Keisha Dawkins

Keisha Dawkins serves as a Contract Specialist within the Department of the Air Force’s FA7014 office, where she manages the acquisition of professional services critical to sustaining Air Force operational readiness. Her portfolio centers on systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA), enterprise IT modernization, and mission-critical analytics support. She executes full lifecycle contracting actions—from market research and solicitation development to award and contract administration—ensuring compliance with FAR and DFARS requirements while aligning procurements with the agency’s strategic modernization goals. Dawkins plays a pivotal role in translating technical requirements into enforceable contractual deliverables that support the Air Force’s evolving digital infrastructure and cybersecurity posture. Her primary contractor relationships are with SIGMATECH, INC. and Purdue University, reflecting a consistent reliance on specialized technical service providers and academic research partners. She engages these vendors through performance-based, task-order contracts that emphasize outcomes in systems engineering, data analytics, and educational support services. These partnerships are characterized by long-term stability and deep technical alignment, with contractors often delivering integrated solutions across multiple mission domains, including cybersecurity and enterprise architecture. Dawkins’ procurement activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of her awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on technical excellence and mission-critical capability over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing vendor expertise and past performance in highly specialized domains. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, her acquisitions remain accessible to all qualified offerors through transparent, merit-based evaluation criteria. Her primary NAICS code focus is 611710 (Educational Support Services), underscoring her procurement of advanced technical training, workforce development, and applied research services. She routinely acquires contract support for curriculum design, simulation-based learning, and STEM-enabled technical instruction tailored to Air Force personnel and mission systems. Her domain expertise lies at the intersection of education services and defense technology, ensuring that workforce readiness initiatives directly enable operational capability.