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Fort Belvoir, Va, Us

• Responsible for pre-award and post-award functions in contracting, in support of customers’ DoD, NASA, and Space Force missions.• Aids customer activities in performing market research, reviewing specifications, statements of work (SOW), statement of objectives (SOO), and improving acquisition milestone plans.• Prepares Small Business coordination (DD 2579) and generates solicitation documents using agency contract writing systems for issuance, ensuring regulatory and legal sufficiency, and promoting maximum competition.• Advertises all applicable requirements to include a synopsis, request for information (RFI), request for proposal (RFP), and solicitation on the System for Award Management (Sam.gov) website.• Prepares and performs a complete review of recommended sole-source requirements and conducts necessary market analyses to test the noncompetitive assumptions of requisition.• Performs procurement planning tasks, including researching market conditions, and identifying within assigned programs the sub-systems, components, supplies, and services to be acquired by the contract.• Evaluates technical submissions, bids, and offers for responsiveness to posted solicitations.• Negotiates/Executes contract modifications, delivery orders, and supplemental agreements.• Determines contract cost changes, price adjustments, progress, and partial and final payments.• Resolves problems of delivery, production, quality, differing site conditions, inspection, and other pertinent matters. • Utilizes procure to pay system Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment /Wide Area Workflow (PIEE/WAWF) for contract record, material inspection & receiving (DD 250), contract deficient reporting, and invoicing.• Closes out contract upon completion of the contract, resolution of all customer and vendor conflicts, and final disposition of payment and obtains adequate release of claims documents.

Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, Us

• Analyzed interrelated issues of effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity; developed recommendations to solve problems and applied program management principles to guide program accomplishment through various phases of the acquisition cycle.• Provided input into source selection and contractor monitoring of acquisition phases from development through production and deployment.• Conducted Market Research to determine product and service availability to better satisfy and supportprogram needs.• Established expenditure rates, management indicators, and management reviews to reflect the impact of external actions to determine their effect on the development, production, and logistical support and to ensure that programs were within baseline and budgetary limitations.• Performed monitoring of Government property reporting, payments, and contract closeout as coordinated with the servicing contracting office.• Served as liaison between contractors and the government contracting officer to identify and resolve issues, and monitored contractor's compliance with contract terms, conditions, and specifications.• Conducted routine site visits to various sites, stakeholders’ offices; and evaluated, advised, and resolved issues impacting overall mission contract execution.• Helped ensure successful contract completion consistent with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and its supplements.• Provided timely, consistent, and comprehensive oversight of assigned contracts, delivery orders and task orders.• Maintained a Contracting Officer Representative file system to record performance in all acquisition phases such as requirements development; pre-award activities; post-award contract administration; and termination/closure of contracts.• Enforced terms and conditions of each assigned contract; provided oversight of invoice submission in Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) system.

Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, Us

• Collaborated with program officials and their staff to develop budgetary adjustments to support unanticipated mission requirements within program operations to meet budgetary deadlines and objectives.• Prepared written reports and vignettes, planned and facilitated corporate councils, and presented briefing of recommendations for improvement to management officials in an effort to influence proposed changes.• Served as the representative and spokesperson in communicating resources and program matters to improve organizational direction and focus.• Established expenditure rates, management indicators, and management reviews to reflect the impact of external actions to determine their effect on the development, production, and logistical support ensuring programs were within baseline and budgetary limitations.• Loaded funds in DEAMS to respective lines of accounting for contract awards and purchase order transactions made via government purchase card.• Utilized Financial Management Suite to validate Dormant Funds for de-obligation of committed funds that had not been liquidated or adjusted via contract modification.

Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia, Us

• Reviewed new contracts to ensure all necessary clauses were included; Researched policies andcoordinated/integrated/implemented contract administrative services.• Monitored contractor performance for compliance with applicable laws, delivery schedules, paymentprovisions, and contract data reporting requirements.• Conducted pre and post award conferences with the contractor to provide information and clarify standards, provided special provisions, and ensured compliance with and understanding of contractual requirements.• Reviewed specifications, requirements, and pertinent contractual clauses to determine administrativefunctions to be performed and issued Contract Deficiency Report (CDR) as required.• Assured contractor compliance with 19 Cost Accounting Standards (CASs) and other applicable lawsand regulations.• Performed various contract administration functions, including resolving funds cancellation, fundsreconciliation, contract closeout, database integrity using e-tools/MOCAS/IWMS, and verified contractorprogress for approval of contract financing.• Maintained cognizance over a series of complex contracts, grants, and other transactions.• Communicated and coordinated with the responsible buying activity to resolve discrepancies such as missing or inconsistent provisions, and requests for waivers or deviations from contract terms.• Executed final closeout of assigned contracts by assuring delivery, inspection, and acceptance ofcontractual end items and verified that all administrative and reporting actions had been resolved before recommending final closeout of the contract.

Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, Us

• Provider of financial and contract decision support managing the largest Air Force and Defense Joint Base Chaplain Corps budget and program of 140 personnel at 11 operating locations ensuring spiritual care for 89,000 permanent party members, 40,000 trainees, 135 students, and 266 mission partners.• Conducted Pre-Solicitation/Request for Contract Action by completing market research, IGCE's, J&A's, and defining technical requirements/objectives for PWS.• Advised program managers and staff officials on interpreting the impact of and planning for multi-yearbudgetary and program changes; led and trained 28 personnel in budgeting at 3 locations.• Focused on realistic cost estimates, appropriated funds to support contracts, and the timely and proper obligation and expenditure of those funds to ensure program success.• Served as the Primary Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and official liaison for any technicalcommunications with the contractor, including technical interpretations in both Pre-Award and Post-Award.• Managed APF projects and contracting issues, from disputes to proposals, submittals, and renewals ensuring acquisitions procured were IAW Procurement Integrity Act.• Conducted research, identified, and analyzed trends in the use of funds and identified contract missionrequirements; rewrote 16 (SOWS) Statement of Work reducing 125 hrs. and secured $2.1M for 61 contracts and released $143K for mission critical.• Developed and implemented obligation and expenditure plans to reflect reality in terms of projected contract award dates and invoicing by contractors.• Identified cost and schedule variances that indicated whether contracts were over or under its budgeted cost and ahead of or behind its planned accomplishments.• Collaborated with program officials and their staff to develop budgetary adjustments to supportunanticipated mission requirements within program operations to meet budgetary deadlines and objectives.

Fort Belvoir, Va, Us

• Reviewed Supply Chain Buyer reports to determine materiel availability and end-user requirements needed to support warfighting operations and Foreign Military Sales (FMS).• Initiated continuous improvement/corrective actions, analyzing inventory variances, researching rootcauses, and formulating recommendations to improve inventory accuracy to ensure on time delivery ofitem/product.• Compared supply requirements to constraints to identify shortfalls and perform risk assessments• Performed critical analysis, tracked, monitored, maintained, and analyzed current inventory trends, metrics, and goals.• Prepared and briefed fact sheets on customer requisitions/purchase orders providing collected data,historical trends, and process improvement to better meet customer requirements.• Organized cross functional organizational group meetings to resolve projected supply/demand imbalances.• Monitored the status and effectiveness of materiel support by identifying, analyzing, and resolving problems.• Determined, initiated, and coordinated required actions by establishing and maintaining liaison with inventory managers, contractors/vendors, and planning organizations to schedule and advise on the timing of procurement, delivery, and emergency transportation.• Initiated action leading to identification, cataloging, procurement, maintenance, and disposal of items of materiel.• Planned and coordinated materiel actions to assure properly phased support to major items of equipment and weapon systems in test phase, production, service, and during phaseout periods.• Monitored the quality of input and output of automated inventory management systems, and programming changes to improve timeliness, accuracy, and utility of inventory information for users. • Advised functional specialist regarding major categories of materiel needed and pointed out materiel areas most likely to cause difficulties.

Hanover, Md, Us

• Prepared draft agreements and contract modifications for clients, vendors, and partners.• Managed the contract process, including developing applicable policies and procedures and interfacing with Sales, Project Management, and other relevant teams.• Reviewed and negotiated low-to-medium-complexity agreements in accordance with Legal department policies and attorney guidance.• Maintained contract records and surfacing relevant information, analyzed contract records to identify trends and opportunities.• Monitored Period of Performance on option years, expired funds, and invoice processing, administered activities associated with contracts for services and IT equipment.• Conducted inquiries regarding specific contract problems related to billing, ordering, provisioning, and collection. • Reviewed request for payments under the performance-based payment clause and processed invoices and reconciliations.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

• Advised IT Operations in strategies for acquisitions planning & execution of projects supporting critical and sensitive satellite mission programs. • Created and launched internal software procurement testing group, authored specification documentation, coordinated activities, briefings, and processes involving contract activities, software renewals and IT procurement efforts.• Served as a liaison between multiple agencies and other contracting activities to develop new and recurring contract actions, driving collaboration and project success.• Developed on-site materials management programs designed specifically for each general contractor client that facilitated keeping their job on schedule in a cost-effective manner.• Proactively identified project issues and risks and created successful action plans for resolving issues and mitigating risks.• Enforced established policies and procedures surrounding the acquisition, documentation, deployment, tracking, usage, & retirement of software, managing covert/overt communication with organization software vendors.• Worked with internal business partners, developed user requirements, identified suppliers, developed bid specifications, obtained proposals, analyzed results, and recommended the most cost-effective solutions to senior management.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Theology/Theological Studies

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Management