Contract Specialist

4 weeks ago

College Park, Maryland, United States Federal Aviation Administration Full time

As a Contract Specialist, the incumbent will apply all agency requirements including laws, regulations, the Acquisition Management System (AMS), contracting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and other directives.

The incumbent will provide advice and guidance to apply new and innovative approaches, methodologies, and techniques to define for advanced and challenging activities.

The incumbent will support one of several specialty areas in the Acquisitions Organization, such as, research and development, major systems, system operations, facilities, construction and architect-engineer services, and other services in contract development, management, and sustainability for the Agency.

This includes complete contract management for all agency wide acquisition programs, NextGen initiatives, NAS support and automation, and other agency priorities.

The incumbent must be aware of conditions and processes such as, design to cost, effective competition, acquisition life cycle, exploration, demonstration, full production, and full-scale development contracts.

Applying principles of program management, quality assurance, reliability, scheduling, work breakdown structures and validations, the incumbent will plan, develop, and implement acquisition strategies utilizing the flexibilities found in the AMS.

The incumbent will be responsible, with limited direction of a manager, team lead, or more experienced professional, for drafting, reviewing, editing documents as well as the execution and implementation of major milestones throughout the acquisition process.

This includes, but is not limited to all the key contractual roles identified above as well as analysis of contractor Cost Accounting System (CAS) Disclosure Statements, analysis of Earned Value Management (EVM) data, analysis of compliance with terms and conditions, using tools to determine root causes for issues that arise as well as formulating the course of action to remedy issues.

The negotiated contracts and awards will be made to commercial organizations, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations and state, local or foreign government entities.

Pre-Award - Use all appropriate laws, regulation, agency directives, etc., to perform all pre-award contract duties.

Acquisition Planning and Strategy – Participate in the development and implementation of strategies to assure that supplies and services are available when needed to meet mission requirements.

Act as a point of contact on acquisition issues and provide information to the customers and acquisition team members on full range of procurement options and contract types.

Analyze and anticipate business needs and proactively formulate acquisition strategies.
Post-Award - Contract Management. Under minimal supervision, the incumbent performs contract administration functions and provide guidance on contractual actions to acquisition partners.

Determines allowability for incurred costs, determines claims, withholding, and liquidated damage amounts, approves invoices, requests for property, materials or travel.

Analyzes performance, financial, property and other reports, performs all other post award functions necessary to ensure proper contractor performance.

Responsible for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests as well as determining or processing any contract termination or excusable delays.

Works with the Quality Reliability Officers team on overseeing quality assurance activities of the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and contractors.

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