Competition Advocate

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) competition advocacy functions with offices located at the DIA Defense Intelligence Analysis Center (DIAC) at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington , DC.

Competition Advocate Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal advisor to the Senior Procurement Executive on matters relating to competition
• Participate in the development of agency acquisition policy, review acquisition plans for competitive contracting to ensure that transactions expending public funds are expended in accordance with applicable statute or regulation.
• Promote acquisition of commercial goods and services to meet the agency's requirements.
• Participate in major acquisition strategy working groups.
• Serve as the agency market research focal point, meeting with industry representatives on a regular basis.
• Reviews acquisition processes to ensure fairness.
• Serve as Ombudsman for agency task order contracts and as the agency official for resolution of disputes under the Alternative Contract Dispute Resolution clause.
• The Competition Advocate, acting as the Commercial Advocate, can provide assistance and guidance in the areas of market research and methods of finding commercial solutions for DIA's requirements.