About MSII

MSII Contracts & Procurement LLC was founded to provide practical, experienced support to businesses operating in the federal contracting environment — especially small and mid-sized contractors that need help navigating complex contract requirements, difficult agency relationships, large prime contractor pressure, performance concerns, CPARS risk, financial recovery issues, and procurement process challenges.

MSII is built around a simple belief: federal contracting should be challenging, but it should not be unfair. Contractors that act in good faith, communicate honestly, document responsibly, and work toward performance should have someone in their corner who understands how the system works and how to help protect their position.

The company provides advisory support in federal acquisition, contract administration, procurement operations, subcontract management, FAR/DFARS compliance, CPARS improvement, financial recovery, termination-for-default prevention, expert witness support, and contracts/procurement systems implementation.

Words on our Founder

Michael Smith II is the Founder & Principal Consultant of MSII Contracts & Procurement LLC. He brings more than 14 years of federal contracts and procurement experience across military contracting, civilian agency support, and contractor-side contracts and procurement leadership.

Michael began his contracting career in the United States Air Force, where he served in Air Force contracting and gained hands-on experience with federal acquisition systems, contract administration, construction contracting, invoice review, market research, CPARS, SAM.gov, FPDS-NG, PD2, and Wide Area Workflow. His military background helped shape the discipline, accountability, and mission-focused approach that now guides MSII.

After his Air Force service, Michael continued building experience across federal contracting environments, including support for NOAA, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Park Service, and contractor-side operations. His work has included construction and professional services acquisitions, negotiations, source selections, contract modifications, price and cost analysis, subcontract administration, GSA contract support, teaming agreements, joint ventures, IDIQs, MACCs, SATOCs, NDAs, and FAR/DFARS compliance.

That combination of government-side, agency-support, and contractor-side experience allows MSII to approach problems with a practical understanding of what contracting officers need, what contractors face, and how to communicate effectively between both sides.

Veteran Background

MSII is a veteran-owned business founded by an Air Force contracting veteran. Michael’s military service instilled a direct, mission-focused approach to problem solving: understand the requirement, document the facts, communicate clearly, protect the mission, and act with integrity.

That background matters in federal contracting because the work often requires calm judgment under pressure, disciplined documentation, respect for chain-of-command decision-making, and an understanding that performance, compliance, and communication all matter.

MSII brings that mindset to every engagement.

Our Mission

MSII’s mission is to help federal contractors, small businesses, legal teams, and acquisition stakeholders make better contracting decisions, protect their business interests, improve procurement operations, and resolve difficult contract issues through practical, ethical, and experience-based support.

We help clients:

• Understand complex federal contract requirements

• Strengthen contract and procurement operations

• Improve documentation and communication

• Recover financially from troubled contract performance

• Improve CPARS and past performance positioning

• Reduce termination-for-default risk

• Navigate agency and prime contractor pressure

• Build practical systems for contracts and procurement management

• Approach disputes and performance issues with facts, professionalism, and good faith

Our Philosophy

Good-Faith Contracting Comes First

MSII is built on the belief that good-faith contracting matters. A contractor acting in good faith, with honest intent, responsible communication, reasonable documentation, and a genuine effort to perform, should not be punished for trying to do the right thing.

Federal contracting is complex. Mistakes, disagreements, delays, changed conditions, unclear direction, and performance challenges happen. But there is a meaningful difference between bad-faith conduct and a contractor working honestly through a difficult situation.

MSII helps clients demonstrate that difference through documentation, communication, corrective action planning, and practical contract administration.

Solve Problems Before They Become Business-Threatening

Contract issues often escalate because they are ignored too long, documented poorly, or communicated emotionally instead of factually. MSII’s approach is to identify risk early, organize the record, clarify the contract path, and help the client respond professionally before the issue becomes a claim, CPARS dispute, cure notice, show-cause response, or termination action.

Practical Over Theoretical

MSII does not provide generic consulting language disconnected from real contract performance. The focus is practical: What does the contract say? What happened? What documentation exists? What does the contracting officer or prime need to see? What business outcome is realistic? What action should be taken next?

Strong Documentation Protects Good-Faith Performance

In federal contracting, good intent is not always enough. Contractors need records, timelines, correspondence, deliverable tracking, cost support, schedule support, and clear narratives. MSII helps clients build that record so their position is easier to understand, support, and defend.

Our Mentality Toward Small Business

Small businesses are often asked to carry major performance responsibilities while operating with fewer resources, less leverage, and less margin for error than large contractors. When a small business is pressured by a federal agency client, large business prime contractor, or difficult subcontract relationship, the consequences can be serious: delayed payment, cash-flow strain, negative CPARS, disputed changes, loss of future work, or termination risk.

MSII is especially committed to supporting small businesses in those moments.

Our mentality is simple:

• Small businesses deserve to be heard.

• Good-faith performance deserves to be recognized.

• Large contractors and agencies should not use complexity as leverage.

• Documentation should be used to clarify the truth, not bury it.

• Contracting problems should be solved professionally whenever possible.

• A small business should not have to face a complex federal contracting issue alone.

MSII helps small businesses organize the facts, communicate clearly, protect their position, and pursue practical solutions with contracting officers, CORs, prime contractors, subcontractors, counsel, and other stakeholders.

Core Values

1. Integrity: We operate with honesty, professionalism, and respect for the federal contracting process. We do not support shortcuts, improper influence, or bad-faith tactics.

2. Good Faith: Good-faith action is central to MSII. We believe honest efforts to perform, communicate, correct issues, and meet contract requirements should be recognized and protected.

3. Practical Judgment: We focus on realistic solutions, not theory. Our recommendations are grounded in contract terms, documentation, business risk, and operational realities.

4. Small Business Advocacy: We support small businesses that feel pressured, outmatched, or unheard in federal contracting environments. Advocacy does not mean creating unnecessary conflict; it means helping clients present the facts clearly and professionally.

5. Accountability: We believe strong contract administration requires discipline, documentation, follow-through, and ownership of responsibilities.

6. Fairness: Federal contracting should be competitive, demanding, and performance-based but it should also be fair. MSII helps clients pursue fair treatment through clear communication and well-supported positions.

Mission Focus

The goal is not process for process’s sake. The goal is to support better outcomes, stronger performance, reduced risk, and mission success.

What Makes MSII Different

MSII combines federal acquisition experience, contractor-side contracts leadership, small business advocacy, and practical systems implementation knowledge.

Michael has worked with the tools, documents, systems, and pressures that contractors face every day. He understands contracting from multiple sides: the government contracting office, agency support roles, prime/subcontractor relationships, and internal contracts/procurement department leadership.

MSII also brings a systems mindset. Beyond advisory support, MSII helps companies improve how they manage contract actions, procurement requests, approvals, documents, reminders, reporting, and workflows including ERP implementation advisory and Microsoft 365-based workflow buildouts.