Senior Contract Specialist

Analyzes project requirement from inception to closeout anddevelops solutions to agency’s needs. Responsible for business improvementservices in life cycle administration and management of contracts, contractnegations; proposal guidance, preparation and management assistance.

Duties include, but are not limited to, market analysis,purchase justifications, material lifecycle plans, bills of material, costestimates, as well as product and service oriented draft statements of work.

Provides services to coordinate and support development ofcustomer needs statements, Requests for Information (RFIs) and Requests forQuotes (RFQs). Coordinates, reviews, and presents vendor responses to RFIs,RFQs and service requests, and acquisition planning.

Prepares Request for Proposals (RFP)/Invitation for Bids(IFB) preparation guidance, market research/ analysis, and selection andadministration of terms and conditions.

Prepare contact awards and modifications for ContractingOfficer signature. Performs initial cost and price analysis on proposalsreceived.

Supports the Contracting Officer (CO) during the sourceselection process. Drafts contract negotiation memoranda and contractmodifications for CO. Support the CO in documenting evaluation of performance,contract termination and contract closeout.

Create/Maintain Contract file folders, prepare solicitationdocumentation, and review proposals for compliance. contract modifications.

Individuals shall also possess extensive working knowledgeof the FAR and DFAR and agency supplements as required.

Requirements

Require 9-12 years of experience conducting performingrelevant actions specific to labor category with relevant experience within thelast 2 years. Work is highly independent.

Education: Master’s degree in an area related to the laborcategory from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by theU.S. Department of Education. Meets all qualifications and skills of aSenior-Level, to include:

• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge and understanding of the labor category activities required to meet mission requirements.
• Demonstrates mastery of qualitative and quantitative acquisition and program management analytic methodologies and pursue developments in academia or other fields that contribute to enterprise/corporate level process improvement.
• Demonstrates ability to design comprehensive, new, or unique process improvement enablers to further streamline Agency PPB&E facilitation.
• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of acquisition lifecycle operations, including financial execution concepts, and provides knowledge management across organizational and intra-IC boundaries to clearly articulate key findings.
• Demonstrates ability to work independently and with minimal oversight.
• Demonstrates ability to review analytic program management data for cogent arguments, provide adequate support for conclusions, and routinely tests accuracy of analytic data.

TS/SCI with Polygraph

Benefits