Acquisition Specialist Information Technology

Carolyn M. Sulla, Senior Acquisition Specialist, 571-***-****, ************@*****.***

Senior Consultant (SME)

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

• Saint Leo University – BA, May 1992

• Troy University – MBA, June 1995

• DAWIA Level III Certified in Contracting, 2012

CLEARANCE

Active Public Trust

SUMMARY

• Recognized expert in Acquisition and Contracting with 40 years of experience and leadership in the government and private sectors.

• 32 years of Federal Acquisition and Contracting experience, 12 years of consultant experience in Government contracting, acquisition work focusing on acquisitions (services, supplies, construction)

• Initiate, supervise, and develop requirements for complex Information Technology (IT) acquisition- related projects in close collaboration and consultation with clients to define needs or problems and acquire solutions.

• Experienced in non-personal contracting support services in the areas of IT, Supplies/Services, Construction.

• Previously provided Acquisition support to the Department of Interior (DOI) Interior Business Center

(IBC) with track record as a high performer.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kiliuda Consulting LLC– Contract Specilist IV Mar 2023 - present Client: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Education, School Operations, Division of Acquisition Management

Project: Government Supporting BIE

• Provide acquistion support for the Team 6 Construction Branch.

• Directly supporting the Contracting Officer with preparation of Contracts, Task Orders, Modifications into the Prism system.

• Provide support to the Contracting Officer Represenatative (COR) and to the customers at the various BIE Schools.

• Prepare Statements of work (SOW), Justifications for Other than Full and Open Competition

(JOFOC); Market Research Docs, resolve funding issues, prepare modifications, awards, amendments for CO review.

• Prepare Request for Quotes and Request for Proposals, attend and participate in various Pre- Construction meetings, weekly tracker meetings.

ASI Government – Senior Acquisition Specialist Jan 2021 – Mar 2023 Client: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving & Printing (BEP), Washington DC Project: Government Supporting the BEP

• Provide delivery & contract success, continued my professional growth, and communicated regularly and effectively at the BEP. Provide acquisition support for the BEP with Materials, Equipment and R&D, Supplies.

Prepare BPA Call Orders for currency bands on various IDV orders, work with the Contracting Officer Representatives (COR) to determine type of procurement, best procurement approach. Prepare pre- award packages which include using the Oracle CLM Contracting system. Prepare FPDS-NG reports and various pre-award documents. Prepare various Request for Proposals for modifications and negotiate with the vendor to add line items for certain test inks to the IDV, change the specifications and other necessary changes. Prepare Request for Information (RFI) on SAM.gov. Prepared Termination for Convenience packages for review. Prepare Request for Proposal (RFP) documents and the complete pre- award packages. Work within the R&D Branch with Alternate Source Test Inks and a Licensing Agreement. Prepared all packages for Contracting Officer (CO) review. Utilize e-Filing for all actions. Ensure Quality Assurance Plans (if required) are in the pre-award packages. Maintain relationships with team members and collaborate with the vendors during negotiations. Seventh Sense Consulting – Senior Acquisition Specialist Aug 2020 – Jan 2021 Client: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Information Technology Acquisition & Assessment Center (NITAAC), Rockville, MD Project: Government Wide Acquisition Services (GWAC), Reimagining IT Acquisitions (20 billion ceiling) Provide acquisition support for the CIO-SP3 Small Business GWAC: Directly support the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) with the input of Modifications and Awards into the e-GOS system. Work on the NITAAC Helpdesk and assign incoming tickets to the appropriate sources. Prepare the Quarterly Modification Audit review utilizing the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) and NITAAC’s Electronic Government Ordering System (e-GOS). Attend and present at the Quarterly Contract Holder Meetings. E3/Sentinel, Senior Acquisition Specialist April 2020 – Aug 2020 Client: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration (FIMA), Task Order 0006, 8(a) STARS III Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC)

Project: Government Wide Acquisition Services (GWAC), Reimagining IT Acquisitions (20 billion ceiling) Provide pre-award through award acquisition support for various contract types including Fixed Price and Cost-Reimbursable for a wide selection of contracts including Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity

(IDIQ), Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) and BPA Calls, task orders, modifications. All solicitations and awards are prepared in the contract PRISM system.

• Prepare a checklist package for task orders, modifications, purchase orders and contracts.

• Prepare all actions in the Prism contract system which includes the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation (FPDS-NG) reporting.

• Prepare Justifications for Other than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC).

• Provide support for a wide selection of contracts: Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) and BPA Calls, task orders, modifications.

• Request for Proposal (RFP), Justification and Authorization (J&A) for sole or limited source, brand name or fair opportunity. I ensure the following documents are in the package: Inherently Governmental Determination, Risk Level Designation and Rationale for IT and non-IT services, 508 standards checklist, IT compliance checklist.

• The RFQ/RFP is advertised on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO), NASA SEWP, and GSA. Prepare award packages including FPDS-NG for Contracting Officer review, prepare weekly reports, draft Contracting Officer Representative (COR) letters, prepare modifications on various types of contracts including option modifications, and any other duties requested by the Contracting Officer.

Seventh Sense Consulting – Senior Acquisition Specialist Oct 2018 – April 2020 Client: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Information Technology Acquisition & Assessment Center (NITAAC), Rockville, MD Project: Government Wide Acquisition Services (GWAC), Reimagining IT Acquisitions (20 billion ceiling) Provide acquisition support for the CIO-SP3 Small Business GWAC: The CIO-SP3 includes ten (10) task areas including: IT Services for Biomedical Research, Chief Information Officer (CIO) Support, Imaging, Outsourcing, IT Operations and Maintenance, Integration Services, Critical Infrastructure Protection & Information Assurance, Digital Government, Enterprise Resource Planning, and Software Development. Review Statements of Work (SOW), Statement of Objectives (SOO) and Performance Work Statements

(PWS) for the GWAC, provide acquisition support policy guidance documents on the GWAC website. Prepare the Quarterly Modification Audit utilizing the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) and NITAAC’s Electronic Government Ordering System (e-GOS). Provided a power point presentation on Source Selection Procedures. Attend and present at the Quarterly Contract Holder Meetings. Seventh Sense Consulting – Senior Acquisition Specialist March 2017 – Oct 2018 Client: US Department of Commerce, Washington, DC

Project: Acquisition Support for the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) Develop pre-award documents including the following: purchase request receipt and acceptance letters, market research report, determination and findings for use of options, statements of work, develop acquisition planning milestones, small business set aside review (CD-570), excel spreadsheets to evaluate cost or pricing data, price reports, amendments, acquisition plan, Request for Quotes (RFQ), Request for Proposal (RFP), Justification and Authorization (J&A) for sole or limited source, brand name or fair opportunity. I ensure the following documents are in the package: Inherently Governmental Determination, Risk Level Designation and Rationale for IT and non-IT services, 508 standards checklist, IT compliance checklist. The RFQ/RFP is advertised on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO), NASA SEWP, and GSA. Prepare award packages including FPDS-NG for Contracting Officer review, prepare weekly reports, draft Contracting Officer Representative (COR) letters, prepare modifications on various types of contracts including option modifications, and any other duties requested by the Contracting Officer. Receive and enter all actions into the Contract System, C-Award. Ensure all FAR and CAR regulations are adhered to.

ASI Government - Senior Acquisition Specialist July 2016 – March 2017 Client: Court Services and Offender Agency (CSOSA), Washington, DC Project: Acquisition Support for various procurement types at CSOSA Provided pre-award lifecycle acquisition support for CSOSA including: received purchase requests in the Oracle System, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), prepared source selection documents, evaluated cost and pricing data, pre/post negotiation memorandums, determination and findings, advertised projects on FBO, NASA SEWP and GSA, prepared price reports, conducted source selection briefings, developed criteria for contract presentations, prepared statement of work, statement of objectives, evaluated quotes and proposals, evaluate labor hour contracts, answer pre bid inquiries, tracked procurement actions in an excel spreadsheet, prepared option modifications, prepared various schedules for modifications, prepared market research, COR letters, maintained PALT requirements, entered all actions into the Oracle Financial System, using CLM and i-Procurement modules. I prepared a source selection for cyber security and FISMA from cradle to grave. Ensured all FAR regulations were adhered to.

Martek Global – Business Specialist II March 2014 – July 2016 Client: Department of the Interior, Interior Business Center (IBC), Herndon, VA Project: Acquisition Support for IBC

Provided acquisition support for the policy branch; prepared templates for various policy requirements, this included the following Justifications and Approvals (J&As) for policy release: Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity, FAR 16.505 Other than Full and Open Competition Sole Source 8(a) contract exceeding $20 million, FAR 6.302-5 Other than Full and Open Competition, Exception to Fair Opportunity, FAR 6.302 Orders over the micro-purchase threshold and under the SAT, FAR 16.505 Limited Source Justification, FAR 8.405-6

Limited Source Justification orders over the micro-purchase threshold and under the SAT Single Source Determination using SAP under the SAT, FAR 13.106-1 Sole Source Justification Test program for Certain Commercial Items, FAR 13.501(a) Member of the Closeout Process Team - developed documents and assisted the team in the closeout process. These documents were later published for closeout acquisition policy use. Supported Branch III and also Branch I, providing assistance to the Contracting Officers on various type of contracts including IDIQ and BPAs, preparing various modifications including options, change of Contracting Officer modifications, review of invoices, prepared RFQs and RFPs and Award documents for IT procurements; i.e., Computer Aided Dispatch System (WildCAD 6.0); various hardware/software IT procurements; software licenses, ensuring all required pre award documents were utilized, entered all actions into PRISM at this position.

Prime Source Technologies, Contract Developer November 2013 – March 2014 Client: US Department of State, Washington, DC

Project: Supported the Consular Affairs Branch, Acquisition and Technical Support Provided pre-award assistance for IT procurements, reviewed procurement policy and procedures to prepare procurements for IT services, Procurement Advisor for IT service procurements, reviewed pre award documents for a five-year (PMOSS) contract, supported development of technical Statements of Work for IT acquisitions. All FAR and DOSAR regulations were adhered to. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Headquarters March 2012 – September 2013 Contract Specialist

Client: US Government, Department of Defense (DOD), Naval Expeditionary Program Office (NEPO), Washington, DC

Project: Various Contracts within the NEPO office

At NAVFAC Headquarters NEPO office, I managed acquisition support for the Naval Expeditionary Program Office (NEPO) and the Sealift Support Program Office. I provided direct support and assistance to the business line leaders and their communities for acquisition. Explored new and innovative contracting methods and recommended changes in acquisition strategy, with the utilization of the e-contracts system, all procurements were documented into this system. I developed a process team to utilize e-contracts and worked as a leader for the team. I utilized the SeaPort-e system. I retired from federal service of 32 years at this position.

Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Supervisory Contract Specialist March 2010 – March 2012 Client: US Government, Department of Defense, Washington, DC Project: Construction MILCON projects, GWACs, A&E and Environmental and IT projects As a Supervisory Team Lead, I supervised five employees and coordinated the work. Led the IPT Blue Team, including mentoring interns to complete projects, guiding, and mentoring the team, preparing the team for specified lock dates on construction projects, prepared various procurement reports, cost and price analysis, recommended award, prepared award documents and reviewed all employees’ documents, adhering to all regulations, FAR, DFARs, NMCARS, and the NAVFAC Supplement, utilized the system e-contracts, SLDCADA, CITRIX. As a Contracting Officer, I held an unlimited warrant at this position, obtained DAWIA Level III certification in Contracting. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Contract Specialist March 2007 – March 2010 Client: US Government, Department of Defense, Naples, Italy and Rota, Spain Project: Base Operating Service, Construction, Service As a Contracting Officer I worked on various contract types for Bahrain, Naples, and United Arab Emirates, GSA delivery order for Arc Flash Suits, Base Operating services (BOS), and guard services. I prepared all pre- and post-award documents. For Bahrain, worked with delivery orders and reviewed work from the office in Bahrain. Led the procurement of the BOS contract in Rota Spain and prepared the re-compete of this contract. I prepared all award documents, conducted pre award conferences and meetings. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Contract Specialist March 1982 – March 2007 Client: US Government, Department of Defense, Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA Project: Various Projects within DOD

My duties started as a Procurement clerk and I assisted the Contracting Specialists. I conducted bid openings for sealed bids. I was promoted to a Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer and worked on various projects within DOD before going to work overseas in 2007. As a Contracting Officer my work included construction, facilities service, design build, architectural and engineering construction, and utility demand side management contracts at this position. I prepared all award documents, conducted pre award conferences and meetings.

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