De Sherryl Prather

**** ******* ***

Woodbridge, VA 22193 US

Day Phone: 571-***-****

Evening Phone: 571-***-****

Email: ad3cai@r.postjobfree.com

Country of

Citizenship:

United States

Work

Experience:

Job Type: Office Manager

Work Schedule: Full Time

PJcontracting Inc. 9/10/2018 - 7/22/2020

company went out Salary: $15.00 per hour

business 7/22/2020 Hours per week: 30

4859 Tobacco Way

Woodbridge, VA 22193

Supervisor: Paul Prather (Deceased)

My duties were to award signed contracts, payroll, taxes, certified payroll, add contractors to quickbook for tracking of payments as well review contracts before bidding. I monitor Outlook daily.

Job Type: Contracting Officer

Work Schedule: Full-Time

Work

Experience:

Department of Veterans Affairs 10/03/2012 – 4/10/2015 Salary: USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 1102 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 13

75 Barrett Heights Road

Stafford, VA 22556

Contracting Officer: (This is a federal Job)

Supervisor: Tracey Boyd-Vega

Provides acquisition support to national cemeteries, through the acquisition of Minor Construction and Architect Engineering contracts, as well as other contracting and procurement activities. Contracts are varied in nature, type, duration, and dollar value, necessitating different contract methods and strategies. The incumbent of this position will perform contract administration duties, including primarily associated with construction contracting functions, including, but not limited to bid openings, negotiations, pre-solicitation notices, synopsis, bid abstracts, price negotiation memorandums, site visits, pre-bid/pre-proposal conferences, pre-construction conferences, post-award conferences, inspections, incremental funding, cost adjustments, coordination of time extension, change orders, supplemental agreements, stop work orders, cure notices, show cause letters, congressional letters, business clearance reviews, name changes, bonding, monitoring of the use of Government funds. Identify and determine set-aside requirements for negotiation and award under Public Law 109-461, the Veterans First Contracting Program. Prepare and maintain acquisition plans showing multiple projects with multiple inter related milestones and schedules. Advise program officials and assists in the preparation of statements of work, justifications and solicitation documents. Responsible for the detailed analysis of all elements of the contract or proposal, makes appropriate determinations during negotiations, conducts negotiations, pre-proposal and post-award conferences and if required, explores new or innovative contracting approaches to arrive at an equitable contract and other related duties. Department of Veterans Affairs 06/2011 – 9-30-2012 Salary: USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 1102 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 11

201 Hay Street

Suite 305

Fayetteville, NC 28301 US

Contracting Specialist (This is a federal job)

Supervisor: Melissa Garrick 910-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

My duties are too serves as a member of CPAC (Consolidated Patient Account Center) Contracting Office. During my tenure I performed the task of million dollar

(6) contracts as well as purchase orders and other task orders. My market research, consist of verifying the companies eligible to be awarded any contract with the Government reviews specification and statements of work, performance work statements and approve acquisition milestone plans. Ensures specifications and statements of work are prepared properly without restricting competition. Advises technical personnel on wording specifications so as to avoid Government liability.

Performs complete reviews of recommended sole-source requirements. Solely responsible for selecting appropriate methods of procurement, such as simplified acquisition procedures, sealed-bidding, negotiations, etc. Responsible for advertising applicable requirements and preparing solicitation documents while making sure regulatory and legal requirements are met. Conducts public bid openings, reviews bids and determines responsiveness and responsibility of low bidder. Resolves protests, mistakes in bids, late bid situations. Serves as Source Selection Authority and establishes Technical Evaluation Boards to determine acceptability and ranking of technical proposals. Prepares detailed price negotiation memoranda. Provides signatory authority and executes contract awards. Conducts debriefing with non-successful bidders or offerers as requested. Serves as contract administrator. Resolves problems of delivery, production, quality, etc. Administers payment provisions of the contract. Prepares required documentation and coordinates with the Office of the General/Regional Counsel during any legal proceeding. I was afforded the opportunity to work with different CPAC teams to get their divisions up and running, by administering 6 (six) contracts over a million dollars each. Working in ECMS (Electronic Contract Management System) makes it track able to work on various contracts at one time. Also my duties consist of closing out contracts upon completion.

USMC- Regional Contracting Office

2010 Henderson Road

Quantico, VA US

02/2009 - 06/2011

Salary: USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 1102 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 11

Contracting Specialist (This is a federal job)

Supervisor: Sandra K. Hughes 703-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

My duties as a Contract Specialist were to prepare Purchase Request's, modifications and award contracts using SPS/PD2, Seaport and NECO. I prepare various contracts using the GSA schedules, open market, and sole source.

Knowledge of procuring supplies or services primarily through formal advertising, or through unlimited use of negotiation techniques. I review requisitions to determine proper specifications or purchase descriptions are included in solicitation documents. Knowledge of evaluating bids or proposals for compliance with specifications or purchase descriptions and applicable clauses. I have knowledge of how to meet with commercial representatives to discuss procurement needs, quality of items or services, current market prices, or delivery schedules. Knowledge of post award procedures sufficient to administer firm fixed-price, time and materials, indefinite delivery, or other contracts of similar complexity along with knowledge of contract termination procedures sufficient to perform a variety of tasks as an assistant to a higher grade employee, such as analyzing allowable costs and making recommendations. Monitored a group of contracts, such as fixed-price with predetermination provisions, cost reimbursement, or contracts with incentive provisions. Review and analyze settlement proposals, audit reports, technical evaluations, and subcontractor claims; to recommend or determine allowable costs, profit to be allowed, disposal of Government property, and similar issues; and to negotiate settlements with contractors. And Price/Cost Analysis. Knowledge of contract price analysis sufficient to perform basic analyses for firm fixed-price or similar contracts. Ability to analyze difficult contracting issues and identify alternative courses of action, modify standard contracting procedures and terms to satisfy specialized requirements, and solve a variety of contracting problems, including those requiring significant departures from previous approaches. Knowledge of procurement statutes. Executive orders, policies and regulations to write activity operating procedures implementing procurement policy issuance, to interpret procurement regulations and policies for the activity operational procurement specialists, and to identify and analyze procurement issues and their impact on local procedures). Mastery of the procurement functional area sufficient to apply experimental theories and new developments to problems not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods, to extend existing contracting techniques, and to develop procurement policies for use by other contracting personnel in solving procurement problems, pre award and post award phases of the systems acquisition program having characteristics such as those described above, beginning with the initial strategy and planning phase and continuing through contract negotiation, award, administration, and closeout.

US Department of Veterans Affairs

5501 Russell Road

Quantico, VA US

07/2006 - 01/2009

Salary: USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 1102 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 09

Contracting Specialist (This is a federal job)

Supervisor: Tracey Boyd-Vega 540-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Knowledge and skill to make recommendations by analyzing facts and conditions, and making comparison of prices, discounts, delivery dates, or handling charges, knowledge and skill to apply guideline material. Assisting in the preparation of solicitation documents, knowledge of report writing techniques to present factual information clearly, to write procurement memo and to draft complex contract provisions, supporting documentation, skillful in dealing with others in a work relationship to present information orally and written. Knowledge of commonly used contracting methods and contract types relating to the performance of pre-award, post award, and/or contract price/cost analysis functions when the contract actions are well defined and well precedent. Familiarity with business practices and market conditions applicable to program and technical requirements sufficient to evaluate bid responsiveness, contractor responsibility, and contractor performance. Knowledge of contract termination procedures sufficient to perform a variety of tasks as an assistant to a higher grade employee, such as analyzing allowable costs and making recommendations. Monitored a group of contracts, such as fixed-price with predetermination provisions, cost reimbursement, or contracts with incentive provisions. Review and analyze settlement proposals, technical evaluations; to recommend or determine allowable costs, profit to be allowed, disposal of Government property, and similar issues; and to negotiate settlements with contractors.) Knowledge of contract price analysis sufficient to perform basic analyses for firm fixed-price or similar contracts. Ability to analyze difficult contracting issues and identify alternative courses of action, modify standard contracting procedures and terms to satisfy specialized requirements, and solve a variety of contracting problems, including those requiring significant departures from previous approaches. Knowledge of procurement statutes. Executive orders, policies and regulations to write activity operating procedures implementing procurement policy issuance, to interpret procurement regulations and policies for the activity operational procurement specialists, and to identify and analyze procurement issues and their impact on local procedures). Mastery of the procurement functional area sufficient to apply experimental theories and new developments to problems not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods, to extend existing contracting techniques, and to develop procurement policies for use by other contracting personnel in solving procurement problems, pre award and post award .

US Department of Veterans Affairs

5501 Russell Road

Quantico, VA US

10/2003 - 07/2006

Salary: USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 1105 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 07

Purchasing Agent (This is a federal job)

Supervisor: Tracey Boyd-Vega 540-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

My duties consist of time keeping and preparing solicitation. Often times I was the Point of contact for the contractors. As a warranted purchasing agent, with The Department of Veterans Affairs, Dispatching outgoing mail/documents, addresses and preparing envelopes, accurately photocopied and collates acquisition documents, handled solicitation and purchasing methods. Such as oral solicitations, calls against BPA's, delivery orders, or priced purchase orders, to make (a) noncompetitive open market purchases, (b) purchases under established contracts, or (c) competitive open market purchases when specifications or statements of work are standardized; price and product characteristics are stable, and repeat vendors are not used, frequently used and easily understood regulations (FAR, VAAR such as those related to required sources). Used of mandatory schedules, or ordering and documentation procedures for routine purchases, to ensure regulatory compliance throughout purchasing process. Ability to use basic arithmetic in business to make simple comparisons of price, discounts, transportation costs, or similar terms; knowledge of post award procedures sufficient to resolve typical problems with deliverables, such as differences in price or quantity, or to recommend and prepare, for example, no-cost cancellations of purchase orders. Knowledge of automated or manual small purchase systems sufficient to locate, add, and retrieve information, ability to make competitive or sole source small purchases that involve collecting data to determine price reasonableness for new items, preparing detailed written solicitations, tailoring special terms and conditions, or other matters of similar complexity. Skill in analyzing descriptions that have unique aspects and many critical characteristics to identify problem areas in specifications or work statements, determine if quotations are responsive, or decide if substitutions are acceptable or should be referred to other personnel for further review, negotiating and awarding bilateral purchase orders for professional studies. (e.g., research studies), or for the exclusive manufacture of unique equipment, instruments, dies, etc. Developing and selecting criteria/technical ranking factors for purchases of a variety of detailed commercial service or construction projects. Administering small purchases that require extensive monitoring and oversight to resolve complex problems (e.g., protests, claims, terminations, or substantial modifications). Coordinating/discussing these or similar problems with small purchase contractors and various agency or activity personnel. negotiating, awarding, and administering small purchases that involve clauses normally not applicable to small purchases (e.g., purchase orders that contain provisions related to default termination, liability, and Government furnished property). Negotiating, awarding, and administering small purchase orders. Department of Veterans Affairs

5500 Russell Road

Quantico, VA US

03/2001 - 10/2003

Salary: USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 2135 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 5

Transportation Claims Examiner (This is a federal job) Supervisor: Mr. Wayne Simpson 202-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

My duties consisted of submitting Government Bills of Lading (GBL) and Financial Management System (FMS) transportation payments. Providing disposition for items handled by carriers contracted by the Department of Veterans Affairs. As well as parcels and letters from Commercial Delivery sources (FED EX, etc.). Dispatching outgoing mail/documents, addresses and preparing envelopes. Accurately photocopying and collates acquisition documents,

Typing and editing correspondence for various contracts. Department of Veterans Affairs

5500 Russell Road

Quantico, VA US

09/1997 - 07/1999

Salary: USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 0301 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 04

Program Support Clerk (This is a federal job)

Supervisor: Mr. Wayne Simpson 202-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

My duties consist of receiving, sorting, and distributing U.S. Mail, as well as parcels and letters from Commercial Delivery sources (Fed Ex, etc.). Made travel arrangement and reservations for various individuals, setting up times for the conference room usage for meetings, dispatching outgoing mail and documents; addresses and preparing envelopes, certified mail receipts, return receipt cards and applying postage using a metered mail postage machine, filing correspondence and purchasing/contract documents in appropriate files in a timely manner, photocopied and collated acquisition documents, e.g., solicitation, requests for quotation, purchase orders, etc., for distribution to contractors, prospective offers/bidder, vendors, etc, tracked of all bidders on some projects, greeted visitors to the building. Analyzed benefits and costs of accomplishing work in-house versus contracting; recommend whether to contract; provide technical requirements and descriptions of the work to be accomplished, planned and establish the work schedules, deadlines, and standards for acceptable work. Coordinate and integrate contractor work schedules and processes with work of subordinates or others, tracked progress and quality of performance; arrange for subordinates to conduct any required inspections, decided on the acceptability, rejection, or correction of work products or services, and similar matters which may affect payment to the contractor. Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work, assigned work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees, evaluated work performance of subordinates, assisted counsel in matters of instruction to contractors on both work and administrative matters, interview candidates for positions in the unit; recommend appointment, incentive or termination of positions, handled and resolved complaints from employees, referring group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to a higher level supervisor or manager; advise of minor disciplinary measures, such as warnings and reprimands, recommending other action in more serious cases, identified developmental and training needs of employees, providing or arranging for needed development and training, developed ways to improve production or increase the quality of the work directed, developed performance standards, made decisions on non-routine, costly, or controversial training needs and training requests related to employees of the unit. Education: American InterContinental University Hoffman Estates,, IL US Bachelor's Degree 09/2007

GPA: 3.34 of a maximum 4.0

Credits Earned: 180 Quarter hours

Major: Business Management Minor: Business Administration Relevant Coursework, Licenses and Certifications:

Economics in a Global Environment

Decision Making

Managerial Accounting and Organizational Controls

Business Management

Concepts in Organizational Behavior

Relevant Course work, Licensure and Certifications: Business Communication

Business Math

Business Administration

Business and Society

Fundamental Marketing

Business Management and Leadership

Fundamentals of Business Law

Northern Va. Comm. College Woodbridge, VA US

Some College Coursework Completed 09/2005

GPA: 3.0

Credits Earned: 50 Quarter hours

Major: Business Administration Minor: General

Relevant Coursework, Licenses and Certifications:

English grammar,

Business 100,

STD 298,

IST 117,

Accounting I

Accounting II

History US.

Leading to Associate in Business Administration

Control Data Institute Arlington, VA US

Certification 04/1979

GPA: 3.0

Credits Earned: Diploma

Major: Computer Operation Minor: Computer Programming Relevant Coursework, Licenses and Certifications:

graduated with a major in Computer Operation and a minor in Programming. Job Related

Training:

DAWIA- Contracting Level I Certification; Continuous Learning Certificate of Achievement 80 HR CL

March, 2002 – October, 2005 - OA&MM, Dept of Veterans Affairs; Contract Formation 1, Federal Contract Negotiation Techniques, Contract Administration 1 and Price Analysis, Contract Administration II (CON 201) December, 2002 – DAU/FAI Online – Acquisition Planning 1 March 7, 2005 - DAU Online - Cost Analysis

March 30,2009 - DAU Online - CL33

April 30, 2009 - DAU Online - AQU 101

June 16, 2009 - DAU Online - CON 216

March, 1985 – Vitro Inc., 14000 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD Certificate in Integrating System Program Functions (ISPF)

February, 1985 – Vitro Inc., 14000 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD Certificate in Job Control Language (JCL)

Language

Skills:

Language Spoken Written Read

English Advanced Advanced Advanced

Affiliations: Federal Acquisition Certification - FAC-C Certification Level I Management Club - Member

Additional

Information:

Special Contribution Award 09/2009

Special Contribution Award 04/2006

typing speed 60wpm

Speaker at a Vendor Conference hosted by VA/NCA 03/31/2007

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