Senior Contract Specialist

Patrick AFB, United States | Posted on 07/17/2023

fedRFP provides acquisition management support to Federal Customers and turn-key Business Development and Proposal services to companies looking to grow their business in the Federal Market.

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, cost estimates, as well as product and service oriented draft statements of work.

Provides services to coordinate and support development of customer needs statements, Requests for Information (RFIs) and Requests for Quotes (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 and administration of terms and conditions.

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

Supports the Contracting Officer (CO) during the source selection 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 solicitation documentation, and review proposals for compliance. contract modifications.

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

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 activitiesrequired to meet mission requirements.
• Demonstratesmastery of qualitative and quantitative acquisition and program managementanalytic methodologies and pursue developments in academia or other fieldsthat contribute to enterprise/corporate level process improvement.
• Demonstratesability to design comprehensive, new, or unique process improvementenablers to further streamline Agency PPB&E facilitation.
• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of acquisition lifecycle operations, including financial execution concepts, and provides knowledge management acrossorganizational and intra-IC boundaries to clearly articulate key findings.
• Demonstratesability to work independently and with minimal oversight.
• Demonstratesability to review analytic program management data for cogent arguments,provide adequate support for conclusions, and routinely tests accuracy ofanalytic data.