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Know your neighbors-Procurement Directorate/ Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization

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  • By 375th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. --  In an effort to help the tenant organizations of Joint Total Force Scott get to know each other better, the 375th Airlift Wing Public Affairs office and its weekly publication the Command Post newspaper invite you to answer these questions with brief answers that will be featured in upcoming editions of the newspaper.

Procurement Directorate/Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) (PLD) MISSION STATEMENT:

Procure global net-centric capabilities and support customers through innovative contracting.


1. Leadership (Names of commander, or other significant leaders)

Charles Boone, chief, PL8
Lt. Col. Brent Baxter, USAF, deputy commander, PL8
Rodney DeaVault, SADBUS, PL8
Dale Siman, chief, Business Operations Division, PL81
Constance Jackson, chief, Telecommunications Contracting Division, PL82
Debra Santoro, chief, Information Technology Contracting Division, PL83

2. Number/breakdown of personnel (Each service/civilians)

Military = 3 (Air Force)
Civilians = 262

3. Branches, offices or customers organization serves.

DoD customers include: Office of Secretary of Defense, CINCs, National Imagery & Mapping Agency, National Security Agency, Defense Information Systems Agency, National Communications System, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, White House Communications Agency, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Guard Bureau, Defense Nuclear Agency, Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.

Non-DoD customers include: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of State, Department of Interior, Department of Justice, Department of Commerce, Department of Energy, Department of Treasury, National Aeronautics/Space Administration, Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Weather Service, General Services Administration and Coast Guard.

4. What your organization does and/or services it provides.

DITCO-Scott (PL8) is responsible for the procurement of commercial Information Technology services and equipment required by DoD agencies and other government agencies. DITCO-Scott's procurement responsibility is worldwide in scope. DITCO-Scott is a Defense-Wide Working Capital Fund activity and charges its customers a nominal fee for the procurement services provided.



5. Brief history of organization and when it came to Scott Air Force Base.

DITCO is a field activity of the Defense Information Systems Agency under the Procurement Directorate/DITCO (PLD) at the headquarters.

The concept for DITCO originated in an Air Force Air Defense Command Staff Section in July 1957. Up to that time, ordering communication services was considered to be a function of command and, as such, decentralized throughout the DoD. The Semi-Automatic Ground Environment Program was a major expenditure in leased communication dollars for the Air Force. Standardization of communications to support the system was desirable. The Air Defense Command established a single-manager operation. The ADC organization was known as the 4607th Support Group. The organization became the nucleus of the initial central control point for the Air Force, and then DoD, known as the Office of Commercial Communications Management. The organization became known as the Defense Commercial Communications Office Jan. 1, 1963 when it became a field activity of DCA. Under the concept, the organization was responsible for all functions associated with contracting, accounting and paying for private line service. Aug. 31 1994, DECCO changed its name to the Defense Information Technology Contracting Office. This name change reflected their changing role from procurement of communications systems, circuits and equipment to include information systems and equipment.

6. Additional comments:

DITCO-Scott's business philosophy follows:

· Committed to providing value to their customers:

 Through their expertise in contracting and all its supporting functions, both pre- and post-award.

 Balancing their customer's mission needs against their legal, financial, and time constraints and providing workable, realistic and constructive solutions.

 Eliminating narrow or bureaucratic thinking.

 Solving our customer's contracting needs through hard work, quick responses, innovation and creativity.