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Veterans Enterprise Technology Solutions

Principal Acquisition Associate

Veterans Enterprise Technology Solutions, Chantilly, Virginia, United States, 22021


Overview:Staffing Pros, a division of VETS Inc., is recruiting for a full-time Principal Acquisition Associate. An Active TS/SCI with CI Poly clearance is required for this role.

If you have additional questions not answered by the information contained within this posting, please contact our team directly at

StaffingPros@vets-inc.com .

Responsibilities:The Principal Acquisition Associate will provide expert acquisition planning support for competitive new starts, sole source acquisitions, contract extensions, and re-competition of existing requirements. This role involves aiding Program Offices in achieving their acquisition goals through comprehensive contract acquisition activities.

Provide support for specific contracts and individual programs in acquisition planning.

Assist with internal and external acquisition decision-making briefs and strategic communications.

Contribute to the development and review of acquisition policies, planning, processes, and execution of directorate-level acquisition activities.

Maintain a schedule of program acquisition activities.

Manage collections of current Contract Deliverables Requirements Lists (CDRLs), Statements of Work (SOW), Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), and compliance documents.

Conduct market research.

Support requirements development.

Draft Acquisition Strategy Counsel (ASC) briefings as required.

Prepare CDRLs and aid in cost estimate generation.

Prepare internal and industry briefings.

Develop acquisition strategies and schedules.

Justify sole source acquisitions and generate competitive evaluation criteria.

Draft RFIs and RFPs.

Draft and evaluate ECPs and proposals.

Provide administrative support for source selections.

Generate technical evaluations for proposals.

Support responses to protest actions and aid in debriefing bidders.

Qualifications:

Minimum of 9-14 years of relevant experience.

Master’s Degree in finance, accounting, or business.

TS/SCI with CI/Poly.

Preference for experience with the NRO, IC, and DoD, in that order.

Strong analytic and independent thinking skills.

Comprehensive understanding of the NAM/FAR.

Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with Government seniors and vendors.

Ability to provide guidance and recommendations compliant with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (48 C.F.R. Parts 1-53), Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS, 48 C.F.R. Parts 201-252), and the NRO Acquisition Manual (NAM).

EEO Statement:Staffing Pros a division of VETS-inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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