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Government affairs & contracting

Government affairs, contracting strategy and client support, including U.S. Government contracts secured for clients with an aggregate value above US$950,000.

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OrganisationAdebayo Adeleke LLC
RoleProject Manager, Government Affairs and Contracting
PeriodDecember 2021 – October 2024

The assignment

At Adebayo Adeleke LLC, I worked as Project Manager for Government Affairs and Contracting, with responsibilities spanning government relations, contracting strategy and compliance.

The operating context

Working with public institutions requires attention to formal rules, procurement requirements and the administrative conditions under which organisations operate. This assignment broadened my institutional experience beyond sector policy into government-facing delivery.

My contributions

  • Worked on government-relations and government-contracting strategy.
  • Managed projects within a government-affairs and contracting remit.
  • Worked with compliance requirements across U.S. local, state and federal contexts.
  • Secured U.S. government contracts for clients who executed contracts with an aggregate value exceeding US$950,000.

Areas of delivery

  • Government-affairs project management
  • Contracting-strategy contributions
  • Compliance-oriented institutional work
  • Client-executed U.S. government contracts with an aggregate value above US$950,000

Scope and professional contribution

The U.S. Figure is the aggregate value of contracts secured for clients and executed by those clients. The Nigerian assignments below are presented as additional contracting experience, separately from the dated Adebayo Adeleke LLC role.

Additional Nigerian contracting assignments

For both assignments, I wrote the proposals, served as project manager and oversaw full execution, with responsibility for quality assurance.

Evacuation of illegal dumpsites in Ibadan Metropolis

Client: Kakub Haulage Services

Contract reference: OY-MDA-M-0003

Contract sum: ₦192,254,633

Construction of roads and drainages at flood-prone areas of CRD Lugbe and Winners Airport Road, Lugbe, AMAC LGA, Abuja, FCT

Client: NextLevel Modern Innovative Engineering & Technology Limited

Contract sum: ₦1,399,000,000