Skip to content

Acquisition Support

ACMA has extensive corporate experience supporting the federal agencies with full life-cycle acquisition process to include planning and procurement to reporting, payment and closeout.

We provide professional full acquisition life-cycle management consulting support to enhance and supplement federal, state and local agencies in the administration and management of their acquisition management activities.

Acquisition Pre-Award Activities

  • Meeting with clients on acquisition planning and milestones, including market research and recommending procurement strategy and identifying potential contract vehicles.
  • Preparing acquisition documentation: including cost/price estimates, quality assurance surveillance plans, performance work statements, statements of work.
  • Preparing determination and findings and justifications.
  • Recommending small business set-aside strategies and small business determinations.
  • Interacting with all advisors (legal, technical, etc.). and ensure all compliance and regulatory issues are captured and considered.
  • Preparing requests for quotes, solicitations and combined synopsis solicitations.
  • Drafting price negotiation memoranda and objectives.
  • Assistance in supporting proposal evaluations and quotations, including price/cost analysis or technical proposal analysis.
  • Drafting award decision/source selection decision documentation; and
  • Assistance with debriefings.

Acquisition Post-Award Activities

  • Assistance with agency or GAO protests.
  • Participating in kick-off meetings and progress reviews.
  • Monitor contractor performance and analyzing and managing risk.
  • Preparing unilateral, bilateral and administrative contract modifications including exercising options and contract extensions.
  • Tracking expenditures, progress reports and payments in organization’s financial management system to include IFMIS, and DAFIS.
  • Research and recommend responses to contractor claims and requests for equitable adjustments.
  • Reviewing contract deliverables, providing recommendations for inspection and acceptance.
  • Establishing communication and transition plans; and
  • Contract close-out assistance.

Contract Closeout

  • Final Property Closeout Statement
  • Final Audit Reports
  • Releases from liabilities, obligations, and claims
  • Clearance Reports (i.e., Patents, Copyrights, Royalties, Contractor Performance Report)
  • Final Voucher and Invoice
  • Modifications and Deobligations
  • Disposition of classified material is completed
  • Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS)
  • File Documentation, Administration, and Closeout Preparation

Benefits

ACMA boasts over 20 years of corporate  experience  providing acquisition support services to the federal government. ACMA’s corporate experience range encompasses full life-cycle of procurement activities from developing the requirements definition, acquisition strategy,  request for proposal and contract award. Our team has been responsible for $1.3 Billion in contract awards from time and material, firm fixed price, cost plus award fee, and other contract vehicles.