Rebecca Skelton

Rebecca Skelton serves as a key procurement professional within the Telecommunications Division (HC1013) of the Defense Information Systems Agency, where she plays a central role in securing and modernizing the Department of Defense’s global communications infrastructure. She manages the acquisition of mission-critical wired telecommunications services, ensuring resilient, high-capacity, and secure network connectivity across military and federal operations. Her portfolio focuses on end-to-end telecom solutions, including secure virtual private networks, fiber-optic backbone deployment, and legacy system modernization, all aligned with DISA’s mandate to maintain interoperability and cyber-resilient communications. Skelton’s acquisitions are strategically oriented toward sustaining and expanding the DoD’s core telecom architecture under stringent security and performance standards. She maintains longstanding relationships with primary 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 established industry leaders with proven capabilities in large-scale, mission-critical telecom deployment and network sustainment. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, compliance with DoD security protocols, and performance-based outcomes, fostering collaborative, long-term vendor engagement rather than transactional procurement. Skelton’s procurement activity is entirely classified under the “No Set-Aside” category, indicating a focus on full and open competition without socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB preferences. This reflects the technical complexity and scale of the telecommunications requirements, which demand specialized infrastructure expertise typically found in large, experienced contractors with national reach and DoD-certified security credentials. Her acquisitions are exclusively governed by NAICS 517111 (Wired Telecommunications Carriers), underscoring a deep specialization in terrestrial and fiber-based network services. She procures high-bandwidth connectivity, backbone infrastructure, managed transport services, and secure telecom integration solutions, demonstrating expertise in the technical domains of T1/E1, SONET/SDH, DWDM, and DoD-approved secure transport protocols.