Nateeta Taylor

• Served as the primary point of contact for all contractual matters, ensuring timely resolution of issues and effective communication with stakeholders.
• Managed the full lifecycle of federal contracts, ensuring compliance with regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Negotiated favorable contract terms by leveraging industry expertise and established relationships with key stakeholders.
• Maintained accurate records of all contractual actions in accordance with regulatory requirements and organizational policy.
• Conducted post-award debriefings with unsuccessful offeror to provide feedback on proposal strengths/weaknesses while maintaining fairness throughout the process.
• Enhanced contract negotiation processes by implementing strategic sourcing and procurement best practices.
• Developed strong relationships with key vendors, fostering collaboration and mutual trust for successful contract outcomes.
• Mentored junior contract specialists in developing their skills and knowledge in federal acquisition processes and guidelines.
• Evaluated supplier proposals for technical acceptability, price reasonableness, and risk factors to ensure sound award decisions were made.
• Recommended process improvements to strengthen contract management practices, resulting in enhanced organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Developed innovative contracting solutions to address unique challenges, resulting in more efficient procurement outcomes.
• Led a team of contract specialists, providing guidance on complex acquisition planning and execution tasks.
• Conducted thorough market research to identify potential suppliers, fostering competition and driving better value for the organization.
• Reviewed contractor performance against established metrics, ensuring timely delivery of quality products or services within budget constraints.
• Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
• Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated to other team members.
• Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
• Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.

• · Serves as the Contracting Subject Matter Expert on the acceptability and applicability of contractual matters related to OICC MCM Camp Blaz
• · Proactively identify and define complex problems and implement strategies or techniques for resolving problems
• · Identify priorities and implementation of contract action execution
• · Responsible for ensuring that contract actions on the critical path are executed expeditiously
• · Coordinate with Designer of Record to facilitate complex contract interpretation
• · Analyze cost and pricing data for contract actions that exceed the Truth in Negotiations Act threshold
• · Conduct post-award conferences with the contractor to clarify contractual requirements and special provisions.
• · Monitor the performance of Contracting Officer Representative
• · Conduct post-award meetings with Construction Managers to ensure that the project is on schedule.
• · Performed detailed analysis of procurement requests submitted by PACAF, OICC and any other customer to assure precision, suitability and comprehensiveness.
• · Prepare and issue modifications, ensure clear and complete specifications, and serve as a central point of contact on assigned procurements
• · Ensure that the proper appropriation is used for a specific contract action line item
• Enhanced contract negotiation processes by streamlining documentation and communication procedures.

• Assist with Regional, Disaster, and Non-Disaster contract administration in the administration of contracts, including termination actions, until final delivery and payments are completed, and the contract is closed.
• Serves as Local Business Transition Team member for FEMA, Region 6 at conferences with industry, and State and local government pertaining to the procurement and the Stafford Act.
• Review and approve/disapprove requests for the procurement of complex equipment and/or services.
• Analyze requirements and specifications for completion, recommend revisions to the statement of work/statement of objective or performance work statement.
• Performs cradle-to-grave contracting actions including: acquisition planning, solicitation, evaluation and cost/price analyses, negotiations, contract award, modifications/amendments, terminations, closeouts, and contractor performance reviews.
• Performs Pre- and Post-Award functions Regional, Disaster, and Non-Disaster contracts for a wide variety of highly complex procurements and contracts that are unusual, unique, non-routine or otherwise difficult to accomplish.
• Performs market research, identifies potential vendors, evaluates offers, performs comparative price analysis for reasonableness, and recommends award of contracts.
• Negotiates contracts and modification for priced and non-priced contractual changes to terms and conditions of the contract

• Provide gathering data services relevant to customer requirements to perform Independent Cost Estimates (ICE), development or evaluation of existing cost estimating relationships performance of risk analysis on program assumptions, analysis of results of models and other methods of developing costs, accumulation of cost estimates made by work breakdown structure element and development of summary data for presentation purposes
• Provide services to develop and execute Independent Cost Estimate and consultation of a variety of contract types, including but not limited to CPAF, FFP, FPAF, T&M, LH, IDIQ, BPA and BOA, etc.
• Advise and ensue products are accurate, free of errors, and provide a supportable basis for establishing a reasonable estimate of resources needed to perform requirement and all-inclusive cost associated with those resources.
• Provide New Business Proposal Evaluation to include assistance in developing independent cost estimates , assisting in cost/price analyses of proposals, and assisting in technical analyses of proposals management/administration.
• Provide Proposal Evaluation Support services to include assistance in developing independent cost estimates , assisting in cost/price analyses of proposals, and assisting in technical analyses of proposals tasks include following: assistance in developing independent cost estimates , assisting in cost/price analyses of proposals, and assisting in technical analyses of proposals
• Develop cost/price factors for negotiations on all contractual matters and pertinent regulations and makes recommendation on the execution of contractual documents.
• Leads efforts to resolve complex operational, contractual, and financial issues in coordination with program personnel and government contracts and operational personnel.
• Establishes and maintains contract files for clients in accordance with the FAR, company policies and procedures, and provides other administrative and oversight support required as directed to ensure compliance with government/customer contractual requirements, regulations, and internally developed compliance procedures and data collection and reporting requirements.
• Maintains professional competence by attending specific formal and informal contracts training, to include seminars, company-provided training, self-sponsored training, and meetings.

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• Reviewed cost/pricing documentation and determined appropriate negotiation objectives by conducting Market Research of the commercial market, present Market indicators and GSA current pricing, citing the authority in determination and findings, prenegotiation and negotiation memorandums, and Market Research Report.
• Coordinated with termination contracting officers to negotiate settlements and settlement agreements and preparation of the supplemental agreements to reflect the settlement.
• Evaluated and negotiated economic price adjustment for use in multiyear contracts based on commercial market analysis and changes to established economic price adjustment clauses to reflect current economic or market trends.
• Evaluated cost/price proposals during negotiations including interpreting the impact of proposed changes to solicitation and contracts. provisions for price impact and consistency with common commercial practice including appropriate specifications, standards and authority citing in accordance with the FAR, GSAMS and GSA operating procedures.
• Conducted proposal reviews for fair and reasonable determination, labor rate realism analysis, price volume development, cost/price factored protest corrective actions, and evaluation criteria development.
• Contract-Awarded Labor Category (CALC) tool to identify awarded prices ceiling prices, fully burdened costs, services data, and worldwide rates.
• Reviewed existing Multiple Award Schedule 70 to assure they are in order to provide a basis for total cost/price comparison with the commercial market.
• Reviewed Vendor Financial Statements in consonance with sound pricing practices, as part of the basis for reaching a decision as to the fairness and reasonableness and/or cost realism of a prospective contractor's proposal
• Established contract price modification reviews in conjunction with wage determination adjustment calculations.
• Performed detailed cost/price analysis of new proposals to determine responsiveness and responsibility of offeror resulting in an award of a Multiple Award Schedule
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• Strengthened internal controls by developing and implementing contract management policies, procedures, and templates.
• Mitigated legal risks by conducting thorough reviews of contractual agreements before finalizing negotiations.