Mr. Edwards was a contract negotiator and contracting officer for the United States Air Force from 1974 through 1981 and worked in a number of Air Force weapon system program offices, including Space Development Plans, Advanced Ballistic Re-entry Systems, Defense Meteorological Satellites, and Space Defense Systems.

In 1982, Mr. Edwards was appointed a tri-services contracting officer and negotiated independent research and development and bid and proposal cost ceilings for the Department of Defense and for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In 1983, he was appointed Chief, Plans Division, Deputy for Contracting and Manufacturing, at Headquarters, Air Force Systems Command. In 1984, he was appointed to the Contract Review Committee at that Headquarters.

Mr. Edwards was Chief of Construction Contracting for the Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, from 1984 until 1986.

From 1987 until 1998, Mr. Edwards was a member of the faculties of The George Washington University, School of Business and Public Management, government contracting program, and of The George Washington University Law School Government Contracts Program.

Mr. Edwards’ publications include Subcontracting Under the Federal Acquisition Regulation: A Primer; Questions and Answers About Best-Value Source Selection; How to Evaluate Past Performance: A Best-Value Approach; and Streamlining Source Selection with Oral Presentations, all of which were published by The George Washington University Law School Government Contracts Program. His articles about Federal procurement have been published in The Federal Acquisition Practitioner, The Nash & Cibinic Report, The Weapons Complex Monitor, and at Where in Federal Contracting? (www.wifcon.com). The National Contract Management Association published his book on award-term contracting in October of 2000. Management Concepts, Inc., published the second edition of his book, The Source Selection Answer Book, in March of 2006.

He is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles.

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