Contract Specialist III

Contract Specialist III

Remote

Full Time

The Contract Specialist III provides advanced federal acquisition and contract administration support to Indian Affairs (IA), assisting program officials with the procurement of supplies and services and the administration of complex government contracts. This position serves as a business advisor to program officials throughout the acquisition lifecycle, supporting acquisition planning, procurement strategy, solicitation development, cost and price analysis, contract negotiations, contract modifications, performance monitoring, and contract closeout.

The Contract Specialist III applies comprehensive knowledge of federal contracting principles, regulations, policies, and procedures to support complex and sensitive procurement activities. The role requires the ability to independently analyze acquisition issues, develop recommendations, negotiate contract actions, resolve performance and administration challenges, and provide guidance to program offices and less experienced team members.

• Applies knowledge of administrative support functions within a federal acquisition operations environment to assist program officials on acquisition and administrative matters affecting procurement of supplies and services using source selection procedures; the evaluation of contract price quotes; and the administration or termination and closeout of contracts.
• Performs contract administration activities, supporting a variety of offices/customers under IA, and assists in the monitoring of Contractor's performance, verification of deliveries, and similar activities.
• Researches and prepares modifications to contracts and conducts analysis of alternatives and the capabilities and characteristics of the assigned contractors.
• Utilizes cost/price analysis techniques to support the development of cost related sections of solicitation documents and the analysis of cost and price data, labor and material cost, etc.
• Supports the development of budgets for planned procurements. Writes, analyzes and evaluates solicitations for completeness and accuracy, specifically as it relates to how price and technical are aligned in the solicitation. Analyzes and evaluates contractor price/cost quotes for new procurements, changes, follow-on procurements, etc., which may result in new contracts or the issuance of modifications or the termination of existing contracts.
• Supports the extension of periods of performance and contract closeout processes and provides advice/guidance on alternatives should extensions not be actionable.
• Helps ensure that all appropriate steps have been taken to safeguard the interests of IA, and that all requirements of law, executive orders, regulations and other applicable procedures have been met.
• Assists customers in developing statements of work/need/objectives and procurement strategy; and develops evaluation plans, pricing methodologies, and executes various contract administration functions.
• Serves as a point of contact for program officials on acquisition and administrative matters affecting major procurement of supplies and services using source selection procedures; the evaluation of contract price proposals/quotes; and the administration or termination and closeout of major contracts. Provides authoritative recommendations to improve procurement operations and customer service.
• Coordinates contract administration activities for long-term, extensive technical service contracts. Contract types vary with the complexity of the acquisition and the best interests of the government, ranging from Firm-Fixed-Price through Fixed-Price-Incentive and Fixed-Price-Award Fee. The contract specialist monitors…