Senior Acqusition Consultant

Company Description

The Holston Group (HG) Inc. is SBA 8(a) Certified, Economically Disadvantage Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) with over 15 years of extensive experience in program management, business process engineering, acquisition, financial operations, and cyber capabilities. We are experts at building trusting and long-lasting partnerships, recruiting highly qualified personnel capable of providing quality deliverables and meeting deadlines across several competencies. HG understands customer challenges and maintains close working relationships with our customers to quickly understand their needs while delivering optimal solutions.

The Senior Acquisition Consultant will advise and assist our government client with contract development and management activities to include contract and agreement structuring and planning, maintenance, and status/reporting in accordance with FAR and DFAR to ensure the Rapid Develop and Innovation Division is able to conduct its mission to enhance our government client competitive advantage through partnerships with the S&T Community, Research Labs, Commercial Entitles and across DoD.

This individual must be familiar with both FAR Based Contracts and Technology Transfer and Transition Agreements like CRADAs, OTAs, PIAs, etc.

• Manage and execute assigned contracts in IT, Cyber, Systems Engineering, and other applicable subject matter areas that support our government client programs.
• Draft acquisition and contracting documentation required to successfully compete, award, and execute multiple support contract types using the GSA MAS (Multiple Award Schedules) program, Government Acquisitions Contracts (GWACs), Multi-Agency Contracts (MACs), and other contract vehicles.
• Prepare draft acquisition documents that are legally sufficient and accurately reflect all technical and operational requirements for Government approval.
• Perform the following acquisition lifecycle activities:
  • Acquisition Planning
  • Pre-Award Documentation
  • Evaluation
  • Post-Award
  • Contract Closeout
  • Acquisition Policy and Regulations Updates
  • Acquisition process improvements
• Assist the Head of Contracting Activity (HCA) and Command Program Managers (CPMs) with acquisition planning efforts.
• Assist with identifying, preparing, and implementing acquisition strategies and plans, drafting market research strategies, preparing market research inquiries, analyzing market research results, and preparing market research reports. Market research includes surveying industry for supplier information as well as surveying other Federal agencies for acquisition best practices.
• Conduct the following activities: a. Assist in the review and structure of the Pre-Acquisition Strategy Meeting (Pre-ASM) and Pre-Contract Strategy Meeting (Pre-CSM) briefings. b. Assist the Government in preparing acquisition strategies, policies, procedures, schedules, risk management plans, and decision papers consistent with DoD and acquisition regulations and policies to effectively manage contracts for a diverse client base. c. Assist in creating methods to implement long term and annual performance measures, in direct support of command goals and objectives.
• Assist CPMs with oversight activities to include preparing Contract Surveillance Plans and documenting oversight processes.

• Excellent communicator.
• Ability to manage competing tasks.
• Easily works within and across teams.
• Familiar working with technical professionals and other SMEs.
• Strong meeting coordination and facilitation skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite products.
• Experience working in a complex cyberspace operation and/or multi-stakeholder environment (preferred).

• Master's degree in relevant field with a minimum of 10 years of related experience (In lieu of a Master's degree, a Bachelor's degree with an additional 2 years of experience may be substituted).
• Experience in Fast Acquisitions using OTA, Creative.

• PMP
• DAWIA Level 2

• Candidate must possess a current Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS//SCI) level clearance with poly required.

The Holston Group, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation,…