Resume

Cornelius R. Willis (US Citizen)

Phone: 240-***-****

Email: ac19i1@r.postjobfree.com

Candidate Name:

Cornelius Willis

# of Years’ Experience in Acquisitions:

Twenty Plus

List Certifications:

Former Level III with the Department of Commerce

Degree: School and Graduation Year

Major B.S. Business/with an Accounting Minor

University of The District of Columbia - 1976

Lifecycle Acquisition Experience Summary:

SUMMARY

Life Cycle Acquisition-Pre-Solicitation Phase includes developing and recommending acquisition plans and strategies, securing all required agency clearances and justifications IE; sole source justifications, market analyses D&Fs etc. IAW agency policies and procedures. Also reviewing and producing RFPs, RFIs, SOW, PWS and other solicitation documents.

Solicitation & Post Solicitation – Finalizing all solicitation documents, develop source lists and evaluation criteria IAW sections L and M of the solicitation. Evaluate proposals and/or leading a proposal evaluation team. Performing cost/price analyses for reasonableness and allowability of the proposed cost or price, performing initial proposal reviews to ascertain that they are submitted IAW and meet the solicitation requirements.

Award Phase – Perform and or lead negotiations with the selected contractor. Acquire all certifications for the selected contractor IE; D&B report, Excluded parties list determination past performance, etc. Send and respond legal reviews if required. Prepare and send a notice of award to the successful contractor. And notices to the unsuccessful bidders.

Post Award Phase – Respond to any protest. Resolve any performance or delivery issues. Monitor performance and expenditures. Perform closeout activities such as securing all contractor release documents, assignment of claims and final payment. This also includes certifying from the Government technical and program officials that all requirements under the contract have been satisfied. Prepare modifications when changes occurred during contract performance and for administrative changes.

Major Acquisitions - I perform these duties while working at the GS-13 level at the Dept. of Commerce for 11 years. I worked on the NEXRAD Doppler Radar contract that was a billion dollar 10 year contract. While working on this contract these duties were constantly being developed as it included a prime contractor, 80 subcontractors and involved 60 breakout contracts to other vendors. The contract involved a total of 124 sites around the US, Puerto Rico and Guam.

Pre-Construction and Building Experience if any: (Also see resume dept of the Interior-Fish and Wildlife)

During my tenure with the Dept. of Fish & Wildlife in Portland, OR I performed pre-solicitation and solicitation to award on several A&E and construction projects. In accordance with FAR PARTS 36 and 37. I secured any NEPA/EPA documents or waivers. Worked with engineers on securing any drawings and designs and made design or design build decisions. Also secured all required bonds such as bid bonds, surety and performance bonds.

Experience in supervisory and Team lead:

As a former GS-1102/13 I was ask and acted in a supervisory capacity in the absence of the regular supervisor. Also as a Project Manager during my tenure at the Patuxent Naval Station I supervised and was responsible for one senior and junior contract specialists along with 5 other personnel. I also have mentored junior contract specialist in other positions.

Corporate Experience:

Responsibilities included building cost/pricing proposals in response to RFPs, RFIs and responses to other solicitation types. These included building cost and prices IAW the solicitation requirements from the ground up or utilizing excel or corporate templates. Cost elements consisted of direct labor, fringe benefits and labor overhead, ODCs, escalation factors and related indirect cost, G&A and other corporate allowable and allocable cost IAW the approve Corporate Statement and DCAA or other cognizant agency and GSA and other schedules.

Clearances

NACI - Public Trust –FAA-DOD

Procurement/Accounting Systems

PD2

Prism

Comprizon

ICE

Costpoint

Peoplesoft

Excel

Delphi

Key Skills

Pre & Post Award Contract Administration (Major Acquisitions, Medium to Large Procurements and Small Purchases)

Planning & Developing Procurement Strategies

Review and Development of Solicitations and Statement of Work Documents/PWS

Fed Biz Ops Synopsizing for GSA, Stars, GWAC and other schedule buys

Technical Panel Coordinating/Instructions

Evaluation Criteria

Milestone Development

Pre-Negotiation Planning

Coordinating Contract and Program Objectives

Procurement Request (PR) Development

Independent Government Estimates

Contract Modifications

Cost/Pricing Analysis

Proposal Review and Development

Indirect Cost Rate Review and Development

DCAA and Other Cognizant Audit Agency Activities

CAS and Corporate Statement Compliance Reviews, field, desk and closeout reviews.

2004 to Present Various Consulting Engagements (POST Government GS-1102 Contract Specialist Career)

Provided acquisition consulting and Services to Federal Clients (via staffing agencies & consulting agreements) GSA, DOT, Dept. of Army, NIH, DC Govt. Treasury, USDA and DOD, Dept. of Commerce & Dept. of Interior (Fish & Wildlife). Examples of my accomplishments while in these positions are below:

Accomplishments

Performed as Subject Matter expert /Advisor, Supporting GSAs Procurement and Finance Departments

Led Cradle to Grave Procurement Efforts in support of the DOT, Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administrations CIO for IT Procurements

Contract Manager for the Department of Army/Army History Museums Technical/Program Division

Supported Contracting Activities for R&D, Other Studies and Surveys for DOT/National Highway Transportation Safety Administration

Contract Specialist for the DC Government’s Office of Child and Family Services

Served as Senior Contract Specialist for the DC Government’s Office of Contracts and Procurements/DC Health Administration on the Federal & States Medicare and Medicaid Programs Award and Administration

Supported the USDA on IT Security Related Contracting Activities based on Post 9/11 Requirements Supporting a Program Manager and twelve Technical Divisions

January 2017 to Present - NASA Space Flight Center – Contract Closeout Division

Review and identify completed contracts and recommend them for closeout.

Make a determination which closeout process is best IE: Quick Closeout Process under FAR Part 42 or the use of FAR Part 8.

Secure all required closeout documents from the Contractor IE: completion, releases & final invoice (s)

Secure final payments if required

Create and submit the final closeout package for the required signatures

Ensure that all agency and FAR regulation requirements are met

January 2015 to May 2016 Defense Health Agency/Contract Operations Division

Senior Contract Cost price Analyst- performing senior cost and price analysis duties to include the evaluation of proposal submissions and other contractor submissions to determine cost/price reasonableness. Review contractor financial statements and other financial data submissions to determine the validity of proposed indirect rates and their allocation bases, labor cost and all other cost included in proposals.

Assist in pre negotiations and follow the procurement process in an advisory capacity to award and post award. As the sole cost/price analyst set up and maintain cost and pricing files that support major contract decisions on administrative matters. Review and give recommendations on contract settlement proposals and in an advisory capacity assist all terminations and other settlement types. Duties also include being a member in an advisory capacity as part of evaluation teams on all cost and pricing matters to determine the competitive range. Evaluations, decisions and recommendations were made under FAR Subpart 15.2 Solicitation and Receipt of Proposals and Information, FAR part 31 Contract cost principles, Agency guidelines and procedures. Other FAR regulations are used where applicable.

February 2014 to November 2014 –Department of Commerce/NIST/NTIS

Performing as senior contract specialist duties and responsibilities include cradle to grave contracting on a daily basis from pre – solicitation to the solicitation and award phases. Including negotiations, securing all agency required clearances and approvals, FAR and other regulation requirements, cost and pricing analyses and file documentation requirements.

February 2013 to 12/2013 Federal Aviation Administration

Senior Contract specialist/Cost Price Analyst performing in house audits on invoice submissions and making recommendations on what actions are required to resolve contract issues IE; mod execution CLIN additions or invoice rejections and other recommendations as required. Also performing senior cost and price analysis duties IE; evaluate proposal submissions and other contractor submissions to determine cost/price reasonablenes review contractor financial statements and other financial data submissions to determine the validity of proposed indirect rates and their allocation bases.

August 2011 to May 2012 Dept. of Health & Human Services/CDC&P/Acquisition & Assistance Branch

Worked in the office of Contract and Grants (Pittsburgh) as a Senior Contract Specialist performing Pre & post award contract specialist duties primarily for the complex World Trade Center research projects. Duties also include pre and post award activities on other projects as assigned. Duties and Responsibilities are performed IAW applicable FAR and HHS regulations. I ensure that the proper contract clauses and terms and conditions are incorporated and made a part of the procurements and contracts that I recommend for award. I obtain all pre award documents required by regulations/solicitations and make recommendations on post award documents required by regulations based on post negotiation results. Responsible for performing cost/price analysis, reviewing cost breakdown structures and making recommendations on reasonableness and acceptance of the cost and prices proposed by perspective contractors. Duties also include contract closeout activities securing certification requirements from Government Project Officers and Corporate executives and other closeout documents. Responsible for cost incurred reviews and desk audits to determine total amount billed for reconciliations in determining additional amounts due the contractor or the amounts for de-obligation. These reviews include both direct and indirect costs.

September 2010 to December 2010

Worked on a three month contract with the Dept. of Transportation as a senior contract specialist. I am Responsible for cradle to grave contract administration for Land assessment projects and various other programs ranging in dollar amounts from $300,000 to $10 mil. Assignments are 100% Transportation projects where on a day to day basis I gave guidance and made recommendations to Government COTR’s, program managers, project managers and engineers. My guidance is to ensure that contracts are let in accordance with FAR, Agency and Specific ARRA rules and regulations. Responsibility also included giving direction and guidance to junior and mid – level procurement personnel.

March 2009-Febuary 2010 Dept. of Interior/Fish & Wildlife Senior Contract Specialist.

Responsible for cradle to grave contract administration for A&E and Construction projects. Assignments are 100% ARRA projects where on a day to day basis I give guidance and make recommendations to Government COTR’s, program managers, project managers and engineers. My guidance is to ensure that contracts are let in accordance with FAR, Agency and Specific ARRA rules and regulations. Responsibility also includes giving direction and guidance to junior and mid – level procurement personnel.

All awards were made in accordance with FAR part 36 with consideration to site conditions, vegetation protection, NEPA requirements and other contractor and Government environmental responsibilities. I also scheduled and conducted pre award construction site conferences for clarification to perspective contractors on conditions affecting the work. I ensured that all required permits and bonds were obtained.

I ensured that the proper contract clauses were in the contract with IAW FAR Part 36.5 and if any special clauses and provisions were required.

I made decisions and recommendations on designed or design build based on A&E Firms prices and capabilities and what was feasible based on the work complexity, size and dollar amounts. These decisions were made IAW what was advantageous and in the best interest to the Government.

A&E contracts were awarded IAW the Brooks act. These primarily were for Drawings and Specifications and Designed Build.

12/2008 to 4/2009: Department of the Army - Arlington Va.

Served as Senior Contract Specialist performing pre & post award procurement functions. All responsibilities were performed independently with a high success rate. Contracts awarded ranged from small purchases to medium and large sized procurements.

3/2008 to 8/2008: General Service Administration (GSA), Washington, DC

Served as Subject Matter Expert with the General Service Administration (GSA) in the Procurement Department and The Finance Department; responsible for making recommendations to management on process improvements.

Perform procurement activity reviews and made recommendations.

Performed internal pre-audit reviews and made recommendations.

Responsible for fiscal reconciliations, budget development and budgetary reporting.

12/2007 – 3/2008: Federal Communication Commission

Performed duties of Senior Contract Administrator exclusively on the antenna cable box program

Performed pre and post award for airtime acquisitions

Perform awards based on auctions and reverse auctions

07/2007 – 11/2007: National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD CONSULTANT

Performed pre and post award senior level contract administration duties.

12/2006 – 4/2007: WBS & Associates, Washington, DC

Performed Corporate, LLC, Small Business and Individual Tax Preparations.

Performed accounting and financial management services for small and medium sized businesses.

8/2006 – 11/2006: DOT, Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration, Washington, DC

PROGRAM SUPPORT/PROCUREMENT

Served as procurement expert for the Chief Information Officer (CIO) on all IT procurement activities.

Submitted Performance Work Statements (PWS) Statements of Work (SOW) and Statement of Objectives (SOO), Evaluation Criteria and Instructions to Evaluation Panels and to Offers.

Produced Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCE) and other cost type data.

Liaison between the CIO and the FMCSA procurement division on all CIO procurements from cradle to grave.

Worked with the procurement division answering questions from offerors and producing final solicitations and other contract documents for release.

5/2006 – 8/2006: Department of the Army, Army History Museum, and Arlington, VA

CONTRACTS MANAGER/SENIOR CONTRACT SPECIALIST

Supported contract activities related to construction of the new army history museum; facilities and fundraising activities ranging in value up to over $90,000,000.

Served as advisor and subject matter expert regarding acquisition and contracting processes, policies, procedures, and other issues.

Researched and interpreted the FAR, DOD and U.S. Army FAR supplements and applicable U.S. Army policies and procedures.

Participated in U.S. Army projects contract requirements formulation and acquisition strategy planning.

Prepared purchase request and associated file documentation.

Served as liaison in coordination with U.S. Army and other U.S. Government Contracting Activities on contract actions.

12/2005 – 4/2006: DC Office of Child and Family Services, Washington, DC

Supported OCFS Contracts Division activities related to legal, consulting, health, housing and other services related to child and family services and family safety organizations.

Produced emergency contracts that had to be awarded within 24 hours due to court orders.

Responsible for task order awards and contract modifications; these procurements ranged in dollar amounts up to $500,000.

Awarded contracts to various child development organizations negotiatiated and cost and price based on my analyses.

7/20005 – 10/2005: Treasury Department Financial Management Service, Washington, DC

Supported contracting activities related to software development and maintenance, hardware maintenance, software and hardware upgrades and IT development in support of financial collections

Performed contract specialist duties in the acquisition management branch

Developed and recommended procurement strategies and methodologies used in making contract awards.

Responsible for pre and post award activities including Sole Source Justifications and other D&Fs.

3/2005 – 5/2005: DOT National Highway Transportation Safety Agency, Washington, DC

Supported contract activities related to research and development, consultant studies and surveys

Performed contract specialist duties that included pre and post award activities for interagency agreements, cooperative agreements and contracts.

Responsible for awarding and administering contract task orders and delivery orders.

Performed cost/price analysis, issuing RFPs and RFQs; accomplished using various sources including GSA, FedBizOps and other Federal Supply Schedules.

1/2004 – 2/2005: USDA, Office of Procurement and Property Management, Homeland Security Division, Washington, DC

Supported contract activities related to IT and IT security based on post 9/11 requirements. Awards were up to millions of dollars under an unlimited BPA and a $50,000,000 IDIQ contract.

Responsible for all Homeland security procurement actions that includes new procurements, modifications to existing procurements, RFP/RFQ and other solicitation releases and the evaluation of proposals and proposal responses including cost/price analysis.

Liaison between the Contracting Officer and the Homeland Security technical and program staff; consisted of one Program Manager representing 12 technical divisions.

10/2003 – 1/2004: DC, Office of Contracting and Procurement, Washington, DC

Supported contract activities related to DC heath administration; MOUs between DC General and Southeastern hospital due to closing, DC healthy family awards to various health providers and to major health organizations providing services under the federal funded Medicaid and Medicare programs.

Responsible for the contract administration of the DC/Federal Medicaid and Medicare projects with the Office of Medical Assistance Administration.; as programs were 75% federally funded programs, required used of the FAR and the DCMR27. Contract types were five FFP contracts and one CR type

Responsible for all pre-award activities; included managing technical panels, proposal distribution and security, technical scoring, evaluations and instructions to panels.

Responsible for the administration and management of an actuary contract where health services and supply cost were set by actuarial consultants based on national industry standard costs.

4/2003–10/2003: CACI, Pentagon Arlington,VA SENIOR CONTRACT SPECIALIST

Supported the Defense Contracting Command-Washington;

Responsible for contract management and administration of the Military District Washington’s wireless project (7 IDIQ task order contracts) and the Washington Interagency Telephone System

Negotiated, wrote Summary of Negotiations, sole source justifications and determinations, and develop new award documents (1449) and other D& Fs.

Worked with technical and program staff in developing and finalizing SOWs

Managed COR related activities during pre-award panels to verify all certifications were current

Managed the COR replacement/selection process

While in this position I worked on and awarded various types of ARMY and other armed forces programs for a number of program offices. All awards were made IAW the FAR, DFARS and the AFARS. All awards were made using the DOD PD2 SPSS system.

Proposal preparation duties included responding to solicitation that required me to develop cost and pricing modules IAW the solicitation requirements.

1/2003–4/2003: Leon Snead & Company, CPA/Management Consultants, and Rockville, MD

SENIOR CONTRACT SPECIALIST (GS-1102/13 equivalent)

Managed a contract with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA); performed contract administration on airport security and airport screening efforts.

Designed and provided instruction/training for the financial and invoice review process for the 65 airport submissions to the Transportation Security Agency.

Reviewed and developed the airport/TSA billing and invoice systems; based on these reviews developed and streamlined the governments invoice acceptance criteria based on invoice submissions by cost elements being allowable and allocable under the TSA contracts.

Assignments were performed utilizing Costpoint and Excel

3/2002 – 11/2002: Tessada & Associates, Springfield, VA

CONTRACT SPECIALIST (GS-1102/15 equivalent)

Performed contract administration for the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for services and equipment procured Navy wide

Supported contract activities related to general contract administration and close outs.

Managed activities of senior and junior level Contract Specialists, and one team leader and four contracts file maintenance professionals.

Proposal preparation duties included responding to solicitation that required me to develop cost and pricing modules IAW the solicitation requirements.

3/2000 – 3/2002: Computer Science Corporation (CSC), New Carrollton, MD

SENIOR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR

Performed internal administration of the CSC IRS Modernization Contract; focus on commercial components of the contract.

Responsible for proposal preparations, contract negotiations and all phases of administration; involved in a major acquisition consisting of the basic contract with numerous task orders valued in the millions of dollars and varying in contract types.

Managed the administration of assigned task orders, which included modifications to existing task orders, developing and negotiating new task orders, managing deliverables and deliverable schedules in coordination with the program and technical personnel

Responsible for closeout activities of assigned task orders; included securing closeout documentation, contract releases, cost/price analysis and preparation of final and closing invoices.

Responsibilities included developing the cost/pricing portion of proposals in response to Government solicitations.

Cost elements consisted of direct labor, fringe benefits and labor overhead, ODCs, escalation factors and related indirect cost, G&A and other corporate allowable and allocable cost IAW the approve Corporate Statement and DCAA or other cognizant agency and GSA and other schedules.

8/1999 – 3/2000: District of Columbia Government, Washington, DC

SENIOR CONTRACT SPECIALIST (GS-1102/13 equivalent)

Supported contract activities related to all DC heath administration activities;

Responsible for MOUs between DC General and Southeastern hospital due to closing, DC healthy family awards to various health providers major health organizations that provide services under the federally funded Medicaid and Medicare programs

Provided contract administration, IFB and RFP reviews and analyses and performed cost and pricing support.

9/1987 – 12/1998: Department of Commerce, Washington, DC

SENIOR CONTRACT SPECIALIST GS-1102/13/07

Provided contract management support to the billion-dollar NEXRAD Doppler program, a tri-agency (DOD, DOT, DOC) program; contracts types are fixed price incentive, fixed price, cost plus award fee, cost plus fixed fee and cost plus incentive fee. Managed in excess of 60 subcontracts and 80 breakout contracts.

Responsible for analyzing and negotiating the prime contract, subcontracts and breakout contract changes as well as the original contract award for ADP/electronic equipment and facilities for various U.S. and overseas locations; 124 sites

Responsible for procuring services in the areas of communications, facilities, construction and logistical support,

Developed negotiation strategies and coordinated the government team negotiating with potential contractors for new contracts and modifications on existing contracts.

Familiar with major systems acquisitions as defined in OMB circular A-109 and in key decision points in the systems acquisition life cycle

Performed contract closeouts to include quick closeouts and administrative closeouts, requesting and performing cost incurred audits, final contract closeout audits, and indirect rate audits; analyzing indirect rates and performing desk audits; and conducting closeout negotiations.

12/1982 – 9/1987: Department of the Navy, Washington, DC

COST/PRICE ANALYST LEAD GS-1102/12

Responsible for the Navy DRISS program performing program analyses to determine which activities may be accomplished via inter or intra agency agreements.

Provided cost analysis, management efficiency studies and cost efficiency studies to determine which organization and structure could perform commercial activities most efficiently and at the least cost to the Government; accomplished management studies using the A-76 Commercial Activities Guidelines.

July 1972 – July 1982: U.S. Department of Health Education & Welfare/Human Development Services

Contract Cost/Price Analyst/Contract Specialist GS-1102/12

Performed pre and post award activities

Supported contract activities related R&D, public services and public service announcements.

Responsible for review and analysis of contract business and technical proposals for cost reasonableness and solicitation compliance to determine whether or not they complied with applicable cost accounting standards and solicitation requirements

Developed a cost/price analysis report to use in final negotiations, contract terminations and contract closeouts.

Conducted field and desks audits to establish the government’s position for settlement claims, terminations and closeouts.

Secured file documentation for the official file and Contracting Officers signature; included documentation from Program and Technical managers that certified that the contract requirements were completed and in accordance with the negotiated terms and conditions of the contract.

Participated in contract negotiations.

Reviewed contractor financial data to segregate indirect vs. direct costs and develop and negotiate indirect cost rates.

Liaison with various audit agencies that have cognizance over current and prospective contractors.

Certifications Level-III Contracting Professional, Department of Commerce

Education

B.S. Business Management, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC (GPA 3.5)

9 Credits towards MBA, Southeastern University, Washington, DC (GPA 3.5)

Training

Over 1000 hours of Government procurement training has been accomplished as a GS/1102 Federal employee and Subsequently as a Government Contractor.

Examples of the training courses:

Business Law-Basic, Intermediate and Advanced

Contract Law-Basic, Intermediate and Advanced

Contract Administration-Basic, Intermediate and Advanced

Cost/Price Analysis-Basic, Intermediate and Advanced

Formal Advertising-Basic, Intermediate and Advanced

Negotiated Procurement, Basic, Intermediate and Advanced

The art of Negotiations

Principles of Program Management

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