Abdullah Bezhan Email & Phone Number

United States

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

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Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• I provided cradle-to-grave award management and oversight of Counterpart’s grants, cooperative agreements, contracts or subawards portfolios in order to mitigate risk and to ensure compliance with donors (USAID, USDA.
• I provided strategic, compliant and pro-active guidance and problem-solving to DC-Office and field leadership, particularly in Counterpart's portfolio of closing spaces and conflict/ post-conflict areas.
• I customized and built Grant Management Systems.
• I Wrote/developed project specific Grants Manuals and global Grants Management policies.
• I participated and supported to the development of new businesses.
• I advised on program development by ensuring quality control on all financial commitments proposed by Counterpart, including cost proposals, partner budgets, documentation for cost volumes (certifications, policies.

Virginia, United States

• Lead/manage a Regional Support Team and manage all phases of work involved in the selection of acquisition and assistance awards. Manages and/or performs highly technical or complex work. Demonstrate insight, judgment.
• Identify risk factors with potential to disrupt achievement of operational goals. Consult with internal and external stakeholders to identify, propose, and build consensus around best solutions. Leads implementation.
• Submitting and negotiating strong, competitive, and compliant proposals and final awards/grants-contracts. Conduct detailed review and evaluation of budget and pricing submissions with Program teams.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners in planning and implementing project activities. Manage and provide guidance to a team of C&G employees. Maintains effective working relationship with members of other.
• Supervise a team of entry level and professional level staff. Manage, coordinate and monitor activities of others to assure goals are met.
• Serve as the RST’s main point of contact for information/guidance on contracts, grants and procurements.

United States

• Serve as the main point of contact in administering the facilitation, submission, and negotiation of federal, non-federal, and international grants, cooperative agreements, proposals, contracts, sub-awards, leases.
• Manage full cycle contract award administration.
• Track changes to, research, interpret and advise on USG and non-USG regulations (FCDO, GAC, DFAT), especially Title 2 of CFR, FAR, AIDAR and other donor regulations.
• Review, improve and contribute to policies and procedures for the Office of Contracts and Grants.
• Conduct trainings on grants and contracts compliance issues for headquarters and field staff.
• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with donors and program staff.

Bethesda USA

• Support subcontracts, procurement and grants team in compliance with DAI, USAID and US Government regulations.
• Develop source selection/negotiation Sub‐contracts, Grants and Compliance Director Memorandums,
• Subcontracts, FRP/RFA/RFQs, negotiate with subcontracts, and provide orientation/training to newly hired staff/s and regional and HQ staff.
• Review pre‐award responsibility and financial review of potential subcontractors and grants. Reviewed and evaluated bids, quotes and applications for cost reasonableness.
• Issued and modified subcontracts, grants under contracts (GUC), purchase orders, blanket purchase agreements (BPA) and blanket order agreements (BOA).

Kabul Afghanistan

• Managed program subcontracts, procurement and grants in compliance with DAI, USAID and US Government regulations.
• Determined source selection methods for complex procurements to ensure compliance.
• Prepared and issued Request for Proposals/Applications/Quotations (RFPs/RFAs/RFQ), Invitation for Bids (IFB) and Expression of Interests (EOI).
• Conducted pre‐award responsibility and financial review of potential subcontractors and grants.
• Reviewed and evaluated bids, quotes and applications for cost reasonableness and negotiated with potential vendors and subcontractors.
• Issued and modified subcontracts, grants under contracts (GUC), purchase orders, blanket purchase agreements (BPA) and blanket order agreements (BOA).

Kabul Afghanistan

• Provided overall support and control of activities to grants, contacts, procurement, compliance and implementation Departments
• Prepared and issued solicitations according to AECOM, IRD, USG and USAID roles and regulations
• Developed and delivered training to field and HQ staff.
• Managed grants awards and implementation.
• Prepared quarterly projections and managed budget. Prepared monthly cash analysis, financial reports, Reconciles and accounts and manage field operations team.
• Supervised Grants and Procurement Department staff (150 employees) in Kabul, and targeted provinces and districts.

Kabul Afghanistan

• In collaboration with the Grants, Subcontracts, and Compliance Manager, responsible for grants design and oversight
• Provide training in grants and procurement management as requested by GIRoA counterparts.
• Assist in developing solicitations for grant applications, evaluation of applications, and determining appropriate type of grant instrument
• Establish and maintain communication with grantees to ensure smooth administration of grant
• Review grantee invoices for compliance with contractual terms and conditions

Kabul Afghanistan

• Led the Grants Team and worked closely with CBSGs local partners to ensure quality management of all related applications, awards and monitoring processes, including those related to environmental compliance.
• Analysed and evaluated grant applications, proposals and awards to ensure compliance with Creative and USAID’s grant management policies, procedures and processes.
• Provided guidance and support to local partners on grants related issues and communicated problems to the Regional Director.
• Checked and ensured all grants documentation received from CBSG’s local national partners are complete and accurate.
• Overall responsibility for ensuring grant budgets’ cost effectiveness and prices’ consistency.
• Liaised with the Regional Finance Office and ensured the accuracy of beneficiary payments’ details.

Kabul Afghanistan

• Proactively identify and develop LGCD sub-grant programs working with appropriate organizations, including NGOs and the PRTs. The GO will work especially closely with the DAI Field Program Advisers (FPAs), Community.
• Provide procedural, policy guidance and interpretation for program staff as well as sub-grantees to ensure adherence to grant management policies and achievement of grant objectives.
• Assure timely preparation, in coordination with the project manager, of complete grant documentation following procedures established in the LGCD Grants Manual, for internal project approval followed by approval from.
• Analyse and evaluate grant applications, proposals, and awards to ensure adherence to LGCD and USAID grant management policies.
• Review and analyse grant budgets for allowability, allocability, reasonableness, and consistency, and negotiate budgets, as well as terms and conditions of grant execution, with grantees, in coordination with the.

Kabul Afghanistan

• Negotiated sub-awards and agreements between AKCC and interested potential implementing partners.
• Assembled and submitted complete Project Contract/Procurement Packages (PC/PP) for client approval.
• Coordinated and attended the M&E Team Visits with the Construction Engineers. Reviewed zoning and construction drawings to comply all the contractual terms and conditions.

Kunuz Afghanistan

• Supervision and monitoring of 4 branches and one regional customer service point across the northeast region.
• Managing marketing operations & Managing VIP clubs and customer management portfolios.
• Supervision and management of Customer Service Representatives, Marketing Officers and sales representatives throughout the region.

Certificate Of Achievement, Essentials Of Commercial Contract Management, Completed

Certificate Of Achievement, Essentials Of Government Contract Management, Completed

Agile Methodology – Government Contract Management Lifecycle Cost/Price Analysis Negotiation Evaluation Performance Monitoring Proposal.

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