Senior Acquisition Consultant
Responsibilities:
The position supports the Resource Management Branch, providing acquisition consulting, lifecycle process support and PMO administrative support. Efforts include assisting to perform contract management and IT acquisition lifecycle processes, analyzing, monitoring, and controlling Task Order reporting. The contractor support will apply knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and FAR supplement regulations, business/industry practices, and market trends. The contractor shall coordinate with appropriate Government officials to obtain review and approval.
The Senior Acquisition Consultant will support the customer in developing and preparing the necessary documentation for an average of two (2) acquisitions per year with a maximum of five (5) acquisitions per year. Acquisitions could be for support services for the customer or other government customers as well as for equipment and materials. The contractor is required to apply knowledge of the FAR and DFAR supplement regulations, business/industry practices, and market trends. The contractor shall coordinate with appropriate Government officials to obtain review and approval.
Minimum Requirements:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience supporting the DoD or IC community with Acquisition management, Program Management or Contract Management.
- Masters degree (OR) Bachelors degree in Acquisition/ Business or a related field and an additional 3 years of experience for a total of 13 years of experience, or (16) years of experience without a degree.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in the preparation of acquisition documents and providing IDIQ status and metrics.
- DoD Acquisition and Contracting support experience.
- Excellent writing and analytic skills are required.
- Active TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph
Preferred Special Qualifications:
- Masters Degree in Business/Acquisition or related field
- Significant experience supporting a DoD Acquisition and Contracting office a plus.
- Requires the ability to interact with various Directorate leadership for formulation of acquisition plans and IDIQ support processes.
- Experience with customer financial systems is also a plus.
- Contract Administration with Pre-award experience with a variety of contract types: Negotiated, IDIQs, Task Orders, Delivery Orders; Blanket Purchase Agreements, GSA GWAC, GSA Schedules.
- Contract Administration with drafting Request for Information (RFIs), writing requirements documents, drafting acquisition strategies, preparing source selection plans
- Contract Administration with post-award management including: prepared contract oversight tools to track contract task status, schedule, milestones, accomplishments and detect possible contract overruns/underruns, preparing contract modifications, experience reconciling contract funding, experience in reviewing CDRLs.
- Policy expertise in FAR, DFAR and supporting acquisition policies, experience in tailoring of DOD/Agency/Service acquisition regulations/memorandums, policy development experience, and creating acquisition process improvement documents and templates.
- Executive Support Acquisition SME with direct experience supporting General/SES Executives, comfortable communicating with a wide range of senior military, civilians, and industry executives, proficiency in MS Office (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and especially Excel, ability to write effectively and communicate graphically through reports, briefings, and other media, reviews risk and risk mitigation activities and recommend budget allocation for mitigation, creating and presenting PowerPoint briefs.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is desired
- Certified Contracts Management Professional (CPCM) is desired
Skills Required
- At least 10 years supporting the Department of Defense or Intelligence Community in acquisition management, program management, or contract management.
- Master’s degree, or bachelor’s degree in acquisition, business, or a related field with 13 total years of experience, or 16 years of experience without a degree.
- At least 10 years of experience preparing acquisition documents and providing IDIQ status and metrics.
- DoD acquisition and contracting support experience.
- Excellent writing and analytical skills.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
- Master’s degree in business, acquisition, or a related field.
- Experience supporting a DoD acquisition and contracting office.
- Experience with customer financial systems.
- Contract administration and pre-award experience with negotiated contracts, IDIQs, task orders, delivery orders, BPAs, GSA GWACs, or GSA schedules.
- Experience drafting RFIs, requirements documents, acquisition strategies, and source selection plans.
- Post-award contract management experience, including oversight tools, milestones, contract modifications, funding reconciliation, and CDRL review.
- Expertise in FAR, DFARS, acquisition policies, policy tailoring, policy development, and acquisition process improvement.
- Executive support experience with senior military, civilian, industry, General, or SES leaders.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, and experience creating reports, briefings, and PowerPoint presentations.
- Project Management Professional certification.
- Certified Professional Contracts Manager certification.
What We Do
The Birchmere Group, LLC is a minority-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned technology and consulting firm headquartered in Hanover, Maryland. It specializes in information technology, information assurance and cybersecurity, and provides intelligence analysis, cyber-focused acquisition support, and program management services. Its capabilities also encompass systems and software engineering, network security, contract and acquisition assistance, and training development, serving clients that need technical security and mission-oriented program support.
