Senior Acquisition Specialist

Job Family:

Management Consulting

Travel Required:

None

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Secret

What You Will Do:

Guidehouse is seeking a Senior Acquisition Specialist to support all pre-award procurement activities to help a federal client successfully award a $100M+ service contract. This work includes developing a sound acquisition strategy and planning framework, performing market research and analysis, creating a complete and compliant acquisition package, serving as an advisor for proposal evaluations, and helping the government identify the best value solution. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in federal procurement, exceptional interpersonal skills, and the ability to lead/support the development of high-quality acquisition work products.

Primary responsibilities include the following:        

• Work within a small team and report directly to the Acquisition Subject Matter Expert Team Lead.

• Support the development of all acquisition work products required from acquisition strategy and planning to contract award.

• Serve as a liaison between the program office and office of procurement and work closely with legal and other stakeholders on all pre-award activities.

• Identify opportunities to apply best practices or innovative acquisition techniques to improve procurement efficiency and effectiveness.

• Support development an acquisition strategy and plan that leverages performance incentives and disincentives for vendors to promote agility, program innovation, and accountability for delivering outcomes. 

• Perform market research and industry engagement activities (e.g., sources sought, request for information, industry days, etc.) to better understand and document industry capability, capacity, and interest to perform the work.

• Support the facilitation of requirements development sessions, elicit stakeholder feedback, and create work products to clearly articulate the government’s program objectives, desired outcomes, technical requirements, operating constraints, and more.

• Clearly define performance metrics to hold vendor(s) responsible for delivering results.

• Support development of the independent government cost estimate to determine a fair and reasonable cost to perform the work and serve as a baseline to evaluate vendors’ price proposals.

• Support development of solicitation documentation, including but not limited to, Sections B, C, J, L, and M.

• Support the source selection planning and analysis process and serve as an advisor to help determine which vendor(s) solution offers the best value to the government.

• Help navigate the potential use of a collective bargaining agreement.

• Help manage the acquisition milestone schedule. Help monitor and track acquisition progress and provide regular updates and reports to senior management.

• Perform quality assurance reviews on written work products.

• Ensure compliance with Federal and agency-specific acquisition regulations and requirements.

• Communicate with all levels of an organization and support the development of engaging and dynamic briefings for senior executives.

• Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with professionalism and discretion.

What You Will Need:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance

• Bachelor’s degree

• THREE (3) years of acquisitions experience

• Ability to perform work at the client site located in Washington, D.C. TWO (2) days per week

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• An ACTIVE and CURRENT SECRET federal security clearance

• Federal acquisition experience across multiple federal agencies, leveraging best practices and innovative approaches to develop solutions for complex procurements.

• Experience leading or supporting federal acquisition management projects, with a focus on pre-award activities.

• Strong knowledge of the federal acquisition regulation, policies, and processes.

• Experience mentoring and coaching clients with limited acquisition knowledge and advising on acquisition policies, procedures, and work products.

• Experience leading or supporting client-facing meetings and engaging clients at various levels, some of whom are high-level executives and political appointees, with diverse perspectives.

• Excellent customer service and communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders.

• Ability to navigate complex business environments and manage multiple stakeholders and priorities.