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Ascension is seeking a Building Energy Code & Performance Subject Matter Expert to support Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services in its Energy Code Information Technology, Services, and Consulting requirement. This role supports DPS’s effort to improve energy code implementation, analyze how projects comply with new energy codes, strengthen policy and guidance materials, and support the County’s long-term climate goals, including net zero energy and full electrification code development across future code cycles.

The ideal candidate brings deep technical knowledge of commercial and residential building energy codes, including ASHRAE 90.1, IECC Residential provisions, performance and prescriptive compliance paths, building performance standards, energy modeling, Building Performance Factors, renewable energy procurement, REC tracking, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction permitting environments. Montgomery County’s RFP specifically states that the primary contractor must have specialized experience and knowledge in building performance and energy codes, preferably ASHRAE 90.1 and IECC Residential, and at least five years of experience in analysis and policy development in building energy codes.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Building Energy Code & Performance SME supports policy consulting, technical analysis, code development, energy modeling, and programmatic improvement activities related to Montgomery County’s 2021, 2024, 2027, and 2030 energy code cycles. The consultant provides senior-level advisory support to help DPS evaluate how building projects comply with energy codes, identify policy improvements, interpret industry trends, and develop recommendations that improve permitting quality, reduce review delays, and support grant reporting requirements.

This role is best suited for a self-driven technical expert who can operate independently, translate complex code and building performance requirements into practical recommendations, and work effectively with County staff, IT/data personnel, analysts, outreach staff, and other technical consultants. The SME should be comfortable reviewing energy code data, construction documentation, energy model outputs, mechanical drawings, compliance reports, code amendments, training materials, and industry guidance.

The RFP identifies policy consulting tasks that include code development, net zero energy alterations, energy modeling, residential code amendments, training/process/documentation improvements, renewables, Technical Assistance Program support, and workforce development planning.

Anticipated Day-to-Day / Task Order Activities

• Advise DPS on commercial and residential energy code policy changes based on data analysis, permit trends, code compliance findings, and industry feedback.
• Review ASHRAE 90.1, IECC Residential, IgCC, amended local code provisions, and related technical materials to support future code cycle development.
• Research energy code best practices used by other Authorities Having Jurisdiction and translate findings into practical recommendations for DPS.
• Support implementation of net zero energy measures for Level 3 alterations and evaluate code pathways that advance electrification and greenhouse gas reduction goals.
• Develop and review Building Performance Factors for future code cycles and support forecasting of energy savings, carbon reductions, and cost impacts.
• Provide technical input on performance-based and prescriptive compliance pathways for commercial, multifamily, and residential projects.
• Support recommendations for residential-specific code amendments, including homeowner-facing guidance and plain-language technical explanations.
• Review energy model reports, mechanical drawings, renewable energy information, REC documentation, and other construction-related documentation as needed.
• Support renewable energy procurement and REC tracking analysis related to energy code compliance.
• Provide technical guidance for the TAP Pilot and grant-funded Technical Assistance Program.
• Support workforce development planning related to energy code implementation, training needs, industry readiness, and technical assistance delivery.
• Recommend improvements to training materials, data collection forms, guidance documents, and internal processes.
• Participate in kickoff, task order, technical review, annual status, and coordination meetings as required by DPS.
• Document assumptions, findings, data quality concerns, technical risks, recommendations, and corrective actions in clear written form.
• Coordinate with project management, data analytics, IT, reporting, and outreach personnel to ensure technical recommendations are accurate, practical, and aligned with DPS objectives.

Ascension is seeking an Energy Code IT & Reporting Project Manager to lead planning, coordination, schedule management, quality control, and task order execution support for Montgomery County’s Energy Code Information Technology, Services and Consulting effort. This role will support the Department of Permitting Services as it improves energy code-related data collection, analysis, reporting, IT coordination, and grant-funded program delivery.

The successful candidate will help manage the operational rhythm of the contract: coordinating with DPS, supporting Task Order Proposal Requests, tracking schedules and milestones, overseeing deliverable development and review cycles, coordinating subcontractor input, monitoring risks and issues, supporting invoice documentation, and ensuring corrective actions are tracked to closure. The RFP requires contractors to support DPS in fulfilling DOE grant objectives related to energy code compliance reporting, process improvements, data collection methods, policies, and guidance materials; the resulting work will be issued through individual Task Orders with defined scopes, deliverables, milestones, and periods of performance.

This is not a purely administrative project manager role. The right candidate should understand how IT, data reporting, policy consulting, and stakeholder coordination come together in a public-sector program environment. The role requires enough technical fluency to manage specialists supporting data solutions, Infor/Avolve coordination, reporting, Power BI/Excel deliverables, data quality documentation, accessibility requirements, cybersecurity expectations, and federal grant reporting support.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Energy Code IT & Reporting Project Manager will serve as Ascension’s day-to-day project lead for assigned Task Orders. The Project Manager will coordinate across Ascension, subcontractors, subject matter experts, data analysts, IT specialists, policy consultants, and DPS stakeholders to ensure that work is planned, staffed, reviewed, delivered, and corrected in accordance with Task Order requirements.

The candidate should be organized, responsive, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in an environment where each Task Order may have different objectives, deliverables, assumptions, schedules, evaluation criteria, and DPS review cycles. The RFP specifically requires project management and QA/QC processes for interaction with the DPS Project Manager, managing schedules, costs, and milestones, and overseeing quality control procedures for the services described in the RFP.

The ideal candidate will bring experience supporting public-sector consulting engagements, preferably with local government, energy, sustainability, permitting, data/reporting, IT modernization, or federally funded programs. The candidate should be comfortable managing work products that may include dashboards, reports, data collection plans, project schedules, status updates, issue logs, meeting summaries, corrective action trackers, and Task Order cost documentation.

Position Responsibilities

• Lead Task Order planning, including scope review, assumptions, milestones, staffing needs, deliverables, and response schedules.

• Coordinate with the DPS Project Manager, Ascension leadership, subcontractors, and key personnel to maintain alignment on priorities, status, decisions, and risks.

• Manage project schedules, costs, milestones, deliverable due dates, review cycles, and corrective action items.

• Support development of Task Order proposals, including technical approach inputs, staffing assumptions, estimated hours, cost proposal coordination, and required backup documentation.

• Track and manage risks, issues, dependencies, action items, and decisions across active Task Orders.

• Oversee deliverable review workflows to confirm documents, reports, data products, dashboards, and technical materials are complete, accurate, editable, and aligned with Task Order requirements.

• Coordinate QA/QC reviews for deliverables related to IT systems, data collection, reporting, analysis, policy consulting, outreach materials, and accessibility requirements.

• Facilitate recurring project meetings, prepare agendas, capture notes, document decisions, and follow up on action items.

• Coordinate subcontractor work assignments, inputs, schedules, deliverables, and performance expectations.

• Support invoice preparation by validating labor categories, hours, Task Order charges, invoice backup, funds expended, and funds remaining.

• Monitor compliance with Task Order instructions, contract requirements, DOE grant-related reporting expectations, data security expectations, and County review/approval processes.

• Track defects, nonconformance issues, quality comments, and corrective actions until closure.

• Maintain organized project files, schedules, trackers, status reports, and version-controlled deliverable records.

• Communicate clearly and professionally with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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Ascension is seeking a detail-oriented Quality / Deliverables Coordinator to support a potential U.S. Marine Corps iNFADS professional services engagement. This role will help ensure that contract deliverables, monthly reports, meeting minutes, training attachments, and submission packages are accurate, complete, properly formatted, and ready for government review.

This position is important because the PWS allows deliverables to be rejected for spelling, grammar, formatting, content, completeness, accuracy, or contract nonconformance. The PWS also requires the Monthly Status Report to include work accomplished by task, accepted/rejected deliverables, planned work, reports, meetings, problem areas, recommended solutions, travel, and ODC status.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Quality / Deliverables Coordinator will support the Project Manager and technical team by maintaining a disciplined deliverable review and submission process. The ideal candidate is organized, responsive, and comfortable working with technical staff to convert inputs into polished government-facing work products. This person should be able to track due dates, review documents for clarity and consistency, capture meeting actions, prepare monthly reporting inputs, and maintain a clean document repository.

This role supports the overall iNFADS effort by helping the team maintain quality, reduce rework, and ensure that reports, briefings, training materials, meeting minutes, and other deliverables are submitted in the format required by the Government. The PWS specifically identifies deliverables such as reports, papers, PowerPoint briefings, slides, computations with backup information, training materials, manuals, databases, website-related items, graphics, visual aids, and meeting minutes.

Expected Day-to-Day / Recurring Activities

• Review draft and final deliverables for grammar, spelling, formatting, consistency, completeness, and compliance with PWS requirements.

• Format reports, briefings, meeting minutes, training materials, and attachments using Microsoft Office 365.

• Maintain the deliverable tracker, including due dates, review status, acceptance/rejection status, correction deadlines, and resubmission notes.

• Assemble monthly progress report inputs, including work accomplished by task, planned work, deliverables accepted or rejected, meetings, briefings, problem areas, recommendations, travel, and ODC inputs.

• Capture meeting minutes, action items, decisions, and follow-up assignments from kickoff meetings, status meetings, working groups, and technical coordination meetings.

• Package deliverables for submission to the COR in the required format, including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, email attachments, and supporting documentation.

• Coordinate with the Project Manager, data analysts, technical specialists, trainers, and SMEs to collect source materials and resolve missing information.

• Track government comments and verify that corrections, revisions, deletions, and additions are incorporated into final deliverables.

• Maintain version control, naming conventions, document folders, templates, review checklists, and quality control records.

• Support training deliverable packaging by attaching training trip reports, training evaluations, course materials, manuals, and related documentation when required.

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Ascension is seeking a detail-oriented Training Materials / Training Support Specialist to support the development, formatting, editing, and quality review of training products for the Marine Corps iNFADS professional services effort. This role supports Task 5 by helping prepare annual training plans, training manuals, lesson plans, course evaluation forms, training materials, and training trip report inputs for iNFADS and related facilities planning system training.

This position is important because the PWS identifies user training as a key component of the contract and requires training support across classroom and virtual delivery environments. The broader requirement supports MCICOM’s use of iNFADS as the Department of Navy real property accountable property system of record, including data, audit, facilities, and real property management functions.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Training Materials / Training Support Specialist will assist Ascension’s technical and training leads by preparing clear, accurate, user-friendly, and Government-compliant training documentation. The ideal candidate should be organized, responsive, and comfortable working with subject matter experts to turn technical system guidance into polished training products.

The PWS requires an annual training plan within 120 days of award, Government review and approval of training manuals before distribution, and adherence to approved course manuals and training materials during instruction. The PWS also requires six annual classroom or virtual end-user training sessions, lesson plans, training materials, course evaluations, and training trip reports documenting student feedback and training effectiveness.

This role is best suited for a candidate who can support formatting, editing, version control, course material updates, PowerPoint development, evaluation form preparation, and training documentation packages. The candidate should be able to work with Microsoft Office 365, Teams, SharePoint or similar document repositories, PDF tools, and basic accessibility/Section 508 review features in Microsoft Office.

Position Responsibilities

The Training Materials / Training Support Specialist will be expected to:

• Develop and format training manuals, student guides, instructor materials, lesson plans, and course handouts.
• Edit and proofread training materials for clarity, consistency, grammar, formatting, and compliance with approved templates.
• Support the annual iNFADS training plan by organizing draft content, training dates, locations, constraints, and delivery assumptions.
• Prepare course evaluation forms and compile student feedback for review by the training lead and project manager.
• Support training trip report inputs by organizing evaluation results, attendance information, lessons learned, and recommended improvements.
• Maintain version control for draft, review, revised, and final Government-approved training materials.
• Coordinate with SMEs to convert technical system guidance into user-friendly training content.
• Create and update PowerPoint presentations, job aids, quick reference guides, process visuals, and other training support materials.
• Ensure final deliverables are provided in Microsoft Office 365-compatible formats and are organized, accurate, and editable by the Government as required by the PWS.
• Apply basic accessibility checks to Word, PowerPoint, PDF, and SharePoint-ready materials before submission.
• Support virtual training preparation using Microsoft Teams or similar collaboration tools.
• Assist with organizing approved training files in a shared repository for easy retrieval, reuse, and audit support.

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Ascension is seeking a Policy and Working Group Analyst to support a potential U.S. Marine Corps iNFADS professional services engagement. The selected candidate will provide technical research, policy review, analysis, meeting support, and documentation support related to real property inventory, facilities, asset management, and supporting systems that use real property information.

This role is important because the customer requires contractor support to review changes to law, regulation, policy, directives, and procedural documents; support working groups; analyze possible impacts to real property management processes; and help document technical findings for Government review. The PWS makes clear that contractor support is technical and advisory only; the contractor will not vote, speak for the Government, draft discretionary policy, or make Government decisions. The role supports the broader iNFADS objective of improving the customer’s ability to manage, analyze, and use real property information across Marine Corps operations.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Policy and Working Group Analyst will support Task 2 and Task 4 of the PWS by helping the customer understand policy, procedural, and system-related changes that affect real property inventory reporting and related facilities processes. The ideal candidate will be a detail-oriented analyst who can read and summarize policy materials, compare requirements across documents, support working groups, prepare meeting notes and action items, and develop concise analysis that helps Government stakeholders make informed decisions.

The candidate should be comfortable working in an environment where the requirements are driven by ad hoc Government requests, working group schedules, and policy or system changes. This role requires strong judgment, professional writing, the ability to work with limited supervision, and the discipline to avoid making policy decisions on behalf of the Government. The PWS requires ad hoc request and working group support within two business days, and deliverables may be provided by email, MS Word, or MS Excel based on COR direction.

Expected Day-to-Day / Recurring Activities

• Review changes to real property law, DoW policy, DON policy, USMC policy, directives, and procedural documents.
• Summarize policy or procedural changes for Government review and follow-on action.
• Support DON, DoW, USMC, and NITC-related working groups involving real property asset management.
• Prepare data, analysis, issue summaries, meeting notes, and possible impact statements for working group discussions.
• Document working group action items, decisions, risks, dependencies, and follow-up items.
• Provide technical input on proposed Marine Corps policy and procedural documents without speaking for or representing the Government.
• Support ad hoc questions related to real property inventory, facilities planning, military construction, sustainment, restoration, modernization, and related systems.
• Coordinate with project staff and technical SMEs to gather facts, validate assumptions, and prepare accurate responses.
• Develop concise Word, Excel, and email-based deliverables that fully address the COR’s request.
• Support monthly status reporting by documenting assigned tasks, completed deliverables, issues, planned work, and working group activity.
• Participate in MS Teams meetings, technical discussions, and collaboration sessions as required.
• Track risks, open issues, action items, and response timelines to ensure the team meets PWS performance standards.

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Ascension is seeking a Systems Access / Help Desk Support Specialist to support the U.S. Marine Corps’ iNFADS Professional Services requirement. This role supports the internet Naval Facilities Data Store, the Department of Navy real property accountable property system of record used to support Marine Corps real property inventory, audit readiness, facilities management, and reporting needs. The PWS identifies system access support, help desk support, technical assistance, user training, database management, and real property data support as core service objectives.

The ideal candidate will be a customer-focused technical support professional who can assist users with system access, troubleshoot functional barriers, validate user access documentation, support access control reviews, and help users navigate iNFADS processes. This role is important because iNFADS supports real property accountability, audit readiness, and the Marine Corps’ ability to define, quantify, update, analyze, and report real property data for capitalization, maintenance, design, modification, security, and audit requirements.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Systems Access / Help Desk Support Specialist will provide responsive user support, access control administration, and technical assistance for iNFADS users across multiple time zones, including CONUS, Hawaii, Japan, and South Korea. The PWS requires telephone and email technical support, step-by-step assistance in system functionality, resolution of access problems, assistance with data query process steps, and support to installation Real Property Accountable Officers when creating or changing real property records or sites in iNFADS.

This role also supports the integrity of the iNFADS access program by reviewing access requests, confirming completed training certificates, supporting additional permission or waiver documentation, maintaining the Security Module, retaining access permission documentation for audit review, and assisting with quarterly User Access Reviews. The Government retains authority to grant, modify, or revoke access, so the contractor’s role is administrative, technical, and validation-focused.

The successful candidate should be detail-oriented, organized, responsive, and comfortable working in a structured government environment where access control, documentation, and auditability matter. The candidate should be able to explain technical steps clearly, maintain accurate records, escalate issues appropriately, and work with users who may have varying levels of system experience.

Expected Day-to-Day Activities

• Provide telephone and email help desk support to iNFADS users during required business support hours.
• Respond to user inquiries within the PWS-required timeframe, including documenting issues that may require more time to resolve.
• Guide users step-by-step through iNFADS system functionality, access processes, and query/data extraction steps.
• Troubleshoot access problems and technical obstacles that limit full system functionality.
• Assist installation Real Property Accountable Officers with user support related to real property records or site updates in iNFADS.
• Review iNFADS access requests for completeness and alignment with required training certificates.
• Match system access requests to completed course certifications and identify missing documentation.
• Support requests for additional permissions or waiver letters when needed.
• Maintain and update the iNFADS Security Module in accordance with Government direction.
• Retain access permission records in secure folders for audit review and Government inspection.
• Assist MCICOM HQ and installation staff with quarterly User Access Reviews.
• Identify users who no longer require access and support documentation needed for removal.
• Coordinate with MCICOM HQ staff to monitor user access files and maintain the iNFADS access control program.
• Document help desk activity, access control actions, unresolved issues, and recurring user support trends for monthly reporting.
• Support continuous improvement of help desk processes, access tracking, user guidance, and issue resolution workflows.
• Use Microsoft Office, Teams, email, secure file repositories, and Government-designated collaboration tools to communicate and document work.

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Ascension is seeking a Data Extraction and Reporting Analyst to support the Marine Corps Installations Command’s iNFADS professional services requirement. This role supports the management, extraction, validation, reporting, and analysis of real property asset data maintained in the internet Naval Facilities Data Store, which supports Marine Corps real property accountability, audit readiness, facilities planning, sustainment, modernization, and decision-making.

This position is ideal for a detail-oriented data analyst who can work with structured data, respond to ad hoc reporting requests, validate data across multiple sources, prepare accurate reports, and translate operational data into useful information for government stakeholders. The PWS specifically requires database management, database mining and analysis, reporting, help desk support, system access support, and program support to iNFADS users.

The selected candidate will be important to the customer because iNFADS supports the Marine Corps’ ability to define, quantify, add, modify, delete, and analyze real property data for capitalization, maintenance, design, modification, security, and audit requirements.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Data Extraction and Reporting Analyst will support Task 5.1, which focuses on oversight and management of Marine Corps real property assets database and information. The analyst will collect requested iNFADS data, input approved data, develop and implement data extraction approaches, validate and correct data discrepancies, support system change testing, prepare recurring reports, and respond to ad hoc data requests. The PWS estimates no less than 25 and up to 40 specific ad hoc data requests per period of performance without requiring a contract modification.

The ideal candidate should be comfortable working in a request-driven environment where accuracy, timeliness, documentation, and customer service are essential. The role requires strong analytical judgment, excellent written communication, organized file management, and the ability to explain data findings to users who may need help with query methods or data set differences across Marine Corps, Department of Navy, and Department of War sources.

Expected Day-to-Day Activities

• Collect iNFADS data requested by the Government to support trend analysis in construction, leasing, capital improvement, maintenance, sustainment, and disposal activities.
• Input approved iNFADS-designated data, including Facilities Condition Index data, Mission Dependency Index data, physical inventory cycle uploads, and asset evaluation data.
• Develop data extraction and utilization approaches based on COR-provided objectives and requested reporting formats.
• Implement approved extraction approaches for specific Marine Corps data needs.
• Maintain folders and source files for completed data extraction and utilization requests for future reference.
• Validate iNFADS data against internal and external sources, including audit findings, IV&V reports, maintenance budget discrepancies, and user-identified anomalies.
• Prepare recommended correction lists and execute approved data corrections in iNFADS.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc reports, including support for the USMC Snapshot, Marine Corps Facilities Database, sustainment forecasts, disposal reports, and DoW Agency Reconciliation reporting.
• Respond to ad hoc data requests involving plant replacement value, facility condition index, square footage, linear measurement, and other real property quantitative data.
• Assist iNFADS users with query methods and help investigate differences between iNFADS and other service-level, DON, or DoW data sets.
• Test and document impacts of iNFADS system changes and provide feedback on new functionality.
• Prepare accurate Microsoft Word, Excel, email, and dashboard-supporting data products as directed by the COR.
• Support monthly status reporting by documenting completed analyses, reports, deliverables, issues, planned work, and technical support activity.

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Ascension is seeking a senior iNFADS / Real Property Database Subject Matter Expert to support Marine Corps Installations Command’s use of the internet Naval Facilities Data Store, the Department of the Navy’s real property accountable property system of record. The PWS states that the effort supports USMC real property inventory oversight, audit readiness, database management, data extraction, systems access support, systems training, help desk support, policy technical review, liaison with the software operator, and program support to system users.

This role is intended for a candidate who understands real property inventory, facilities data, property accountability, data validation, system functionality, and the practical needs of federal users who rely on authoritative real property data. The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience supporting iNFADS or closely related DoD real property, facilities, installation management, or accountable property systems. This is a senior role because the customer requires both functional real property knowledge and technical database/system support to help USMC define, quantify, add, modify, delete, analyze, and report real property data for capitalization, maintenance, design, modification, security, and audit requirements.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The iNFADS / Real Property Database SME will provide specialized support across real property database oversight, data extraction, analysis, policy/process technical review, working group support, system change coordination, programmatic support, and training. The role supports USMC’s ability to fully use iNFADS across real property operations, including data calls, audit-related data validation, sustainment reporting, disposal reporting, facility condition information, mission dependency data, physical inventory cycle uploads, and asset evaluation data support.

The selected candidate should be detail-oriented, self-driven, organized, responsive, and able to work with limited day-to-day direction. The candidate must be comfortable interpreting customer requests, validating data, developing practical approaches for extracting and using iNFADS data, explaining system functionality to users, supporting real property policy/process discussions, and coordinating with technical and government stakeholders. The PWS also requires interaction with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Information Technology Center regarding iNFADS, including monthly NITC Teams calls and support for system change requests.

Expected Day-to-Day / Recurring Activities

• Support USMC real property asset database oversight and management in iNFADS.
• Collect requested iNFADS data to support analysis of construction, leasing, capital improvement, maintenance, sustainment, disposal, and related real property activities.
• Input USMC-provided iNFADS-designated data, including Facility Condition Index, Mission Dependency Index, Physical Inventory Cycle, and Asset Evaluation data.
• Develop and implement data extraction and utilization approaches in coordination with the COR or designated government representatives.
• Validate, reconcile, and correct iNFADS data discrepancies from internal sources, external sources, audit findings, special studies, or user-identified anomalies.
• Analyze iNFADS system changes, test new functionality, and provide feedback on impacts to USMC users and real property operations.
• Prepare reports, data extracts, correspondence, and analysis using Microsoft Office-compatible formats.
• Respond to ad hoc iNFADS data and real property information requests involving plant replacement value, facility condition data, measurements, square footage, and other quantitative asset information.
• Compile and summarize changes to real property laws, DoD/DoW, DON, USMC policies, directives, and procedural documents for government review.
• Support real property working groups with administrative and technical data analysis, including category code updates, real property reporting policy updates, and system-related process changes.
• Participate in NITC coordination calls and support iNFADS change request discussions.
• Provide SME input to Marine Corps systems and processes that rely on real property information, including facilities planning, military construction, sustainment, restoration, modernization, MAXIMO, and related systems.
• Support annual iNFADS training planning, course material updates, course evaluation forms, training delivery support, and training trip reports.
• Deliver technical information in a clear, accurate, professional, and non-policy-making role; the contractor may provide technical support but does not speak for the Government.

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Ascension is seeking a Project Manager / Contract Delivery Lead to manage contract execution, schedule, deliverables, reporting, risks, staffing coordination, and client communications for a U.S. Marine Corps iNFADS professional services engagement. This role supports Marine Corps Installations Command by ensuring the contractor team delivers required support for iNFADS database management, data extraction and analysis, systems access support, training coordination, help desk support, policy/technical review, working group support, and program support to system users. The PWS states that the contract objective is to provide iNFADS database management services, including database extraction and analysis, system access support, system training, help-desk support, policy technical review, liaison with the software operator, and program support to system users.

The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented federal contract delivery professional who can keep a small technical team aligned to scope, schedule, quality, and Government expectations. This person must be comfortable managing a non-personal services contract, coordinating with a COR, preparing monthly progress reports, tracking deliverables, facilitating kickoff and transition activities, and ensuring that contract actions remain within authorized scope.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Project Manager / Contract Delivery Lead will serve as Ascension’s primary delivery coordinator for the iNFADS engagement. The role is responsible for managing the overall contract delivery rhythm, including kickoff preparation, schedule and action item tracking, monthly status reporting, risk and issue escalation, quality review of deliverables, staffing coordination, travel coordination, and transition-in/transition-out support.

This role must ensure the team performs in accordance with the PWS, QASP, deliverable schedule, security requirements, and COR direction. The PWS requires the contractor to provide all necessary program management, quality assurance, and materials to execute each task. The PM must also ensure monthly reports include completed work by task, accepted/rejected deliverables, upcoming work, meetings, issues, staffing projections, financial status, ODCs, and travel information.

The successful candidate should be self-driven, organized, responsive, and comfortable working in a remote-first environment with federal stakeholders. The candidate should be able to anticipate delivery risks, maintain a clear action tracker, coordinate technical contributors, and ensure all contractor communications, reports, and deliverables are professional, timely, accurate, and compliant.

Expected Day-to-Day / Recurring Activities

• Manage overall contract delivery across Tasks 1–5, including iNFADS database support, policy/working group support, access/help desk support, programmatic support, and training support.
• Develop and maintain a project schedule, action item tracker, risk register, deliverable tracker, and meeting cadence.
• Coordinate the contract kickoff meeting within the required timeframe and prepare briefing materials covering staffing, schedule, resources, transition approach, and performance metrics. The PWS requires a kickoff meeting within five business days of award and briefing materials two business days before the meeting.
• Prepare monthly status reports for COR review, including completed work, planned work, deliverables status, meetings, issues, staffing updates, subcontractor utilization, financial status, ODCs, and travel information.
• Track deliverable quality, acceptance, rejection, resubmission timelines, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate with technical staff supporting iNFADS data requests, data validation, reports, user access reviews, help desk support, working group support, system change requests, and training activities.
• Monitor PWS performance standards and ensure the team meets required response times, reporting deadlines, accuracy standards, and customer support expectations.
• Support transition-in and transition-out planning, including knowledge transfer, project documentation, points of contact, schedules, milestones, and weekly transition status meetings when required.
• Coordinate travel requests when travel is required, ensuring COR pre-approval at least 10 business days in advance and compliance with FTR/JTR/DSSR requirements.
• Facilitate internal team meetings and client-facing meetings using Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Office tools.
• Maintain clear documentation for project management processes, correspondence, meeting notes, issue resolution, and contract performance evidence.
• Escalate risks, staffing concerns, access delays, deliverable quality issues, or Government dependency issues to Ascension leadership and the COR as appropriate.

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Ascension is seeking a detail-oriented Technical Writer / Documentation Specialist to support federal enterprise operations, reporting, briefing, and documentation activities for a mission-focused health agency environment. This position supports the development, editing, formatting, and quality review of materials used by program teams, senior leaders, and stakeholders to communicate priorities, risks, performance results, and operational progress.

This role is important because the CMS Enterprise Operations and Efficiency BPA requires timely, accurate, and well-organized documentation to support strategic reporting, HHS/CMS leadership briefings, compliance-related reporting, implementation tracking, and cross-component coordination. The SOO specifically requires preparation of briefing documents, executive summaries, presentations, supporting materials, reports, updates, and deliverables that meet formatting, content, and submission timelines.

The ideal candidate is organized, responsive, and comfortable supporting a fast-moving consulting team where priorities may shift based on leadership requests, reporting deadlines, and client needs.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Technical Writer / Documentation Specialist will assist Ascension’s project team with preparing, editing, formatting, organizing, and finalizing documents and communication products. The role will support work products such as reports, memoranda, work plans, briefing slides, executive summaries, meeting materials, SOPs, job aids, action item trackers, one-pagers, and internal coordination materials.

This position is best suited for a strong writer/editor who can take draft content from analysts, project managers, and subject matter experts and turn it into clear, professional, client-ready products. The candidate should be able to proofread for grammar, formatting, consistency, readability, version control, and compliance with client templates or style requirements.

Ascension has performed similar documentation and communications support on prior federal engagements, including preparing documentation and deliverables for client approval, developing communication products such as branding guides, briefings, PowerPoint slides, one-pagers, talking points, and other resources, and supporting meeting summaries, action items, reports, and briefing materials.

Position Day-to-Day Activities

• Draft, edit, proofread, and format reports, memoranda, briefings, meeting summaries, work plans, SOPs, job aids, and executive-level materials.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations, one-pagers, briefing documents, talking points, and supporting materials for project and leadership meetings.
• Review documents for grammar, clarity, consistency, formatting, version control, and alignment with client templates.
• Coordinate with project managers, analysts, and subject matter experts to collect inputs and incorporate edits.
• Support the development of meeting agendas, meeting notes, action item logs, and follow-up summaries.
• Maintain organized document libraries in SharePoint or Teams.
• Track document status, review cycles, deadlines, and approval actions.
• Convert documents to PDF and ensure files are clean, organized, and ready for submission.
• Assist with basic graphics, tables, charts, layouts, and visual formatting for reports and presentations.
• Support compliance with accessibility, branding, formatting, and document quality requirements.
• Update recurring reports, trackers, dashboards, briefing packages, and project documentation as directed.
• Protect sensitive client and project information and follow document handling procedures.

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Ascension is seeking a Technical Automation Specialist / SharePoint & Power Platform Specialist to support enterprise operations, reporting enablement, business integration, and data-driven solution delivery for a federal health client. This position supports the CMS Enterprise Operations & Efficiency BPA, which is intended to provide flexible contractor support across strategy, operations, compliance, program integrity, mission essential planning, strategic reporting, and performance/data management. The BPA requires contractor support that can integrate people, processes, data, and technology to improve operational effectiveness and support scalable, interoperable solutions aligned with CMS priorities.

The ideal candidate is a practical, detail-oriented technical professional who can translate business needs into low-code/no-code solutions, configure collaborative platforms, document requirements, support dashboards and reporting tools, and help users adopt improved processes. This role is important because CMS seeks support for enterprise solutioning, reporting enablement, dashboard development, data integration, business intelligence, and agile delivery of high-impact solutions.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Technical Automation Specialist will support the design, configuration, implementation, and maintenance of technical business solutions that improve collaboration, reporting, workflow automation, and data accessibility. The candidate will work with project managers, analysts, SMEs, and client stakeholders to understand operational needs, document functional and technical requirements, configure SharePoint/Microsoft 365 environments, support Power Platform workflows, assist with dashboard/reporting enablement, and troubleshoot user issues.

This role is best suited for a self-driven professional who can work in an evolving federal environment, clarify ambiguous requirements, organize user needs into actionable system specifications, and support practical tools that help the customer manage work, report progress, track metrics, and improve repeatable processes. Ascension’s relevant past performance includes business process automation, SharePoint/Power Platform configuration and development, dashboard development, KPI reporting, data analytics, stakeholder coordination, and requirements analysis.

Position’s Expected Activities

• Configure SharePoint sites, pages, lists, libraries, calendars, permissions, alerts, metadata, and document repositories to support program and reporting needs.
• Develop and maintain low-code/no-code workflow automations using Microsoft Power Automate, Power Apps, SharePoint Lists, and related Microsoft 365 tools.
• Gather user needs through meetings, interviews, working sessions, document reviews, and process walkthroughs.
• Translate business needs into functional requirements, technical requirements, workflow maps, user stories, acceptance criteria, and system specifications.
• Support dashboard and reporting enablement by helping integrate structured data sources, automate data collection, and improve reporting accuracy.
• Build or support prototypes, forms, trackers, dashboards, and collaboration tools that improve visibility into status, performance, risks, actions, and deliverables.
• Maintain technical documentation, configuration notes, SOPs, user guides, release notes, training aids, and support materials.
• Test configured solutions, validate business rules, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate user feedback.
• Support agile delivery practices, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, demonstrations, issue tracking, and iterative improvement.
• Coordinate with analysts, project managers, SMEs, and client stakeholders to ensure tools align with operational needs and CMS standards.
• Recommend practical enhancements to improve usability, data quality, workflow efficiency, and reporting consistency.
• Support change adoption through user training, job aids, demos, quick reference materials, and help desk-style user support.
• Maintain awareness of federal data handling, accessibility, privacy, and records management expectations when configuring tools and workflows.

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Ascension is seeking a Senior Business Data Analyst / BI Analyst to support a federal health enterprise operations and efficiency effort for CMS. The ideal candidate will help translate business, operational, compliance, and performance requirements into meaningful data products, dashboards, reports, KPI briefings, and decision-support tools.

This position is important because CMS requires contractor support that can improve enterprise operations, strengthen performance visibility, support strategic reporting, and enable data-driven decision-making across complex programs and initiatives. The successful candidate should be comfortable working with program managers, policy teams, technical staff, and executive stakeholders to understand business needs, define measures, analyze data, identify trends, and present findings in a clear and actionable format.

Ascension is looking for a candidate who brings strong analytical judgment, business process understanding, data visualization skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced federal consulting environment. This role is best suited for someone who is detail-oriented, self-driven, organized, comfortable with ambiguity, and able to convert complex information into practical recommendations for leadership decision-making.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Business Data Analyst will support data collection, validation, analysis, reporting, and dashboard development across enterprise operations, program integrity, compliance, strategic reporting, and performance management activities. The candidate will help define KPIs, develop recurring and ad hoc reports, analyze operational trends, support data quality reviews, prepare executive-level briefings, and recommend workflow or process improvements based on findings.

The role requires someone who can work independently with limited supervision, gather requirements from stakeholders, identify reporting gaps, develop analytical use cases, and present information in a way that supports decision-making. The candidate should be able to use tools such as Microsoft Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, and other Microsoft 365 applications. Experience with Tableau, SQL, Power Automate, or federal data/reporting environments is preferred.

Day-to-Day Activities

• Analyze business, operational, compliance, and performance data to identify trends, risks, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop dashboards, scorecards, reports, and executive briefing materials using tools such as Power BI, Excel, Tableau, and PowerPoint.
• Translate stakeholder requirements into analytic use cases, reporting requirements, data tables, metrics, and visualization concepts.
• Define and track KPIs, performance measures, risk indicators, and reporting milestones.
• Validate data for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and usability before reporting to project leadership or government stakeholders.
• Integrate data from multiple sources to support performance management, program integrity, strategic reporting, and operational decision-making.
• Prepare briefing decks, decision-support models, analytic summaries, and implementation memos for client review.
• Support data calls, reporting cycles, stakeholder meetings, and leadership briefings.
• Identify process inefficiencies and recommend data-informed workflow improvements.
• Maintain trackers, reporting calendars, action item logs, and analytic documentation.
• Collaborate with project managers, SMEs, technical staff, and government stakeholders to ensure analysis aligns with mission needs.
• Support development of repeatable templates, reporting processes, dashboards, and data management procedures.
• Communicate findings clearly through written reports, visual narratives, dashboards, and presentations.

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Ascension is seeking a Senior Emergency Preparedness and Continuity Planning Subject Matter Expert to support a potential federal health agency enterprise operations and efficiency effort. This role will provide specialized expertise in mission essential planning, continuity of operations, emergency preparedness, scenario planning, mitigation frameworks, and ready-on-call operational response support.

This position is aligned to CMS’s need for mission essential planning and mitigation support, including the development and maintenance of COOP plans, emergency response procedures, scenario-based playbooks, tabletop exercises, simulations, situational awareness reporting, leadership briefings, after-action reviews, and corrective action support. The requirement specifically focuses on translating enterprise risks into actionable response frameworks and continuity capabilities that help CMS sustain essential functions during disruptions or high-impact events.

Who Ascension Is Seeking

Ascension is seeking an experienced, senior-level consultant who understands federal continuity planning, emergency preparedness, operational risk, and incident response coordination. The ideal candidate can work independently, quickly assess complex operating environments, develop practical planning tools, and advise federal leaders on how to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergent events.

This role is important because CMS requires support that is actionable, scalable, and integrated across components and external partners. The selected consultant must be able to convert enterprise-level risks into clear playbooks, triggers, roles, responsibilities, response actions, and decision-support materials that can be used before, during, and after an event.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Senior Emergency Preparedness and Continuity Planning SME will support planning, preparedness, and response-related activities for mission essential operations. The consultant will help develop and refine COOP plans, emergency response procedures, scenario-based mitigation frameworks, tabletop exercise materials, and after-action review products.

The successful candidate should be detail-oriented, organized, responsive, and comfortable supporting senior stakeholders in an ambiguous and fast-moving environment. The candidate should be able to anticipate planning gaps, construct practical solutions, manage competing priorities, and produce high-quality deliverables with limited oversight.

This role will likely require use of federal continuity planning practices, ERM-informed risk inputs, scenario planning methods, after-action review processes, corrective action tracking, meeting facilitation, executive briefing development, and common federal productivity tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and possibly Power BI or other dashboard/reporting tools.

Expected Day-to-Day / Periodic Activities

• Develop, update, and operationalize COOP plans, emergency response procedures, mission essential function documentation, and related playbooks.
• Translate enterprise risks into operational scenarios, response strategies, escalation triggers, roles, responsibilities, and mitigation actions.
• Design scenario-based playbooks that support decision-making during disruptions, urgent events, or high-impact operational conditions.
• Support tabletop exercises, simulations, discussion-based exercises, readiness reviews, and workforce preparedness activities.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, planning sessions, working groups, and after-action discussions.
• Assess gaps in response capabilities, continuity procedures, communications workflows, and decision-support processes.
• Prepare leadership briefings, situational awareness updates, executive summaries, meeting notes, and action-item trackers.
• Coordinate response planning inputs across program, operations, risk, policy, and technical stakeholders.
• Recommend corrective actions and support validation of remediation activities after exercises or actual events.
• Maintain planning artifacts, version-controlled documents, trackers, and knowledge management repositories.
• Provide ready-on-call support when requested for urgent operational requirements, emergent events, or rapid-turn planning support.
• Align lessons learned with ERM and continuous improvement processes to strengthen future preparedness and resilience.

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Ascension is seeking a Senior Program Integrity and Compliance Subject Matter Expert to provide specialized advisory support for CMS enterprise operations, with emphasis on program integrity, internal controls, fraud/waste/abuse risk, compliance frameworks, and corrective action planning. This role is intended for a senior consultant who can help CMS strengthen transparency, accountability, risk-informed decision-making, and compliance execution across complex federal healthcare operations.

The ideal candidate understands how federal agencies design, assess, and improve compliance programs, internal control environments, risk mitigation strategies, monitoring processes, and executive reporting. This position is especially important because CMS requires contractor support that can help prevent, detect, and respond to fraud, waste, and abuse while ensuring alignment with statutory, regulatory, and policy requirements. The CMS requirement also calls for support in data collection and analysis, fraud and forensic analysis, risk and internal control mitigation, and continuous monitoring.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Program Integrity and Compliance SME will serve as a part-time specialist advisor supporting task orders under the CMS Enterprise Operations & Efficiency BPA. The contractor will provide expertise in compliance strategy, governance structures, internal controls, program integrity models, fraud risk assessment, risk indicators, compliance metrics, audit readiness, corrective action planning, and executive-level reporting.

This role requires a self-driven, detail-oriented professional who can work in an ambiguous federal consulting environment, quickly understand CMS priorities, assess operational and compliance risks, and provide practical recommendations that can be implemented by program teams. The SME should be comfortable advising project managers, analysts, and client stakeholders; reviewing data, policies, processes, and controls; identifying gaps; and developing actionable products such as SOPs, risk assessments, compliance dashboards, issue papers, briefing materials, corrective action trackers, and implementation roadmaps.

The customer will likely need tools and processes such as risk registers, internal control matrices, fraud risk assessment templates, compliance monitoring dashboards, corrective action plans, KPI/risk indicator trackers, SOPs, governance charters, executive briefing decks, and structured data collection processes. Ascension’s relevant past performance includes subject matter expertise, program management, compliance analysis, data analytics, KPI development, dashboards, process improvement, policy support, SharePoint/Power Platform solutions, and executive reporting support.

Expected Day-to-Day / Periodic Activities

• Advise CMS stakeholders on program integrity, compliance, fraud risk, internal controls, and risk mitigation strategies.

• Assess existing processes, policies, governance structures, and controls to identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.

• Develop program integrity frameworks, compliance models, SOPs, implementation roadmaps, and governance artifacts.

• Conduct fraud risk assessments and support forensic-style analysis using data mining, pattern recognition, trend analysis, and anomaly identification.

• Review program data, reports, and dashboards to identify potential risk indicators, compliance issues, and corrective action needs.

• Document findings, prepare issue papers, and support development of audit-ready analytical products.

• Recommend preventive and detective controls to reduce program integrity, compliance, and operational risk.

• Develop and track KPIs, risk indicators, compliance metrics, corrective action plans, and remediation status.

• Support leadership briefings by preparing executive summaries, PowerPoint decks, talking points, decision memos, and status updates.

• Facilitate working sessions with program offices, analysts, project managers, and other stakeholders to validate findings and obtain input.

• Coordinate with data analysts and business intelligence staff to ensure dashboards and reporting tools reflect meaningful compliance and risk indicators.

• Support continuous monitoring activities and recommend improvements based on observed trends, deficiencies, and remediation outcomes.

• Contribute to after-action reviews, lessons learned, and continuous improvement recommendations when CMS identifies operational or compliance issues.

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Ascension is seeking a Senior Management Analyst / Operations Research Analyst to support anticipated work under the CMS Enterprise Operations & Efficiency Blanket Purchase Agreement. This role will support enterprise-level program analysis, performance tracking, compliance coordination, reporting, risk identification, process improvement, and data-informed decision support for CMS leadership and program offices.

The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented, organized, and self-driven analyst who can operate in a fast-moving federal environment with limited supervision. This position is important to the effort because CMS is seeking contractor support across strategy, operations, compliance, program integrity, mission essential planning, strategic reporting, and performance/data management. The BPA requires integrated support that strengthens CMS’s ability to assess current operations, identify gaps, develop implementation plans, monitor risks, prepare reports and briefings, and use data to support decisions.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Management Analyst / Operations Research Analyst will provide operational advisory, analytical, and project support services to help CMS translate priorities, mandates, risks, data, and reporting needs into actionable products. The role will support business analysis, stakeholder coordination, performance measurement, risk and issue tracking, meeting facilitation, dashboard/report development, SOP and process documentation, and executive briefing support.

This position requires someone who can collect and organize information from multiple stakeholders, analyze qualitative and quantitative data, develop clear work products, and help CMS track progress against strategic and operational priorities. The candidate should be comfortable supporting ambiguous or evolving requirements, identifying problems early, developing practical recommendations, and managing multiple priorities under deadlines.

The work aligns closely with Ascension’s experience in agile program management, business process automation, data analytics, acquisition lifecycle management, knowledge management, SharePoint/Power Platform support, KPI development, stakeholder engagement, and management consulting. Ascension’s past performance includes program management, special projects, data validation and analysis, KPI reporting, process improvement recommendations, dashboards in Excel/Power BI/Tableau, SharePoint support, stakeholder engagement, and executive briefings.

Expected Day-to-Day Activities

• Analyze CMS program, operational, compliance, reporting, and performance data to identify trends, risks, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop reports, briefing decks, decision memos, dashboards, trackers, meeting summaries, and analytical work products for CMS stakeholders.
• Support implementation planning for policies, mandates, executive priorities, and strategic initiatives.
• Track milestones, risks, issues, action items, deliverable status, reporting deadlines, and corrective actions.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, working sessions, integrated project teams, and information-gathering discussions.
• Conduct research, interviews, document reviews, and data calls to support business analysis and operational recommendations.
• Support development and refinement of SOPs, process maps, governance documents, compliance trackers, and implementation roadmaps.
• Assist with GPRA, Evidence Act, Executive Order, HHS briefing, and strategic priority reporting support.
• Develop and maintain performance metrics, KPIs, risk indicators, compliance metrics, and progress dashboards.
• Coordinate inputs across multiple program offices, SMEs, analysts, and leadership stakeholders.
• Prepare clear written recommendations based on data, policy, process, and stakeholder findings.
• Support continuous improvement activities by documenting current-state processes, identifying pain points, and recommending practical changes.
• Use Microsoft 365 tools, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, Power BI, and related collaboration/reporting tools to organize, analyze, and present information.