Contract Specialist Information Systems

MONICA A. LY

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SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

I have six years of experience in logistics, procurement, and purchasing goods, equipment and services. I handled procurement proposals, negotiated prices, selected suppliers, analyzed trends, follows up orders placed, verified delivery, approved payment, and maintained necessary records EDUCATION

Bachelor of Business Administration, Concentration in Accounting Major Management Information Systems(Master Degree In Progress) Credits Earned: 89 Quarter hours

Credits Needed: 30 Quarter hours

EXPERIENCE

July 2016 – Present Department of Veterans Affairs, Contract Specialist, Milwaukee Wisconsin

• The Contract Specialist assists the requiring activities by serving as a member of acquisition planning teams. Aids requiring activities in performing market research, reviewing specifications and statements of work, and approving acquisition milestone plans.

• Ensures that specifications and statements of work are prepared in a manner which adequately describes the Government's requirements without restricting competition. Advises technical personnel as to inadequate, ambiguous or vague specifications to avoid Government liability.

• Performs a complete review of recommended sole-source requirements and conducts necessary market analyses to test the noncompetitive assumptions of requisitions.

• Recommends the appropriate method of procurement i.e. simplified acquisition procedures, sealed-bidding, negotiations. Advertises all applicable requirements and prepares the solicitation document using agency contract writing systems for issuance, ensuring regulatory and legal sufficiency, and promoting maximum competition.

• Conducts public bid openings, reviews bids and determines responsiveness and responsibility of low bidder in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements when using sealed bidding.

• Analyze cost and/or price analysis of offerors' proposals, and considers all information in developing an overall pricing negotiation strategy.

• Serve as contract administrator on awarded contracts. Resolves problems of delivery, production, quality, inspection, and other pertinent matters. Administers payment provisions of the contract for partial payments, progress and final payments.

• Handled over $6,000,000 in credit card purchases for prosthetics and commercial devices.

• Drafts documents including contract modifications, cure or show-cause notices and other administrative documentation characteristics of the contract administration phase either independently or based on specific detailed information provided by senior contract specialists/supervisor.

• Interprets and implements the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and applicable agency directives.

• Responsible for pre-award and post-award activities to include contract closeout.

• Utilized electronic systems for contract writing (i.e. Electronic Contract Management System (eCMS), contract management, contract reporting (i.e. Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS), financial management (i.e. Integrated Funds Control, Accounting, and Procurement (IFCAP), in accordance with agency policies.

Sept 2015 –July 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs, Transportation Assistant, Milwaukee Wisconsin

• Provided transportation and travel services to eligible veterans and beneficiaries.

• Scheduled and arranged appropriate transportation modes as requested by medical staff, consistent with the medical needs of the patient, such as ambulance, wheelchair van, taxi, hired car, air ambulance, commercial airlines and buses. Including special transportation for Spinal Cord Injury Service patients.

• Determined the eligibility of beneficiaries in accordance with established criteria before requested transportation can be authorized. Evaluated each transportation request for appropriateness and patient eligibility.

• Audited all contractor’s bills, authorized and prepared vouchers for payment of claims, and obligated and dispensed funds to multiple Fund Control Points for the payment of authorized claims.

• Provided management with estimates of the annual budget requirements of the Fund Control Points and the number and type of transports required for the following Fiscal Year for inclusion in the annual bidding for government transportation contracts.

• Provided administrative support for upper management by preparing special reports and maintaining personnel files; including paper work for clinic walk- ins.

• Scheduled, coordinated, and made changes to appointments utilizing the DHCP computer system.

Mar 2008-Sept 2015 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Transportation Security Officer, Franklin, Wisconsin

• Provided security and protection of air travelers, airports and aircraft in a courteous and professional manner.

• Operated various screening equipment and technology to identify dangerous objects in baggage, cargo and on passengers, and preventing those objects from being transported onto aircraft.

• Performed searches and screening, which may include physical interaction with passengers (e.g., pat-downs, search of property, etc.),

• Conducted bag searches and lifted, carried bags, bins, and property weighing up to 70lbs.

• Controlled terminal entry and exit points. Interacted with the public, giving directions and responding to inquiries.

• Maintained focus and awareness while working in a stressful environment which includes noise from alarms, machinery and people, crowd distractions, time pressure, and disruptive and angry passengers, in order to preserve the professional ability to identify and locate potentially life threatening or mass destruction devices, and to make effective decisions in both crisis and routine situations.

• Engaged in continuous development of critical thinking skills, necessary to mitigate actual and potential security threats, by identifying, evaluating, and applying appropriate situational options and approaches. This may include application of risk-based security screening protocols that vary based on program requirements.

• Retained and implemented knowledge of all applicable Standard Operating Procedures, demonstrated responsible and dependable behavior, Jan 2004-Mar 2008 SHOREWEST REALTY Real Estate Agent, Milwaukee Wisconsin

• Assisted clients sell and purchase of residential properties, including new construction homes, cottages, condos, and duplexes, ranch homes.

• Appraised property or properties using local comparisons.

• Provided financial information and analytical data to the potential buyer or

• seller.

• Discussed costs of maintaining residence and possible renovations with client to determine the best method of purchase and reviewed financials

• Ensured property will be utilized for residential and business purposes.

• Seek out acquisition targets and grow book of leads. Facilitated acquisition transactions

• Collaborated with the legal department to ensure purchase is legal and binding.

• Created and cultivated relationships with buyers and sellers for future

• purchases and transactions.

• Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers over

• property prices and settlement details, and during the closing of sales.

• Compared properties with similar properties to determine fair market price.

• Teamed with loan officers, attorneys, and agencies to complete purchase. TRAINING

• FAC-C Level I Warrant

• Con 090 FAR Fundamentals

• CLC 003 Sealed Bidding

• FAC 027 GSA Schedules and the Utilization of Small Business

• FAC 029 GSA Schedules and

• CLC 007 Contract Source Selection

• CLC 055 Competition Requirements

• Con 100 Shaping Smart Business

• Con 121 Contract Planning

• Con 124 Contract Execution

• Con 127 Contract Management

• FAC 023: Basic Contracting for GSA Schedules

• FAC 031: Small Business Program

• CLC 057: Performance Based Payments

• CLC 058: Introduction to Contract Pricing

• CON 170: Fundamentals of Cost and Price Analysis

• CLC 005 Simplified Acquisition Procedures

• CLM 003 Overview of Acquisition Ethics

• FAC 054 Federal Strategic Sourcing ALS

• FAC 031 Small Business Programs

• CLM 024 Contracting Overview

• CLM 051 Time Management

• HBS 419 Goal Setting

• New User eCMS Training

• FPDS Computer Based Training

• CLC 004 Market Research

• FAC 043 Ethics and Procurement

• FQN 423 Simplified Acquisitions

• FQN 503 Build Networks, Maximizing your Realtionships

• FCN 502 Business Writing for Contracting Professionals

• FAC 043 Ethics and Procurement

• FCL-GSA-0057

• CLC 009 Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business Program

• FLD 133 Leadership & Management Skills for Non-Supervisors

• FCN 502 Effective Writing for 1102’s

• HBS 428 Negotiating

• HBS 425 Managing Upward

• CLC 006 Contract Terminations

• FFM 421 – Applied Fair And Reasonable Pricing Workshop COMPUTER TRAINING

Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Trained in using Electronic Contract Management System (eCMS), Contract Management, Contract Reporting, Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS), financial management (i.e. Integrated Funds Control, Accounting, and Procurement

(IFCAP

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