SUMMARY:

• Deborah Bell is a cleared PMP trained Senior Technical/Proposal Writer with over 20 years technical/proposal writing experience, including five years as Proposal Consultant and seven years as Acquisition Analyst leading and supporting complex, high - value sales at critical stages: competitive analysis, pre-bid, proposals, delivery and contracts. She has helped win well over $15 billion in contracts and task orders for mid-to-large size technology and engineering service providers in their pursuits of work with civilian, defense and intelligence communities.
• As technical writer, she has specific experience in developing lifecycle documentation for system and network engineering, cloud computing, and cyber security. Additionally, with her eight years of government worksite experience in acquisition/contracts and requirements planning for major and business systems, competitive candidate as Proposal Manager/Technical Writer.
• She brings competent revised Shipley Methods and communications; interviewing Solutions Architects to effectively glean technical solutions and simplify complex content into easily understandable one voice narratives. She is competent in the FAR, DFAR, AFAR GSAM and other supplements as well as DoD 5000 series and DoD 8000.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Volume Lead, Technical/Proposal Writer

Responsibilities:

• Co-led 5 person team for British Telecom to develop the technical and past performance, supported the ID/IQ pursuit, baseline key EIS artifacts for reuse including CDRLs, key plans, and supporting templates and narrative from previously submitted Past Performance, Management and Technical materials.
• Worked closely with subject matter experts to secure and validate content while maintaining focus on the win strategy to infuse strategy throughout proposals
• Managed and edit technical writers write ups via approved terms guide and GSA EIS style guide to ensure accurate and timely completion of milestones and delivery
• Co-led the Management Approach for GDIT for a 30-person proposal effort to support an Infrastructure as a Service, IaaS solution
• Coordinated kick off and reviews for developing and editing the Project Implementation Plan, Management and the Risk Register to include aligning responses to the SOW
• Edit electronic and hard copy proposal drafts for Red team
• Coordinated matrix and internal proposal team of 15 mid to small companies to vet, write and deliver proposal responses for Department of Veterans Affairs Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation (T4NG) contract vehicle for an enterprise architecture, systems and software engineering, testing response
• Wrote resume templates and final resumes with virtual and intact editors
• Conducted competitive analysis research via agency GAO reports, GovWin and FPDS NG
• Developed a 365 Cloud Computing email exchange solution offering 3 migration approaches for the Armed Forces Retirement Homes. Won their first task order on the GSA IT 70 schedule for client

Confidential

Sr. Acquisition and Contracts Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and communicated customer requirements before the Integrated Product Team resulting in development of a signed SOW and Measure of Estimates prior to Request for Proposal
• Negotiated pricing pros and cons (pricing and level of effort and top-down vs. bottoms-up budget analysis) of using already NITAAC CIO-SP3 contract vehicle Assisted Acquisition vs. in-house vehicles.
• Tracked Army Global Combat Support System's aviation integration for enterprise hub services, master data and business intelligence development lifecycle through preliminary and final reviews to deployments in order to support development of contracting strategy
• Managed information technology contracts and task orders agreements for internal programs and external interagency agreements valued from simplified to complex ranges from $250,000 to $10M
• Developed and maintained relationships with customers having diverse needs. Liaised with colleagues from public and private industry having planned and coordinated Industry Day events
• Served as Acquisition SME to help the Defensive Cyber Operations establish new cyber and cloud FAR based ID/IQ vehicle for Program Office
• Engaged in stakeholder identification targeted at Army Commands, Federal agencies and industry to establish focused communications outreach plan

Confidential

IT Compliance & Content Manager (Contract)

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical assistance to secure Telehealth Technology for veterans on behalf of the Psychological Health, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder program
• Liaison for the Research & Product Committee meetings to discuss policies on research, accessibility, privacy and data collection pertaining to public facing websites
• Drafted accessibility/disability, Privacy, and Data Collection content for public facing websites
• Revised policies and procedures (SOPs) and employee communications
• Provided guidance on Section 508 IT requirements for Word, PDF and Videos
• Served on Red Team to evaluate proposals pursuits for NITAAC CIO-SP3

Confidential

Sr. IT Acquisition/Technical Writer (Contract)

Responsibilities:

• Assigned to government clients to evaluate RFPs and develop draft acquisition plan for the Professional Technical (Pro-tech) strategic sourcing Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) including Market Research Report, Acquisition Plan, Justification & Approvals, and business case documents for National Oceanic & Atmospheric Agency
• Supported new Requirements Component for MICC (Mission Installation Contract Command) to provide input to the development, update, and support of RFP and SOWs for construction and real property requirements for Arlington National Cemetery

Confidential

Sr. Contracts Analyst, (Contract)

Responsibilities:

• Managed contracts portfolio to include administering "end to end" transactions in formation, market research, customer advisement, negotiation, and training
• Assisted in development Spend Plan, Market Research of a new strategic sourcing and CAAS IV ID/IQ contract vehicle targeted for Air Force and other government agencies. Expert knowledge of SAM, CPARS, FPDS, GSA Schedules, GWACs
• Processed contract modifications on quarterly basis throughout contract out years to closeouts
• Liaise for interagency agreements with DOI, GSA, ensuring MIPRs and agreements were accurate and fully reimbursed.

Confidential

Quality Manager, Sr. Technical Writer (Contract)

Responsibilities:

• Monitored and controlled data center infrastructure for (DISA) Defense Enterprise Computing Center (DECC) consolidation/closure of 17 mega centers into 6 data centers
• Developed and co-authored Standard Operating Procedures for Virtual Asset Lifecycle Management which outlined policies, processes, standards, tools and templates to address the Data Center consolidation effort
• Provide technical guidance and direction in Shipley Method Color Reviews for proposal team and staff resulting in streamline proposal development process
• Developed Business Intelligence pipelines,competitive analysis, proposal management plans
• Enhanced pipeline in CRM Vision/Salesforce and PRISM databases to maintain opportunity gate review and executive buy-ins, maturity of customer requirements, discriminators, and reusable content
• Co-authored Quality Management System and DISA's End to End Network Monitoring documentation.

Confidential

Senior Technical Writer

Responsibilities:

• Trained by Shipley Associates in Proposal Process and Writing
• Assisted Director of Strategic Planning, Contracts and Capture Managers in bid decisions, contracts administration, pipeline development, competitive analysis and past performance citations
• Coordinated intact and virtual proposal teams to support development responses
• Assisted the Proposal Manager and Communications Consultant in developing value propositions, win themes, discriminators, features and benefits, story board write ups, Decision Gate and Color Team Reviews. Wins: GSA-MOBIS, IT-70, DISA ENCORE, NMCI, DIMHRs etc
• Staffed contract requirements, sourced resumes, and oversaw recruitment efforts for NISA-Pentagon contract vehicle valued at $2 billion for win
• Co-authored systems engineering life cycle documentation for US Patent Trademark Office.

Confidential

Sr. Technical Writer

Responsibilities:

• Co-authored ATF’s Year 2000 Contingency/Continuity Certification guide to ensure Y2K preparation bureau-wide.
• Interviewed functional and business owners assessing requirements of legacy systems for migration
• Tracked and reported status of mission critical systems; documented enterprise assets via vendor management application and reported on service level agreement status