Andrea Evans

Background

About Andrea Evans

For 17 years I have worked in various governmental positions that support, manage, or evaluate contracting activities. I have been involved in every aspect of contracting. For example, at DHS Office of Procurement Operations I wrote and negotiated contracts; conducted market research; evaluated proposals from vendors, and wrote price justifications. At USCIS I worked on the programmatic side of contracting by writing statements of work, analysis of alternatives, and acquisition strategies and plans. I was the lead for the USCIS Verification Division program-wide Acquisition Plan, which included E-Verify. My work in contracting comes full circle here now at GAO where I have led or assisted on various contracting and national security acquisition audits. I have led very complex contracting file reviews on homeland security and defense-related matters and developed tools to collect and organize that data. I have also briefed my reports to senior congressional staff and DOD officials. I have many strengths I bring to the table and have demonstrated in my various jobs throughout the government. At GAO, I have led teams through challenging situations such as meeting compressed timeframes where I maintained a positive can-do attitude that energized the team and ensured all team members and pertinent stakeholders were included in key discussions and decisions. Further, during the engagement, I led I was able to delegate work to team members who had a strength in a certain area such as methodology or conducting file reviews where they were able to demonstrate those unique skillsets and also mentor subordinate staff in those areas. At DHS, I demonstrated my hard work, perseverance, and multitasking where I was managing, administering, and organizing various contracts that were valued at a few thousand dollars to 100 million. Core Competencies & Industry Experience • Auditing • Briefing Congressional Staff • Coaching & Mentoring • Contract Writing and Administration • Conflict Resolution • Critical Thinking • Cybersecurity and IT Acquisitions • Defense Contracts • DHS Contracts • Evaluating Programs • Internal Controls • Performance Management • Program Management • Problem Solving • Teambuilding • Training Logistics • Quality Assurance • Research & Innovation • Weapon Systems Certifications • Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) Level 2, 2012 • Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer’s Representative (FAC-COR) Level 3, 2013 • Acquisition Program Managers (APM) Level 1, 2013 Happy to connect on Linked in!