Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Certification
Additional Information
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Accomplishments
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Software
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Mary Shinney

Mary Shinney

Supervisory Contract Specialist
North Ogden,UT

Summary

I am in a federal acquisition career because I want to be part of the force creating an economically sustainable future for the U.S. I look to clear obstacles so that the Agency can fulfill its mission of public service. I represent the taxpayer by steering business arrangements that are efficient and provide maximum value.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
5
5

Certifications

Work History

Supervisory Contract Specialist

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Salt Lake City, Utah
03.2022 - Current
  • Supervises an operational contracting team, ranging from junior to senior level specialists. Mentor/trains employees, assigns work, and review/signs contractual actions. Streamlines and improves processes such as establishing a work intake process. Review/interprets law and regulation and ensures staff follow agency review/approval processes. Performs personnel actions such as interviewing, timekeeping, performance reviews, award packages, and counseling.
  • As Senior Contracting Officer, provides expert guidance in all types of procurements, to include systems and services, commercial/non-commercial, and information technology. Executes and administers the full range of pre-award, award, and post-award activities. Experience in most pricing arrangements including FFP, T&M, LH, CR, Award Fee, and incentives. Issues IDIQs and BPAs.
  • Top producing team within USCIS Office of Contracting with 202 actions obligating $99M in FY24 and 100 actions an $22M so far in FY25.
  • Aids with planning including performing market research, development of acquisition plans, and preparing justifications.
  • Issues solicitations ensuring clauses and award factors. Conducts proposal evaluations including price and cost analysis to establish negotiation positions.
  • Applies precedents from case law to ensure that decisions are documented and justifiable.
  • Coordinates with officials to obtain funding, waivers, certifications, and approvals required.
  • Prepares contract and file documentation. Resolves audit and legal sufficiency disagreements.
  • Monitors contractor performance, issues modifications, and resolves disputes. Mitigates program/project risk throughout lifecycle.

Lead Contract Specialist

U.S. Forest Service
09.2016 - 03.2022
  • Administrative Contracting Officer for Recreation One-Stop (R1S's), www.Recreation.gov. This is a 10-year, no ceiling value, inter-agency contract between the Forest Service and 11 other agencies. Acquired contract where no performance measurements had been established at onset and led team to identify quantitative metrics and negotiate acceptable quality levels.
  • Served two details ensuring contract support and mission readiness during the COVID-19 emergency. Targeted clean up effort on areas of office non-compliance including electronic conversion of all contract files and significantly reducing the backlog of CPARS from over 200 to under 20, and reducing contract close-out list from over 1,500 to under 500.
  • Led source selection for National Geospatial Services IDIQs that significantly lowered prices-representing an average labor rate reduction of 33%. Issued 46 task orders issued against the contracts.

Supervisory Contract Specialist

Air Force Test Center
07.2012 - 09.2016
  • Managed a contracting section and executed oversight of an Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) contractor who procured Top Secret classified services.
  • Led source selection for $3.6B Range Support Services II, a 16-year Requirements contract with 12 different service areas across multiple, geographically separated locations on 2.9 million acres. Acquired a struggling source selection that was 9 months behind schedule and caught it up to ensure timely contract award. Provided coordination of 20 different Collective Bargaining Agreements.
  • Contracting Officer for a $700M source selection for Airlift Operations and Maintenance. Awarded ahead of schedule with no protests. Processed a waiver for non-value-added source selection procedure of evaluating past performance, as government pre-vetted vendors. Developed a timed test as a method of evaluation of contractors' technical proposal. Customized special “H” clauses to meet unique customer requirements.
  • Negotiated and awarded multiple contracts with foreign contractors and governments-spearheaded an $8M contract to a Polish contractor (their first contract with the US).
  • Discovered a contract solution that served as a precedent for future requirements. Awarded a $3.5M contract with a foreign instrumentality using 10 U.S.C. 2373 (non-FAR based contracting).

Contract Negotiator

Air Force Material Command
05.2005 - 07.2012
  • Held positions of increasing responsibility from tactical level to operational level.
  • Assignments included support to multiple programs including Atmospheric Early Warning Systems, Black Switch Telecommunications and Information Technology, Weather, and Mission Planning Support Services.
  • Negotiated and awarded a follow-on $68M service contract - 50% of excess labor was negotiated out of contractor's proposal saving the Government $23M.
  • Past Performance Evaluation Team Lead for $500M Mission Planning Support Services source selection.

Education

Master of Business Administration -

Webster University
St. Louis, MO
05.2010

Bachelor of Business Management -

Park University
Parkville, MO
10.2007

Military Graduate -

Command And Staff College
Montgomery, AL
01.2013

Graduate -

Squadron Officer School
Maxwell AFB, AL
10.2010

Certification

  • Federal Acquisition Certification (FAC), Contracting (FAC-C)
  • IT Core-Plus Specialization, Digital Services (FAC-C-DS)
  • CFEN 001 AI Prompt Engineering Credential
  • Contracting Officer Representative (FAC-COR) Level 3
  • Program Management (FAC-PM) Level 2
  • Warranted at $300M (based on USCIS portfolio) – previous Unlimited Warrant authority at Forest Service and USAF
  • Held Top Secret/SCI Program Clearance
  • Graduate of Mission Support Leadership Program, Partnership for Public Service
  • Graduate of USCIS Coaching to Lead Program

Additional Information

  • USCIS Supervisor of the Year Award, 2024
  • Larry Kabasa Excellence in Classified Contracting Award, 2013 and 2015
  • Supernova Award, Mission Planning Support Services Source Selection, 2011
  • Outstanding Contracting Civilian, 2010

Skills

Procurement expertise

Contract administration

Contract compliance

Team leadership

Adaptability and flexibility

Work Planning and Prioritization

Managing operations and efficiency

Training and development

Negotiation and conflict resolution

Accomplishments

  • Supervised teams ranging from 4 to 15 members.
  • Reduced procurement lead times through process improvement.
  • Found win-win solutions to stalled acquisitions.
  • Improved data integrity and contract compliance.
  • Developed innovative solutions that provided flexibility for the end-user and program offices.
  • Re-energized teams that were complacent and ineffective.

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Work Preference

Work Type

Full TimeContract Work

Work Location

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Software

Procurement writing systems IAS, PRISM, ACPS, and GSA Advantage

Reporting systems FPDS-NG, CPARS, and eSRS

Financial management systems, FFMS, FMMI, IPP, and WAWF

Acquisition systems /tools SAM, Weighted Guidelines, Clause Matrices

Workforce applications such as e-Verify

Artificial Intelligence and LLMs (Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)

Timeline

Supervisory Contract Specialist

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
03.2022 - Current

Lead Contract Specialist

U.S. Forest Service
09.2016 - 03.2022

Supervisory Contract Specialist

Air Force Test Center
07.2012 - 09.2016

Contract Negotiator

Air Force Material Command
05.2005 - 07.2012

Military Graduate -

Command And Staff College

Bachelor of Business Management -

Park University

Master of Business Administration -

Webster University

Graduate -

Squadron Officer School

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