LMI is seeking a Mid-Level Acquisition Analyst for a U.S. Army client to support activities related to the acquisition, development, and implementation of U.S. Army Defense Business Systems. The Acquisition Analyst serves as the Government's advisor and Subject Matter Expert for acquisition, program management, and contracting activities. Work location is client site, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Note: Telework is acceptable under current government directed COVID measures. Upon amendment of those measures, liberal telework will be acceptable with occasional requirements to visit client offices at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
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Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
Responsible for developing materials in support of acquisition approach and strategy to include timelines and milestones for FAR based and other rapid acquisition approaches
Support acquisition team lead in the development of evaluation criteria and support the source selection for software, system integration, and system engineering and technical assistance (SETA) support contracts
Develops, drafts and edits multiple types of program acquisition and contract documents
Responsible to track changes in DoD and Army acquisition and procurement regulations / instructions / policy and interpret the changes for the organizational tasks
As required, provides the following types of products and analysis in support of Information Technology (IT) systems: Drafts Acquisition documents to include: Capability Implementation Plan (CIP), Acquisition Approach, Acquisition Strategy, Cost Estimates, Requirements Traceability Matrices, program/project presentations, executive summaries and white papers
Drafts requests for proposal (RFP) documents to include solicitation sections A - M and required attachments
Drafts Source Selection Evaluation planning, including development of evaluation criteria, instructions to vendors, training for evaluation teams, creating schedules, and editing Government reports and documents
Conducts Market Research and assistance with industry interactions
Works with Project Scheduler to develop Integrated master schedules (IMS) with discrete milestones at sufficient intervals to measure progress
Develops and monitors performance measurement baseline metrics including cost, schedule, and scope baselines
Up to 10% travel expected
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree
5-10 years' experience in Defense acquisition and contracting. Must be familiar with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR), and other acquisition regulations
Experience with contract formation and management to support development of materials for Software, System Integration, and SETA support contracts
Demonstrated knowledge in Business Capability Acquisition Cycle (BCAC) (DoD 5000.75 or similar) to support the development of key deliverables and work products including but not limited to: Capabilities Implementation Plans, initial integrated master schedules, work breakdown structures, market research, requests for information, solution analysis, and initial intellectual property strategy
Demonstrated knowledge of Government contract and subcontract management, specifically with Source Selection Evaluations under multiple contract types.
Previous experience providing acquisition support to an Army or DoD Program Offices
Excellent computer applications skills, especially with MS Office products (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint Outlook, Project) and SharePoint
Must possess and maintain a Secret Security Clearance
Desired Qualifications:
Master's degree
Experience in developing acquisition strategy and documentation for Other Transactional Authority (OTA) prototypes that move into production for DOD 5000 series programs
Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Acquisition Level II or higher certification
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