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Ascension LLC is seeking four Acquisition Support Analysts to support acquisition planning, documentation development, performance analysis, and post-award tracking for the U.S. Coast Guard C5ISC acquisition portfolio.

These roles are essential to ensuring acquisition packages are complete, compliant, audit-ready, and aligned with Procurement Acquisition Lead Time (PALT) expectations. Ideal candidates are analytical, detail-oriented professionals with hands-on experience supporting federal acquisition activities and working within structured acquisition environments.

Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to manage multiple acquisition actions simultaneously, support Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs) and acquisition teams, and contribute to high-quality, defensible acquisition documentation.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Acquisition Support Analyst provides hands-on analytical and documentation support across the full federal acquisition lifecycle. This includes pre-award acquisition planning, market research, Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) development, Procurement Request (PR) package preparation, milestone tracking, and post-award performance documentation.

Analysts work closely with contracting staff, CORs, and program stakeholders to ensure acquisition artifacts meet FAR, HSAR, DHS, and USCG policy requirements and are maintained in an organized, audit-ready manner.

The ideal candidate:

• Is highly organized and process-driven
• Can manage multiple acquisition actions concurrently
• Demonstrates strong analytical, writing, and documentation skills
• Is comfortable working within structured federal acquisition frameworks
• Takes ownership of deliverable quality and compliance

Primary tools include SharePoint, standardized acquisition templates, Microsoft Excel, dashboards, and reporting tools.

Day-to-Day / Expected Activities

• Prepare market research reports and supporting acquisition documentation
• Develop IGCEs using historical pricing, labor rates, and cost analysis techniques
• Draft and support development of SOWs, PWSs, Acquisition Plans (APs), QASPs, and PR package components
• Track acquisition milestones, PALT metrics, and package status
• Maintain acquisition trackers, vendor logs, and official contract files
• Support CORs with CPARS preparation, documentation tracking, and post-award file maintenance
• Conduct quality and compliance reviews of acquisition artifacts prior to submission
• Support executive-level reporting, dashboards, and performance analysis
• Assist with audits, data calls, and leadership briefings as required