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Carlos G

@cgranados2

Acquisition Specialist

United States
About me
I am a detail-oriented professional with a master’s degree in economics with concentrations in Quantitative Methods, Public Finance, and International Economics. Currently, I am an Acquisitions Specialist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention managing +100 Million dollars worth of contracts. I am experienced with the acquisition lifecycle, including pre/post award, contract administration, contract negotiations, contract analyzation market research and development of acquisition strategies.... Read more

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Carlos G
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Work experience

Centers_for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Full-time • 6 yrs 5 mos

Acquisition Specialist

Oct 2023 - Present • 2 yrs 7 mos

Served as a Contracting Officer's Representative on a multimillion-dollar contract, managing and overseeing over twenty staff members to ensure commitments were made during the contract's life cycle. Managing highly complex contracts worth over 100 million dollars simultaneously through the life cycle while providing contract oversight into administrative activities for IDIQs and Task Orders. Administer the NCIRD's funding acquisition mechanisms and provide a variety of functions involving Broad Agency Agreement (BAA) contracts, Interagency Agreements (IAA), and memorandum of agreement.

Contract Specialist

Apr 2020 - Oct 2023 • 3 yrs 6 mos

Perform cost/price analysis, including analysis of cost breakdowns to determine reasonableness and conformance to applicable regulations, directives, and policies in the Information Technology Sector. Serve as a negotiator and business advisor responsible for all pre-award and/ or post-award functions for a variety of supply, BPA, research, and service contracts. I have fully executed over 90 tasks per fiscal year for the last two years in which I have led my team in both years in contracts awarded. I specialize in Information Technology procurements such as software, scientific computers, hardware, and services contracts.

Intern

Feb 2019 - Jun 2019 • 4 mos

Assisted the Office of Financial Resources (OFR) in providing support to CDC programs with their reporting needs; leveraging CDC business support systems and external data sources to provide efficient reports management services for OFR and Programs related to grants and contract management. Reporting methodologies and technologies that include the use of the MISO data warehouse, GrantSolutions, Grant Workload Tracker, and IMPAC II for grants reporting and OFR’s ICE system and MACCS systems for acquisitions and contract reporting.