Corporate Overview

Big Fish Consulting — "minnows to marlins" (BFC) is a company that delivers "cradle-to-grave" federal contract administration and acquisition management advisory support services. We serve as your "GPS Navigational" system through the federal maze of government contracting. We guide companies from the federal registration; certification; request for proposal solicitation bid preparation; through contract compliance and performance; audit preparation to the final phase of contract closeout. Our firm operates primarily under the federal NAIC code 541611.

We provide advisory support services to mitigate risk for clients as they maneuver through the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) maze of doing business with the federal government's contracting and acquisition management agencies.

BFC joins your team as your Corporate Contracts Administrator & Government Liaison (CCAGL). You receive contract administration support without the additional overhead cost. One One of the biggest benefits is having your federal clients confident that your team includes an academically, accredited federal contracts administrator as "key personnel" on your proposal bid team. Having a qualified, knowledgeable and federally experienced contracts administration team is a tremendous benefit to both our client and their federal customers who feel confident there is someone who speaks their federal contracting language.

Who We Are

BFC is a federally registered Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) which is highly experienced both academically and professionally in the federal regulations and acquisition management process from the federal and contractor perspective.

BFC was founded by Marlin Ann Boothby, MBA, MAM on a solid academic and professional leadership foundation.

Academic Foundation

Marlin's formal education is formidable:

• Bachelor degree (BA) from Sojourner-Douglass in Baltimore, Maryland - graduated summa cum laude;
• Master degree (MBA) from Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Maryland - earned a MBA degree in Business Science with a minor in Organizational Development & Applied Behavioral Science;
• Bachelor degree (BA) from the United States Department of Defense Acquisition University (DAU) in Federal Contract Law & Acquisition Management;
• Master degree (Masters Acquisition Management - MAM) from American Graduate University (AGU) in Federal Acquisition Management;
• Ph.D. in Acquisition management from Virginia University (Completed 1 year).

Professional Experience

BFC's leadership has served as a federal GS-1102 contracting professional for the Department of Defense, the U.S. Navy negotiating and awarding multi-million dollar international contracts, and the Department of Justice.

BFC's leadership has served as an advocate for small businesses from Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; St. Mary's , GA; Fort Hood, TX; to Indianapolis, Indiana and has provided Small Business Supplier Diversity support to federal Prime Contractors to meet federal compliance with their Small Business Subcontracting Plans and efforts to meet their subcontracting socioeconomic goals.

BFC works with contractors of all sizes nationwide with a plethora of federal contract administration issues (e.g. Business Conduct & Ethics Policies; job descriptions for federal contract bid personnel; Corporate Capability Statements; federal strategies for business development; federal administration training; proposal management; and federal audit preparation; etc.)

Our Mission

Our mission is to facilitate collaborative efforts for client success in providing step-by-step guidance through all phases of the Federal Acquisition Regulations(FAR), federal procurement process and contracting and acquisition management maze.