Contracts Specialist

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Harwinder Singh

OBJECTIVE: To find a career in contract administration in industry where I can apply the quantitative and qualitative business skills acquired as a Contracts Negotiator for the United States Air Force (USAF), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC).

EXPERIENCE: Contracts Negotiator for USAF from Oct, 2009 to present.

• Responsible for acquisition planning, awarding new contracts, and contract administration of Space and Missile Systems by utilizing procedures and rules in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and agency FAR supplements. Regularly lead government team in negotiating cost and terms of complex government contracts and contract modifications worth millions of dollars. Provided contractual advice and direction to the program office and top management.

• Developed overall business strategy for managing the acquisition of a new five-year $21M contract. Determined contract type, length, and scope for the procurement of Military only Global Positioning System (GPS) security chips. Interfaced with subject matter experts in procurement law, finance, and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA).

• Principle government team negotiator on a $2.7M new contract for Military GPS security chips. Negotiated scope, schedule, indirect/direct rates, and percentage of profit. Considered advice of legal counsel and the engineering team in awarding the contract.

• Principle government team negotiator on a time sensitive and high visibility $15M Range Systems Integration project at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Negotiated scope, schedule, labor mix, indirect/direct rates, and percentage of profit. Collaborated with the engineering team and DCMA to evaluate contractor proposal and to develop the Air Force negotiation objective.

• Wrote succinct contracts, request for proposals, determination and findings essays, negotiation reports, instructions to contractors, and final decision reports.

• Extensive experience in evaluating proposals and writing RFPs. Subject matter expertise in evaluating estimates of material, production costs, and delivery schedules.

• Developed subject matter expertise in: leadership, team dynamics, negotiations, contract pricing, learning curves, statistical data analysis, federal contract/fiscal law, and fostering full and open competition.

• Vigilantly studied contractor responsibility issues pertaining to contractor’s financial health, internal work processes, and past performance before awarding government contracts.

Owner of DBT Trucking Company from 2007 to 2009.

• Responsible for increasing profit by ensuring efficient management of all critical business operations. Supervised five company employees.

• Demonstrated great organizational management skills by fostering and protecting a capable and efficient workforce.

• Strategically managed company’s finances to acquire optimum return on investments and long-term business solvency.

• Insured company compliance with Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations. Prepared and organized all paperwork for DOT auditing purposes.

• Streamlined all essential company processes to enhance overall operation efficiency.

EDUCATION: California State University Bakersfield

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Management (HR emphasis)

Graduation Date: June 2009

Major GPA: 3.49

Defense Acquisition University

Acquisition Professional Development Program completed the following set of classes: Shaping Smart Business Arrangements, Mission Support Planning, Mission Strategy Execution, Mission Performance Assessment, Mission Focused Contracting, Contract Format and Structure, Business Decisions for Contracting, and Intermediate Contracting for Mission Support.

LANGUAGE: Fluent in Punjabi (Indian language)

References: Available Upon Request

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