Principal Contract Specialist​/Program Manager

OCT Consulting is a business management and technology consulting firm that supports Federal Government clients. We provide consulting services in the areas of Strategy, Process Improvement, Change Management, Program and Project Management, Acquisition/Procurement, and Information Technology.

OCT currently has an opening for a Principal Contract Specialist/Program Manager to work with our federal client. The selected candidate will lead OCT's contractor team embedded with the client's contracting department, which plans, awards, and administers fixed-price and cost-type contracts for supplies, services, and information technology. The Principal Contract Specialist/Program Manager will serve as OCT's on-site contract manager and primary point of contact for the COR and Technical Point of Contact, while also performing complex contracting work.

• Serve as OCT's on-site contract manager with full authority to act on daily operational matters; serve as primary point of contact for the COR and TPOC.
• Receive acquisition packages from the Government and assign and disseminate work to contractor staff; manage team workload, performance, and quality.
• Implement and maintain the Quality Control Plan; oversee contractor-to-contractor peer review of all work products prior to Contracting Officer review.
• Enter contractor staff time into the client timekeeping system; coordinate and monitor approved telework arrangements.
• Lead weekly performance meetings with the COR, report on status and issues, and resolve performance concerns.
• Ensure the team does not perform inherently governmental functions and maintains non-personal services and OCI safeguards.
• Prepare the Transition-Out Plan and lead knowledge transfer at the end of the period of performance.
• Support the full acquisition lifecycle (cradle-to-grave) for complex supplies, services, and information technology, including fixed-price and cost-type contracts, IDIQs, BOAs, BPAs, and task/delivery orders.
• Conduct market research and prepare market research memoranda, Justifications and Approvals (J&As), and related acquisition strategy documents; review requirements and sole-source justifications for accuracy.
• Prepare Requests for Quotes (RFQs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), and combined synopsis/solicitations, ensuring all appropriate FAR/DFARS terms and conditions are included; verify funds availability and obtain legal concurrence as required.
• Support informal and formal source selections, including Source Selection Plans, evaluation worksheets, conflict-of-interest/non-disclosure documentation, and draft Source Selection Decision Memoranda.
• Perform cost and price analysis using advanced Excel (XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP/HLOOKUP, pivot tables, nested functions, conditional formatting) on large pricing datasets; assist program offices with Independent Government Estimates (IGEs).
• Develop pre-negotiation objectives and support the Contracting Officer during negotiations; prepare award documents, COR designation letters, and FPDS-NG reporting.
• Provide training, mentoring, and knowledge sharing to Government and contractor staff, including PowerPoint training materials and job aids.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Eight (8) or more years of Government contracting experience, including commercial and non-commercial supplies and services, IDIQs, and task/delivery orders.
• Three (3) or more years of Government supervisory experience.
• Bachelor's degree required (Business degree preferred). Education and experience may not be substituted for one another.
• DAWIA Contracting Professional certification or equivalent (e.g., DAWIA Level…