Acquisition Advisors

 Acquisition Advisors, Falls Church, VA: PEO MS/CIO(J-6) requires Acquisition  Advisors’ expertise from personnel highly experienced in Department of Defense (DoD)  acquisition and contracting processes to develop new acquisition strategies and contracting  approaches. The following are critical Acquisition Regulatory related activities but are not  limited to regulatory areas that must be considered. 

*Provide acquisition planning and strategic advice to identify,  understand, analyze, articulate, and ensure compliance with acquisition (especially information  technology) contracting regulations, guidelines, policies, processes/procedures. 

*Provide strategic advice and guidance related to acquisition planning,  but not limited to, non-personal services, hardware and software acquisition practices, agile  acquisition approaches and techniques, smarter use of common contract solutions and practices,  best practices and state-of-the art techniques in fair opportunity and source selection. 

*Provide strategic advice and guidance on Acquisition of Software for  Defense Systems, Intellectual Property and Data Rights, current DoD cloud services acquisition  initiatives, pending revisions to DoD Small Business strategies, and acquisition reform  provisions included in recent and future NDAA. 

*Provide Acquisition Support training to PEO MS/CIO(J-6) staff.  Additionally, the contractor shall help articulate and guide the PEO MS/CIO(J-6) acquisition  process to address DHA acquisition needs across the innovation lifecycle, where appropriate,  from problem definition to scaling tech solutions and transitioning pilots to programs of record.  This shall include agile acquisition strategies and  tech engagement in the following areas:  

*Horizon scanning to identify sector-specific mega-trends that can inform Government  mission readiness. 

*Identification and prioritization of use cases that will attract the best technology with the  greatest potential to improve mission outcomes. 

*Outreach and engagement to attract emerging tech companies for solicitation, industry  days, tech roundtables, and other events. 

*Tech scouting and vetting to source emerging tech solutions that can best support  Government mission needs.

*Agile acquisition strategy and support designed to encourage nontraditional emerging  tech participation. 

Special Qualifications: The Acquisition Advisors must have a minimum of 15 years DoD  acquisition experience and a master’s degree.