What We Do:
- Acquisition and Procurement Operations
- Acquisitions Cost Savings Solutions
- Acquisition Program Management
- Cost Estimation and Requirement Development
- Procurement Policy Analysis and Development
- Risk Management and Compliance
- Strategic Sourcing and Logistics
Recognition
“This company provided us with a very team oriented workforce capable of meeting our needs.”
~ The Department of Veterans Affairs
“The Markon team has been a tremendous help in resolving some of our problem areas and helped research and develop a sound solution.”
~ The Department of Veterans Affairs
Organizations at all levels are always being asked to do more with less, while at the same time manage the challenges of complex and changing requirements.
Markon Solutions provides effective acquisition and procurement management capabilities covering every phase of the acquisition lifecycle, from requirements development to cost estimating and from market research to contract administration.
Our professionals offer advisory and decision support to procurement and logistics authorities, both within government agencies such as the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and commercial organizations.
Proven Performance:
Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Acquisitions and Logistics - Office of Procurement Policy
Developed acquisition strategy which included multiple budget scenarios at various stages including feasibility studies and impact analysis for potential budget alterations
Conducted multiple market analysis studies in support of Information Technology (IT) infrastructure planning and procurement
Provided extensive requirements development and analysis in the form of programming, space planning, blocking and stacking, gathering end-user requirements including design and construction.
Conducted an analysis of over 400 service contracts and drafted reports for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as part of the annually mandated Service Contract Inventory (SCI)
Provided direct policy guidance and support for revisions of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs) supplements.
Supported Government procurement leadership in response to requests from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Congress and in the development of new policy requirements to meet the needs of the ever-changing policy landscape
United States Marine Corps Systems Command, Product Manager, Combat Support Equipment
Provided on-going technical, analytical, and programmatic support to the Marine Corps Systems Command, Product Manager, Combat Support Equipment (PdM CSE)
Supported PdM CSE projects with expert technical and business advisory services, course of action decision analysis, and overarching subject matter expertise in critical functional areas to include strategic business initiatives (e.g., balanced scorecard, performance metrics, investment analysis, etc.)
Supported business operations (analysis, market surveillance, business case development) and provided expert performance planning based on strategic planning objectives
Implemented an empirical decision-support framework (e.g., risk assessment, cost evaluation, critical path planning, and ‘what if” analysis, etc.) and established processes and mechanics necessary to achieve PdM CSE and Marine Corps goals
Integrated formal supply chain management processes that ensured that total life cycle program management requirements for optimal support of Marine Corps Class II and Class VIII capabilities
Spotlight on Talent:
Markon Procurement Analyst Mary Overstreet
is a Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level III certified contracting professional with over 30 years of experience in supervisory contracts management, and cradle-to-grave contract administration for national and international acquisitions of major systems, supplies, services, and construction contracts. Ms. Overstreet most recently served as Deputy of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Implementation team within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (AT&L), Office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP). She has lead multi-agency teams in drafting regulatory text and reports to revise and update FAR and DFARS coverage and has in depth understanding of the FAR/DFARS regulations and the regulatory process.
Mitch Patterson, a Program Manager with Markon Solutions,
has over 10 years of management consulting experience. He currently has oversight for Markon’s Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction (OALC) contract supporting the VA Procurement Policy Service rewrite of the VA supplement to the FAR. He previously supported the VA Enterprise Project Management Office (ePMO) and the VA Deputy Secretary providing program management, operational and strategic planning to the VA’s 16 Major Initiatives. Mr. Patterson has a Masters in Government Administration (MGA) from the University of Pennsylvania and is a certified Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Green Belt and a Program Management Institute (PMI)-certified Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP).
Certification and Credentials
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level III(Contracting, Auditing and Program Management)
• Program Management Professional (PMP)
• Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)
• Federal Acquisition Certification (FAC) Level III (Contracting, Program/Project Management)