Project Manager Engineer

Catherine Mains

Email: abo1nc@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ***** ****** *****

City: Woodbridge

State: VA

Zip: 22193

Country: USA

Phone: 703-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: 90

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

Catherine R. Mains

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Total Technical Support Experience: 22 years

Acquisition and Contract Administration Support: 24 years

Contract Specialist US Army-TACOM Oct 2009-Present

Stratecon Mar 2008-Oct 2009

aa Contract Specialist supporting the Contract Officer for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Program. Sole contract administrator for an MRAP vehicle ID/IQ contract valued at over $10 billion with nine delivery orders.

aa Attends In Progress Review (IRP) meetings with industry, logistics, program staff and engineers and off site meetins in Kuwait and South Africa.

aa Negotiated with the team to contract with a South African company to receive, inventory, and repackage over $500M worth of ECP kit material and prepare it for shipment to Kuwait where it was installed on 1131 RG31 MRAP vehicles. This upgrade returned vehicles to gull mission capable to the warfighter.

aa Participates in multiple weekly teleconferences with customers and vendors located in the US, Canada, South Africa and Kuwait.

aa Prepares modifications to the base contract and follow up with modifying the appropriate delivery order.

aa Participates in negotiations with the Contract Officer.

Senior Analyst III BRTC, Quantico, VA Oct 2006-Mar 2008

aa On-site contract support specialist and subject matter expert on acquisition and strategic planning issues for BRTRC acquisition support team at US Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC), Information Systems and Infrastructure Product Group Directorate (PG-10, ISI)

aa Cradle to grave contract administration of over 50 system development and post deployment support programs and contracts for US Marine Corps Systems Command, Information Systems and Infrastructure Product Group Directorate.

aa Assist in the preparation of acquisition strategies.

aa Assists with defining requirements and drafting of Statements of Works.

aa Draft Requests for Proposals.

aa Provide assistance in the drafting of Source Selection Plans.

aa Prepare cost and price analysis.

aa Facilitate Source Section panels.

aa Review and help draft the Best Value Memos.

aa Prepare final source selection documentation

aa Prepare final award document for Governmentaaas signature.

Correctional Program Specialist Bureau of Prisons Nov 2000-Oct 2006

aa Evaluated proposals which resulted in the award of multi-million dollar contracts

aa Initiated the writing of policies for Contract procedures for Community Corrections

aa Assisted in the writing of the first Performance Work Statement for Community Corrections

aa Developed and facilitated a training class which was presented to the Contract Oversight Specialists

aa Acted as the Assistant Administrator of Community Corrections

Contracting Officer Federal Bureau of Prisons June 1998-Nov 2000

aa Reviewed solicitations and contracts from the Contracting Offices for legal sufficiency

aa Reviewed changes to policy as they appeared in the Federal Register and notified staff of new requirements

aa Conducted Procurement Reviews of multiple contracting offices within the Bureau of Prisons

aa Prepared written reports of procurement reviews

aa Communicated on a daily basis with contract staff regarding contract formulation.

aa Maintained a strong knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations

aa Lead person in developing the Hospital Contract Class, which was presented to contracting officers throughout the U.S.

aa Reviewed outgoing correspondence regarding contracts

aa Reviewed solicitations, pre-award files, cancellation of solicitations before and after opening, terminations for default and convenience, and all other procurement related materials

aa Administered the lease for the National Institute of Corrections in Longmont, CO

aa Reviewed and interrupted policy, providing guidance to field staff and the Regional Offices

aa Reviewed changes to policy and ensured contracting staff was aware of the changes

aa Acted as Assistant Chief of NCP from July 1997 to May 1998

aa Prioritized projects

Supervisory Contracting Officer FCI Schuylkill, PA Jan 1994-Oct 1996

aa Responsible for the Procurement and Property Section of Financial Management, reporting directly to the Controller

aa Supervised two Contract Specialists, one Contract Specialist Trainee and one Inventory Management Specialist

aa Assisted the Budget and Accounting Officer in monitoring the budgets of all cost centers in the institution

aa Reviewed all incoming Requests for Purchase and outgoing Purchase Orders for procedural correctness and ensured the use of mandatory sources

aa Administered construction contracts

aa Daily contact with institution staff, vendors, contractors, regional staff and staff from other institutions

aa Acted as Controller

aa Attended department head meetings

aa Developed a training program which was presented to the Cost Center Managers

aa Initiated the credit card program at the institution, as well as wrote the Operations Memo for the Credit Card Program

aa Conducted training of the use of the Government credit card to all card holders

Construction Contracting Officer USP Lewisburg, PA April 1992-Jan 1994

aa Administered a 25.4 million dollar renovation project

aa Conducted Contract Administration in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations

aa Maintained a close working relationship with the Contracting Officeraaas Technical Representatives, the Regional Project Manager, and the Design/Architect/Engineer to closely monitor the contract

aa Attended monthly progress meetings with the Contractor and the Architect/Engineer

aa Processed Contractoraaas monthly requests for payment

aa Reviewed and evaluated requests for changes, negotiated the changes, and issued modifications to incorporate the changes

aa Responded to numerous requests for Contracting Officeraaas Final Decision

Contracting Officer USP Lewisburg, PA May 1990-Apr 1992

Contracting Officer FCI Otisville, NY Feb 19989-May 1990

aa Performed all aspects of procurement up to and including award

aa Executed and administered non-personal services contracts

aa Formally advertised procurements

aa Met with vendors to discuss new products

aa Completed the ordering of goods and services necessary to maintain a federal correctional facility

Associate Wardensaaa Secretary - July, 1988 to February, 1989,

Unit Secretary - January, 1986 to July, 1988

Federal Correctional Institution, Otisville, NY

Security: Secret

SOFTWARE EXPERTISE:

Procurement Desktop Defense (PD2)

Microsoft Office 2000 (including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Word Perfect

Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional

EDUCATION:

1972 - Middletown High School, Middletown, NY

Various Government Contracting Courses (Courses provided by Federal Bureau of con

Prisons, Management Concepts, Inc. (MCI) and General Services Administration GSA).

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