Employment History:.

Confidential

Business Development Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Negotiate multi year and multi dollar contracts with federal agencies, and NGO's
• Controls the flow of information from the mission to the offering community during the proposal preparation stage ensuring that all requirements of full and open competition are met and that the integrity of the procurement process is upheld
• Review and edit all proposals before final submission to federal agencies such as USAID,DOD, DOC
• Lead pricing initiatives, customer partnering programs and internal and external communications
• Create and implement organizational strategic plans and budgets
• User of MS Office tools
• Market Research and competitive analysis
• Leading diverse work groups
• Significant background in current IT technologies
• Act as a liaison for all government contracts
• Meet with high ranking government officials/senior leadership to submit proposals and negotiate contracts
• Provide program staff and field workers information on new training to improve their skill set
• Manage several projects in a dynamic environment

Confidential

Lead Acquisition Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Collaborating and coordinating activities with stakeholders, requirements developers, and FTC Contracting Office.
• Develop and review acquisition strategies, documentation, statements of work, source selection, and business cases that support acquisition decisions
• Work with commissioner to develop agencies requirement
• Provide acquisition support for services and supplies, including major system acquisitions, and executing the full life-cycle acquisition requirement
• Leading diverse work groups
• Serve as the programs primary liaison
• Significant background in current IT technologies
• Utilize automated systems for tracking and monitoring acquisition status, funding, and implementation
• Receive regulatory, policy and related acquisition guidance, interpret that guidance to a stated situation, and apply the concepts presented in the guidance
• User of MS Office tools
• Perform market research to ensure all contracts are purchased at a fair and reasonable price
• Prepare contract file-including writing the memo to the file and submitting it for federal contracting officer's review
• Formulate, draft, review and finalize solicitations, announcements, and other appropriate procurement and contracting methodology
• Utilize GSA advantage and E.buy to solicit and award MAS contracts
• Conduct price analysis for CO to ensure that all MAS,BPA and IDIQ prices are fair and reasonable
• Issue calls on task orders / process modifications in accordance with the contract
• Provide cradle to the grave acquisition procedures for firm fixed price, IDIQ, and BPA contracts
• Oversee project work planning, financial management, and budgeting
• Manage and administer all GSA, IDIQ/BPA contracts
• Provide analytical reports on the current status of all procurements

Confidential

Sr. Contract Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Developed and implemented a standard contract closeout policy for the nationwide and regional DOL Employment Training Administration ETA Job Corp programs.
• Streamlined the contract administration process by creating a master contract database, which included real-time data on active and inactive contracts in excess of 1500 files.
• Built and maintained relationships with key stakeholders to merge data from legacy databases to current operating systems.
• Assist in drafting all documents required for awards associated with orders placed under FSSs, GWACs, and new contracts.
• Assist COs in the administration of Government property.
• Assist in the review and evaluation of contractor requests for payments under the progress payments or performance-based payments clauses
• User of MS Office tools
• Created a file management system to purge historic contracts and proposals from inventory, thereby increasing overall efficiency.
• Reviewed contracts and task orders to determine type, contract limitations, and contract periods, types of costs, legal status, indirect rates and ceilings.
• Determined which contracts are eligible to be closed-out and identify appropriate points of contact necessary to accomplish the closeout function.
• Significant background in current IT technologies
• Review data in various systems such as EPS and NCFMS to resolve inconsistencies.
• Communicated with applicable DOL contractors regarding required information.
• Provided status reports of weekly closeout activity to DOL Branch Chiefs and Senior Executives.
• Prepare and submit closing documents including the final modifications to the contract
• Provide Contractor Purchasing System Reviews to DOL nationwide Job Corp center contractors.
• Audit Job Corp contractors Statement of Work SOW and overall purchasing processes to confirm compliance to DOL and FAR standards
• Conduct on site CPSR assessments and view contractors Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders, Blanket Purchase Agreements and Subcontracts.
• Review and track all subcontracts to ensure subcontract deliverables are met and billed accurately
• Train people on CPSR reviews
• Leading diverse work groups
• Review and provide approval or denial feedback on Corrective Action Plans submitted from the contractors.

Confidential

Acquisition Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Assist all OSDBU small business liaison's SBL'S with reviewing the submitted Procurement Request Review for the Small Business Program and Contract Bundling forms 2268
• Manage the OSDBU helpline, receive all calls concerning small business opportunities and 2268 submissions
• Significant background in current IT technologies
• Provide Market Research reports to help assist program offices with procurement
• Prepare monthly and weekly reports for the OSDBU helpline status updates for management review
• Provide guidance on procurement solicitations
• User of MS Office tools
• Assist with the development of the OSDBU intranet site to ensure that all information remains current and informative to users
• Leading diverse work groups
• Advise program offices on the most effective way to proceed with their procurement
• Ensure that OSDBU meets their annual small business goals
• Inform vendors of the veterans small business verification process

Confidential

Lead. Contract Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Provided contract administration support for direct healthcare providers
• Developed memorandums of record and other decision supporting documents for contracting officer's approval.
• Delivered market and cost analysis findings to a JTF CAPMED - Clinical Ops Officer and provided recommendations for new service contract requirements
• Create performance work statements and sole source justifications, MFR's, and other supporting documents to the point of signature for the government/military personnel
• Work with Military Personnel/leadership to actively identify and resolve issues with policy and procedures within the contracting department
• Act as the liaison for the entire contracting department
• Provided guidance on the utilization of the Procurement Federal Procurement Data System Next Generation FPDS-NG
• Leading diverse work groups
• Provided contract administration support for the direct healthcare provider 6-month bridge contract requirements valued at approximately 28M.
• Create requisitions for all new and modified military requirements using PRWEB
• Significant background in current IT technologies
• Work with resource management to ensure to ensure that adequate funding is available for contract requirements
• User of MS Office tools
• Modify and Implement contracting procedures
• Perform cradle to grave contracting administration for new requirements
• Assist Military personnel/leadership with creating all supporting documents for new contract requirements
• Create solicitations
• Utilize procurement desktop- PD2 to complete contract modifications, solicitations and award new requirements
• Closed out all open contracts that belonged to the Walter Reed Military Medical Center
• Performed analysis using WAWF to identify outstanding invoices that were associated with Walter Reed Military medical center
• Tracked all expended funds on active contracts for the entire JTF CAP MED
• Ensured that all funding documents were provided from resource management before contract is awarded
• Reconciled funding issues on all active contracts of up to 36M
• Ensured that there was not a stop of services during the joint of the two military hospitals
• Performed original research to conceptualize program strategy or innovative acquisition designs that maximizes effectiveness
• Compiled data on Excel spreadsheets, e.g. number of contracts, types of contracts, and total dollars obligated for Government/ military personnel's review.