Job Description
Pardus is proud to offer its employees the opportunity to experience personal and professional growth across multiple Pardus disciplines. As such, Pardus enables its team members to be dual-hatted as Acquisition Consultants (ACs) and Trainers. This structure provides the best of both worlds for cross pollination between real-world acquisition teams and an educational environment. Candidates for the combined Acquisition Consultant and Trainer position must have excellent time management and organization skills. Candidates are expected to balance their schedule between acquisition teams and classroom instruction. As such, candidates must have excellent interpersonal skills and presentation skills.
Daily work activities include the following:
• Provide full spectrum of acquisition support primarily for competitive acquisitions but also for some sole source acquisitions
• Assist teams in structuring acquisition strategies and obtaining acquisition approval via formal and informal acquisition boards
• Work collaboratively with teams responsible for developing scope and content of RFP packages to include the Statement of Work (SOW), Section M (evaluation factors), and Section L (proposal instructions)
• Advise acquisition teams on required content and elements of solicitation packages
• Facilitate source selection process in accordance with acquisition regulations and defined source selection plans. Tasks will include configuring tools used in evaluation, providing daily guidance on process, facilitating consensus on evaluation results for each offeror, reviewing evaluation reports; and supporting the best value decision and debriefing presentations
• Manage customized web pages using the Government’s Acquisition Research Center (ARC) website to publicize acquisition efforts
• Facilitate industry engagement activities such as Industry Day coordination, posting announcements and solicitations; and configuring market surveys
• Provide support for protests, source selection inquiries, and audit requests
• Participate on the training team by delivering instructor-led training and webinars
• Develop course curriculum and student exercises
• Provide Just-in-Time (JIT) training for acquisition teams and source selection authorities
Requirements
Required skills are as follows:
• Prior experience with one or more phases of the acquisition lifecycle
• Ability to quickly adapt to role and make contributions immediately. Expect to be assigned efforts within 30 days of employment
• Knowledge of competitive acquisition processes
• Knowledge of contract types, incentive types, and acquisition methods to include Broad Agency Announcements (BAA)
• Expert knowledge of the FAR, NAM, and/or DoD acquisition documentation
• Excellent interpersonal skills and strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to be an independent contributor yet work well on a team
• Candidate must possess a security clearance at the TS/SCI level with a CI polygraph
Desired skills include the following:
• Prior experience as classroom instructor or trainer
• Knowledge of IC acquisition processes and constraints
• Familiarity with contract management processes
• Knowledge of NRO acquisition processes and the NAM
• Experience with Other Transactions (OTs) and commercial contracting
• Prior contract management or program management experience
Company Overview
Pardus, Inc is a small veteran-owned business that specializes in providing dedicated acquisition support to multiple Government customers. Our team of experienced professionals works directly with customer teams to guide them through the acquisition process to include providing assistance in developing acquisition strategies, conducting market research, releasing Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and facilitating source selections. The Pardus competencies are comprised of three complimentary pillars which include acquisition training, acquisition consulting, and strategic policy implementation. Pardus, Inc is dedicated to providing outstanding mission support balanced with excellent quality-of-life for employees.