Bill Scheier

Strategic Procurement Partners draws on over 20 years of federal procurement experience to help companies succeed in the government marketplace by improving sourcing outcomes, reducing risk, and strengthening procurement strategies.  

Government contracting is complex, competitive, and unforgiving of mistakes. Our firm partners with vendors who want to compete smarter—whether they are entering the federal market for the first time or are an established business looking to gain an edge on the competition. We translate government acquisition requirements into practical, vendor-focused strategies that support growth while reducing risk.

Our experience spans across multiple federal agencies and includes high-dollar, mission-critical federal contracts across multiple services, security, technology, and operations industries. We understand how agencies buy, how decisions are made, and where vendors most often lose opportunities or incur unnecessary risk. That insight allows us to help clients position themselves more effectively, avoid costly compliance missteps, and improve contract performance.

We take a hands-on, practical approach. Our work is tailored to each client’s size, experience, and goals, while remaining flexible enough to address additional procurement and contracting needs as they arise. Throughout every engagement, we emphasize disciplined execution, clear communication and professional relationships with government customers, recognizing their direct impact on performance and long-term success.

Our goal is simple: help government vendors compete effectively, perform successfully, and build sustainable businesses in the federal marketplace.

• Warranted Contracting Officer (FAC-C Professional) with full authority to award, administer and terminate contracts up to $100 million, driving strategic procurement decisions, ensuring compliance, and enhancing operational efficiency across high-visibility programs.
• Served as the 2nd level supervisor managing geographically dispersed procurement teams across multiple time zones, awarding $50+ million in new contracts annually.
• Led a 16-person team through a major IRS procurement reorganization to a customer-based model supporting 4 different IRS divisions, transferring $155 million in existing contracts and awarding $10 million in new contracts over a three-month holiday period, with zero business disruption.
• Directed continuous process improvement efforts to standardize contract review processes and modification documentation, resulting in measurable reductions of Policy and Legal findings.
• Developed team members to have transferrable personal and professional skills allowing them to become leaders in both government and private sector roles.

• Warranted Contracting Officer (FAC-C Professional) with full authority to award, administer and terminate contracts up to $100 million, driving strategic procurement decisions, ensuring compliance, and enhancing operational efficiency across high-visibility programs.
• Served as the 1st level supervisor managing a geographically dispersed procurement team of 18 people across multiple time zones, awarding $90+ million in new contracts annually.
• Provided technical and administrative supervision to contracting staff executing the full contract lifecycle for supplies and services, ensuring successful support of IRS operations and mission requirements.
• Reviewed and approved all pre-award and post-award contract actions valued at $10K and above, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to acquisition regulations.
• Directed continuous process improvement efforts to standardize contract review processes and modification documentation, resulting in measurable reductions of Policy and Legal findings.
• Assigned and prioritized work across the section based on workload complexity, mission urgency, and employee capability to ensure timely and high-quality acquisition outcomes.
• Identified workforce development needs and delivered or coordinated targeted training to strengthen employee skills, performance, and career progression.
• Developed and implemented a workforce readiness approach that increased the number of warranted Contracting Officers, improving acquisition efficiency, risk management, and continuity of operations

• Served as a procurement lead on the development and vendor selection of an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) which produced energy cost savings of at least 20% at 4 different IRS campus sites, including IRS HQ, with no up-front cost to the government.
• Achieved multi-million-dollar cost savings working in partnership with the IRS cybersecurity unit to obtain legal justification for a non-competitive, sole source award to upgrade existing threat intelligence software rather than purchase new software systems.
• Drove on-time award of expert witness contracts critical to IRS litigation, improving case readiness, safeguarding revenue, and strengthening collaboration between procurement and Chief Counsel
• Conducted market analyses to evaluate pricing trends and supplier landscapes, informing strategic sourcing and procurement decisions.
• Developed personal relationships with multiple individual IRS business units which led to a more effective and efficient approach in developing and awarding their requirements.
• Evaluated supplier performance for all contracts awarded and administered against key contract performance metrics and developed necessary corrective actions for those metrics which were not being met.
• Member of the IRS’ Innovative Contracting Community of Practice (ICCoP) Steering Committee which received the 2024 IRS Deputy Commissioner Award for reducing and streamlining to under 45 days and meeting customer needs by finding flexible wants to navigate the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which enhanced operational efficiency.

• Served as Contingency Contracting Officer for FPS, leading the award and administration of firm-fixed-price Protective Security Officer (PSO) contracts supporting FEMA disaster relief operations during Hurricanes Maria, Florence, and Michael.
• Executed and oversaw more than 1.1 million labor hours and $51.7M in security services across three major disaster declarations, ensuring continuous protection of FEMA personnel, facilities, and assets in high-risk, rapidly evolving environments.
• Led cross-functional response teams of 4–10 contracting, budget, and COR personnel per event, providing acquisition planning, funding coordination, and execution oversight to enable rapid deployment and sustained contingency operations.
• Delivered timely, compliant contract awards and administration under emergency conditions, balancing speed, risk management, and regulatory requirements to support FEMA’s disaster recovery mission.

• Warranted Contracting Officer (FAC-C Level III) with authority to award, administer, and terminate contracts up to $500M, supporting high-visibility programs and driving compliant, strategic acquisition outcomes.
• Supported the Division Chief in leading a team of 10 contracting professionals managing time-sensitive, complex procurements; served as Acting Division Chief when required and as full-time Division Chief from February–November 2021. The team executed 800+ contract actions annually, obligating over $250M across supply and service contracts.
• Planned, solicited, negotiated, awarded, and administered complex, multi-million-dollar contracts for supplies and services using full and open competition, competitive 8(a), and sole-source acquisition strategies.
• Delivered a $100 million armed guard services contract award and transition in less than 120 days - versus the typical 520 days - by streamlining vendor selection, onboarding, and training processes, significantly enhancing security posture and operational continuity across federal facilities.
• Oversaw source selection for contracts valued up to $200 million, exercising acquisition authority and delivery timely, defensible awards decisions that advanced organizational objectives.
• Regularly drafted reports and executive briefings to senior acquisition leadership, including the Division Chief, Acquisition Policy Chief, Deputy Director, and Acquisition Director.
• Provided technical acquisition guidance to non-procurement program officials and senior leadership, drafting contractual terms and conditions and advising on procurement strategy and risk.
• Performed full contract administration activities, including performance monitoring, annual contractor evaluations, modification negotiations, terminations, and contract closeout.
• Conducted cost and price analyses to evaluate and negotiate contractor proposals and executed annual wage adjustments in compliance with the Service Contract Act.

• Provided support to the Acting Chief of the Policy & Support Branch related to a variety of topics including but not limited to: Protective Security Officer Statement of Work (SOW) development, PIV deployment, Wage Adjustment guide revision, training and clause applicability.

• Validated comments made by the FPS AD Policy and Support Branch staff conducting quality assurance review on contracting documentation at various states in the acquisition process.

• Identified systemic weaknesses identified through the policy review process. 

• Reviewed and provided comments behalf of Federal Protective Service Acquisition Division (FPSAD) on several FPS policy directives.

• Provided support and documentation on both internal (FPS AD) and external (Office of Procurement Operations and the National Protection and Programs Directorate) data calls.

• Drafted FPS Broadcast Messages on behalf of the FPS Acquisition Director to information FPS personnel of regulatory changes and guidance.

• Updated the FPS AD RFQ and RFP templates due to the removal of FAR 19.12 (Small Disadvantaged Participation Program) which eliminated using SDB participation as evaluation criteria. Also, assisted in coming up with procedures to re-assign credit to DHS Mentor-Protégé program participants into a different evaluation factor within the RFQ and RFP templates.

• Served as the FPS AD Policy and Support Branch point person for compiling and analyzing contractor price estimates for the inclusion of FPS Active Threat Train the Trainer program into new and existing PSO contracts nationwide. Responsibilities included providing a cost breakdown and pricing analysis to FPS Training and Professional Development division so that they could provide a final determination on the future of the program.

• Served as the FPS AD representative in the Request to Procure (R2P) working group for the FPS financial systems modernization initiative.

• Warranted Contracting Officer (FAC-C Level III) with authority up to $25M, executing and overseeing complex federal procurements in support of mission-critical security operations.
• Oversaw cradle-to-grave RFQ/RFP actions and mentored four Contract Specialists, strengthening acquisition quality, reducing rework, and ensuring timely execution of procurements.
• Administered a $95M statewide fixed-price Protective Security Officer contract supporting 265 officers across 83 federal facilities in Ohio, ensuring uninterrupted security services and contract performance continuity.
• Led recurring contractor performance reviews with procurement and program stakeholders, proactively resolving issues, improving service delivery, and maintaining contract compliance.
• Awarded and administered purchase orders for countermeasure security system installations in federal buildings, supporting enhanced facility security and timely deployment of protective technologies.
• Provided acquisition guidance to non-procurement officials on SOW development, IGCEs, purchase card usage, and contract administration, enabling clearer requirements and reducing acquisition cycle delays.
• Executed cost and price analysis, Service Contract Act wage adjustments, and timely contract closeouts, mitigating financial risk, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting audit-ready contract files.
• Acted as Contracting Officer for a nationwide U.S. Marshals Service CCTV contract, coordinating cross-agency and vendor negotiations to accelerate system repairs, installations, and maintenance—achieving full operational capability ahead of the 2016 Republican National Convention.
• Instructed a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) Fundamentals course at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Brunswick, GA (August 2016).

• Led procurement policy interpretation and guideline development efforts, resulting in streamlined operations and stronger regulatory compliance regarding the FAR, DFARS, DLAD, and DGPA.
• Identified significant trends and issues in procurement and assisted in the development of policy and regulatory solutions to address those trends.
• Facilitated briefings reaching the 1,000+ DLA Philadelphia acquisition personnel, effectively communicating new procurement policies and ensuring organization-wide adoption.
• Represented the DSCP policy office on several Acquisition Review Boards (ARB) conducted by Chief of the Contracting Office (CCO) and Head of the Contracting Authority (HCA).

• Warranted Contracting Officer (DAWIA Level 2) up to $250,000 authority.
• Conducted the full range of contract lifecycle functions on very complex, high visibility, high dollar value procurements including those with special business arrangements such as First Article Testing (FAT), Product Verification Testing (PVT), coordinating source inspection, and restrictive military specifications and standards.
• Managed end-to-end contract lifecycle activities for commercial and non-commercial industrial hardware acquisitions of varying value and duration, up to 5-year contracts, from solicitation through contract administration.
• Executed a targeted sourcing strategy during Operation Iraqi Freedom to correct Humvee spring defects by analyzing root causes in supplier performance and securing an alternative vendor, ensuring operational continuity and improved solider protection in a combat zone.
• Mentored and trained new DLA corporate interns on federal acquisition procedures and procurement policies, delivery individual and group instruction to enhance workforce capability and promote continuous improvement.