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Acquisition Specialist Project Management

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Lorton, VA
Posted:
January 02, 2024

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JULIAN L. PARSONS III, MAJ, U. S. ARMY (R), MBA U.S. CITIZEN

ad2dx0@r.postjobfree.com Mobile: 703-***-**** 8107 Bluebonnet Drive Lorton, VA 22079 SUMMARY

Consistent success at increasingly complex and demanding supervisory and technical positions during forty-years of military and civilian service in: contingency contracting; contract/acquisition management; project management; leadership – supervisory positions; plans and operations; and budget and financial management. Experienced in U. S. Government project management and contracting offices’ acquisition of, or contracting for goods, services, construction, information technology, and OCONUS warfighter support. Expert in soliciting, executing, and awarding multi- million-dollar firm fixed price and cost type contracts (CPFF &CPAF). Experienced in FAR, DFAR, DoD series 5000, PD2, cost and pricing requirements and analyses, and FPDS-NG. Active secret clearance. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Broadleaf, LLC – Fort Belvoir, VA 04/20 to Present Senior Contracts and Acquisition Specialist

Subject matter expert providing contracting support to the Contract Division supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s

(DTRA) Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program. The Program provides chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) threat reduction capabilities to partner nations, and the CTR Contracts Division provides guidance, assistance and full contracting support to all DTRA customers in planning, programming, awarding, and administration of their contracts using DTRA or Agency-Wide IDIQ contracts and simplified acquisition procedures. Essential duties and responsibilities:

Assist in proposal evaluations including cost and price analyses, competitive range determinations, and cost, fee or profit negotiations, and technical issues; post-award administration for option exercise and modifications and problem resolution.

Perform cost or price analysis on proposals that involve contract changes, indirect rate agreements, and settlements.

Negotiate contract modifications, terms and costs of changes, government property, and de-obligations.

Provide pre-award acquisition strategy recommendations; prepare solicitations, source selection plans, and justifications. All Native Managed Services Company – Fort Belvoir, VA 02/19 to 04/20 Senior Contracts and Acquisition Specialist

Subject matter expert providing contracting support to the Contract Division supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s

(DTRA) Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program. The Program provides chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) threat reduction capabilities to partner nations, and the CTR Contracts Division provides guidance, assistance and full contracting support to all DTRA customers in planning, programming, awarding, and administration of their contracts using DTRA or Agency-Wide IDIQ contracts and simplified acquisition procedures. Essential duties and responsibilities:

Assist in proposal evaluations including cost and price analyses, competitive range determinations, and cost, fee or profit negotiations, and technical issues; post-award administration for option exercise and modifications and problem resolution.

Perform cost or price analysis on proposals that involve contract changes, indirect rate agreements, and settlements.

Negotiate contract modifications, terms and costs of changes, government property, and de-obligations.

Provide pre-award acquisition strategy recommendations; prepare solicitations, source selection plans, and justifications. Infinity Technology, LLC – Fort Belvoir, VA 07/17 to 02/19 Senior Contracts and Acquisition Specialist

Subject matter expert providing contracting support to the Agency-Wide Support Branch of the Mission Support Contracts Division, supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). The Agency-Wide Support Branch provides guidance, assistance and full contracting support to all DTRA customers in planning, programming, awarding, and administration of DTRA contracts using Agency-Wide IDIQ contracts and simplified acquisition procedures. Essential duties and responsibilities:

Provide pre-award acquisition strategy recommendations; prepare solicitations, source selection plans, and justifications.

Assist in proposal evaluations including cost and price analyses, competitive range determinations, and cost, fee or profit negotiations, and technical issues; post-award administration for option exercise and modifications and problem resolution.

Perform cost or price analysis on proposals that involve contract changes, indirect rate agreements, and settlements.

Negotiate contract modifications, terms and costs of changes, government property, and de-obligations.

Prepare findings of fact and recommend decisions, and, finally, contract close-outs. Purdy Group, LLC – Mechanicsburg, PA 10/16 to 07/17 Senior Contracting and Acquisition Instructor

Senior instructor providing acquisition and contracting training to the Naval Supply Systems Command Weapons Systems Support Contracting Department (N7). This Directorate’s mission is to procure aviation and shipboard systems, components, spare parts and overhaul/repair in support of Navy, Marine Corps, and Foreign Military Sales.

In concert with team members, wrote twenty training modules, for classroom presentation; the modules covered most all facets of the contract award process, augmenting the FAR, DFARS, NMCARS, NAVSUP Instructions, and Interwoven Policy and Procedure Memorandums.

Presented the training modules in three-hour long classes for up to thirty students.

Team subject matter expect expert in FAR 13 and 13.5 Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

Developed video training modules, devoted to internal operating procedures for Procurement Requirements, Thresholds and Routings and Contract Close-out.

Tyonek Manufacturing Group, Inc. – Fort Belvoir, VA 01/15 to 10/16 Senior Contracts and Acquisition Specialist

Subject matter expert providing contracting support to the Contract Mission Support Division, Information Operations Branch, for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). The Information Operations Branch provide guidance, assistance and support to DTRA information technology staffs in planning, programming, procurement, and administration of DTRA Business Enterprise contracts. Essential duties and responsibilities:

Provide pre-award acquisition strategy recommendations; prepare solicitations, source selection plans, and justifications.

Assist in proposal evaluations including cost and price analyses, competitive range determinations, and cost, fee or profit negotiations, and technical issues; post-award administration for option exercise and modifications and problem resolution.

Perform cost or price analysis on proposals that involve contract changes, indirect rate agreements, and settlements.

Negotiate contract modifications, terms and costs of changes, government property, and de-obligations.

Prepare findings of fact and recommend decisions, and, finally, contract close-outs. Millennium Corporation, LLC. – Alexandria, VA 12/13 to 12/14 Contract Specialist V

Acquisition subject matter expert providing program management support to Integrated Fixed Towers (IFT) program under Customs and Border Patrol auspices. The IFT program is $145 M system procurement, which is one element of a broader CBP strategy to rapidly acquire non-developmental to support border enforcement efforts.

Responsible to review, plan, and coordinate performance based aspects of contracting effort, which include quality assurance plans, with corresponding and metrics and CDRLs, used in conjunction with the QASP / PRS and PWS.

Provide strategic and tactical acquisition policy and procedural advice. ABM Government Services, LLC – Fayetteville, NC (Duty in Afghanistan) 08/13 to 11/13 Budget and Finance Subject Matter Expert

Budget and Finance subject matter expert on staff of the Deputy Commanding General (ACG), Special Operations, Combined Security Transition Command, Afghanistan.

Responsible to plan, program, budget and execute the $2.65B program that supported the activation and sustainment of the Afghan Air Force Special Mission Wing.

Prepare, and defend, the budget needed for equipment, training, sustainment, and construction of associated infrastructure.

Advise the (ACG) on spending priorities; prepare Memorandum of Agreements for signature by General Officers that define the funding and service requirements to be provided by external Program Offices.

Provide strategic and tactical acquisition policy and procedural advice, review and edit acquisition plans and Performance Work Statements, and build cost estimates and consumption-based cost models. Linc Government Services, LLC – Fayetteville, NC (Duty in Afghanistan) 05/12 to 07/13 Acquisition and Contracting Subject Matter Expert

Acquisition – Contracting Subject Matter Expert supporting the US Army and Air Force, with Acquisition Lifecycle expertise, with emphasis on pre-solicitation and solicitation and evaluation phases.

For three major procurements - planned, coordinated, and directed their acquisition planning and strategies, their PWS and QASP formulation, and accompanying acquisition efforts for (1) flight training, logistics, and maintenance support to field two separate Afghan Air Arms, (a $1B DoD 5000.02 Program of Special Interest), (2) collective training and sustainment of eight Afghan mobile strike force battalions ($90M effort), and (3) augmented airlift services (civil) for Afghan military cargo and personnel ($75M effort). Specifically, refined the requirements; developed the IGCEs and acquisition strategies

(competitive, five-year, performance-based); conducted risk analysis (with mitigations) and the necessary market research; wrote the acquisition plans and PWS/SOOs; drafted Sections B and D through M.

Staffed and briefed the acquisitions through local controls and provided liaison expertise to the source selection boards. Management Advisory Group, Inc. – Bethesda, MD 01/12 to 05/12 Lead Senior Contracting Officer Advisor

Provided acquisition support to the National Institute of Health’s Facilities Support & A&E Construction Branch (OA).

Augmented Project Officers and Contracting Officers with pre-award recommendations for acquisition planning and solicitation source selection/negotiation position development, coupled with corresponding hands–on research and analyses; and, additionally, conducted post award compliance reviews for acquisition plans, SOW/SOOs, IGCEs. Suntiva Executive Consulting, LLC – Falls Church, VA 05/09 to 01/12 Senior Acquisition/Contract Specialist & Team Lead Led two acquisition /contracting teams, of up to sixteen individuals, supporting Department of Energy strategic acquisition initiatives and ‘cradle to grave’ acquisition - contract support services to the Army Contracting Command National Capital Region.

Working with client & team members, developed acquisition strategies and schedules, with associated documentation for pre & post award (i.e. Pre and Price Negotiation Memos, J&As, Acquisition Plans, Cost/Price Analyses, SOW/PWS, etc.), using FAR Part 8, 12, 13, and 15 methodologies.

As Team Lead, devised and implemented team internal processes and procedures, ensuring quality products and on-time deliverables, such as internal peer reviews and training, which complimented client policies and cultures. Phoenix Systems, Inc. – Sterling, VA 07/05 to 05/09 Senior Contract Specialist & Project Manager

Augmented the Washington Headquarters Services Contracting Office and a Department of Interior Program Office in fielding an IT enterprise integration system characterized by large funding levels, high-visibility, and state of the art technology.

Responsible for a wide-range of contract specializations such as pricing arrangements, cost accounting, life cycle costing, and contract administrative actions sufficient to plan, develop, implement, and maintain the system’s acquisition program.

As project manager, responsible for managing its’ personnel to support of the GovWorks’ Franchise Fund Charter.

SPS - PD2, PD, BIS, & FPDS-NG proficient.

F C Business Systems, Inc. – Springfield, VA 08/99 to 07/05 Senior Acquisition Specialist

Provided acquisition and contracting support from requirement conceptualization through the necessary approval processes, to delivery, and administration for the U.S. Army’s Transportation Coordinators Information Management System II Program (a Joint program under PEO-EIS auspices). This program was a 70 million-dollar per year IT enterprise integration effort.

Specific responsibilities included cost estimates, development and fielding activities, monitoring deliverables, while assisting in acquisition planning, programming, and execution.

Responsible for twenty-eight service contracts of varying complexity. U. S. Army – Various Locales 1994 to 1999

Warranted Contracting Officer

Officer-in-charge of a contract supervision detachment, and primary contracting officer, for a 3300 soldier deployable Army transportation brigade – Fort Eustis, VA 1998 – 1999

Principle adviser to the Commander, U.S. Army South, through the Directorate of Logistics, for contracting issues. Served as the primary point of contact with the Joint Staff for contracting within the Caribbean, Central, and South America, while interfacing with the USAF, USMC, and the USN component contracting activities and their advisers. Panama, 1996 – 1997

Contingency contracting officer whose area of responsibility included Central and South America. Deployed to those countries that required on-site contracting presence to facilitate mission accomplishment. Interfaced with foreign military and civilian nationals, foreign government representatives, and other overseas U. S. agencies. Planned, executed, and administered procurement and logistical delivery of supplies, services, utilities, and construction materials for U. S. Forces at JCS (Four Star Level) directed humanitarian projects, training exercises, anti-drug and peace-keeping operations. Panama, 1994 – 1996

Supervised a team of five contract specialists and two procurement clerks in the acquisition of replenishment parts for 19 communications systems. The acquisitions totaled over 160 contracts and 500 million dollars annually. Responsible for contract formation and management acquisition planning, small purchases, sealed bidding, contracting by negotiation, and modifications. CECOM, Fort Monmouth, NJ 1991 – 1994 PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Masters of Business Administration, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, 1994; Bachelors of Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, 1977; Performance-Based Acquisition, Acquisition Solutions, 24 hours; GWACS, IDIQ Contracts, and Schedules, GWU, 24 hours; Performance-Based Service Contracting, Management Concepts, 24 hours; Principles of Contract Pricing: AFIT, QMT 170; Intermediate Contract Pricing: DAU, CON 204, Two-Weeks; Government Contract Law: AFIT, CON 210, Two-Weeks; Intermediate Pre-Award Contracting: NAMTO, CON 211, Four-Weeks; Executive Contracting: NAMTO, CON 301, Two-Weeks; Contract Management: ALMC, CON 101, Two-Weeks; Management for Contracting Supervisors: DAU, CON 333, Four-Weeks; Logistics Management Development: ALMC, 8A-F16, Nine-Weeks; Logistics Executive Development: ALMC, 8A-F17, Nine-Weeks; Material Acquisition Management: ALMC, ALMC-ML, Nine- Weeks; Cost and Price Analysis: MCI, 24 Hours; Performance-Based Service Contracting: MCI, 32 Hours; Writing Performance Work Statements: MCI, 24 hours; Principles of Contract Pricing: ALMC, QMT 170, DAWIA III Military Service: Enlisted – Air Traffic Controller; Officer – Field Artillery and Army Acquisition Corps



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