Contract Administrator

Overview

At Orange County Government, we are proud to serve the public with integrity, honesty, fairness, and professionalism. We develop innovative policies and services that impact Central Florida and shape the future of our community. We believe in hiring the very best. Our workplace experience sets us apart and makes us a great place to work. Our goal is to create an environment of exceptional organizational values, customer service standards, and employee satisfaction.

Orange County Government is committed to providing equal opportunity in employment and services to all individuals.

At Orange County Government, we are proud to serve the public with integrity, honesty, fairness, and professionalism. We develop innovative policies and services that impact Central Florida and shape the future of our community. We believe in hiring the very best. Our workplace experience sets us apart and makes us a great place to work. Our goal is to create an environment of exceptional organizational values, customer service standards, and employee satisfaction.

Orange County Government is committed to providing equal opportunity in employment and services to all individuals.

This position performs professional and administrative duties in the development, coordination and maintenance of contracts.

Duties are performed under the general supervision of the assigned supervisor who reviews performance through conferences and analyses of completed assignments.

• Formulates and prepares Requests for Proposals and Invitations for Bid for goods, services, construction and capital improvement contracts.
• Schedules and participates in pre-bid/proposal conferences.
• Reviews Board agenda items for contracts
• Formulates and prepares construction contracts, contract amendments, task authorizations, change orders, and written responses to bidders
  ¿ questions.
• Evaluates bids and proposals to determine most responsive and responsible submittal. Evaluates proposal responses, qualifications, pricing data, scope of services and contract terms.
• Interacts with consultants, contractors and vendors for coordination of contractual items and resolution of issues, and with user department staff on document preparation, policies and procedures.
• Reviews negotiated change orders to track percent of contract price increase and reviews amendments/task authorizations and pay requests for conformance to contract terms and fees.
• Formulates contract terms and conditions.
• Develops and maintains computerized database for contract administration, monitoring, and tracking of professional service and construction contracts, inclusive of contract expiration dates, invoices, delivery orders, budget, etc.
• Reviews insurance, bid bonds, performance and payment bonds to ensure and verify financial viability and solvency of insurers and sureties.
• Performs product and vendor sourcing and competitive market pricing research.
• Responsible for the supervision of Engineering Inspectors, as assigned, including performance evaluation and management of personnel issues.
• Participate in emergency operations, including preparation, response and recovery.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Business Administration, Public Administration or a closely related field and two years of experience preparing and/or monitoring contracts. Work experience in a closely related field may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis.

• Work experience in fiscal administration or roadway maintenance operations.
• Experience with general service and road rehabilitation maintenance contracts such as mowing, resurfacing,…