 — Wired Telecommunications Carriers — encompassing the procurement of leased lines, dark fiber, backbone transport, and managed IP services. She specializes in acquiring secure, high-bandwidth connectivity solutions that support tactical edge communications, joint command and control systems, and secure data transit across multinational defense networks. Her expertise lies in evaluating technical architectures that meet DoD Information Assurance standards and enable seamless integration with existing DISA-managed infrastructure.