Temporary Contract Specialist

4 weeks ago

Washington, United States Abacus Full time

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Job Description
Job Title Temporary Contract Specialist Client Company/Dept. Name Office of the Associate Administrator for Administration, Maritime Administration (MARAD) ddress DOT HQ Building, Washington, DC City Name Washington State Name DC-District Of Columbi Zip Code 20003 If others (Address) Bill Rate Min: $ Max: $ Duration of the project Project Start Date 1-Nov-23 Project End Date Oct 30, 2024 No. of Openings 1 No. of Maximum Submissions 2 Job Description Introduction
This position will be physically located in the Office of Acquisition, Office of the Associate Administrator for Administration, Maritime Administration (MARAD).
This position is established to perform a variety of functions related to the procurement of supplies and services, ranging from Simplified Acquisitions to more complex multi-million- dollar negotiated acquisitions. Contracts/cooperative agreements are awarded and administered for support of the programs of various field and headquarters offices of MARAD.

Major Duties and Responsibilities
The Contractor shall provide qualified expert personnel to execute the contract administration, acquisition functions; responsibilities involve solving significant problems complicated by interfaces and inter-relationships between and among programs, systems, functions, policies, and numerous critical issues as contained in this PWS. The ultimate decision authority for all government procurement actions is inherently Governmental and remains a function of the government contracting official.
- Establishes a full range of contractual administration actions required for the acquisition program including the issuance of contract modifications, investigation and resolution of contractor delays, and similar matters. Performs in-depth review and analysis to verify progress. Initiates action to resolve contract-related problems affecting the ability to meet program goals.
- Plans, and/or administers complex procurements of goods, systems, or services with specialized, state-of-the-art, critical or scarce requirements and characterized by a lack of any previous cost data, use of a wide variety of cost and fixed- price contracts, multi-year contracts and extensive use of subcontractors, frequent changes in terms, conditions or funding arrangements, and similar difficulties.
- Develops and/or reviews complex contractual pricing arrangements and incentives characterized by multiple incentives requiring sophisticated contracting techniques, sharing arrangements such as cost-plus-incentive-fees or fixed-pr ice-incentive-fees where the agency and the contractor share cost risk, or economic price adjustment clauses for adjusting labor and material costs where price cannot be reasonably predicted at the time of negotiation.
- Audits or reviews major acquisitions of similar complexity, presents findings, recommends corrective actions and policy or procedure improvements.
- Reviews, develops, and recommends business unit-wide or agency-wide procurement processes and systems, procedures, and policies.
- Assembles and drafts complex solicitation and contract packages for peer reviews involving various acquisition documents. Identifies best practices and assesses packages based on those points identified. A key responsibility is maintaining, updating, and accessing a lesson learned and best practices database derived from the review and evaluation process of assigned solicitations.
- Must understand MARAD's strategic goals and objectives related to the acquisition function. Provides updates to senior leaders and collaborates across the agency to meet MARAD's acquisition regulatory and policy goals and objectives. Skill set info Required Credentials and Experience
- Mastery of Federal and Departmental procurement regulation; Comptroller General and Board of Contract Appeal decisions, OMB Directives, Executive Orders, and other outside directives and court decisions, which affect the procurement process sufficient to determine the applicability of all if the above to individual procurement problems. - Expert knowledge of Federal contracting law, regulation, policies and precedents, and related principles, policies, and procedures sufficient to plan, lead, review, or audit the most complex procurement functions.
- Knowledge of the regulations and techniques of source selection sufficient to conduct a selection.
- Skill in promoting e-commerce, and supporting the use of automated acquisition systems, contractor performance evaluation systems, electronic invoicing systems, and other electronic systems facilitating the agency's move to paperless contracting.
- Minimum of a bachelor's degree with minimum of 24 semester hours business credits (Masters preferred).
- 5 years of operational experience in Federal Contracting.
- Minimum completion of FAC-C Level III training.
- Certified Federal Contracts Manager certification through NCMA (preferred).

Required Skills
Candidates shall possess the following skills and business acumen:
- Customer service oriented
- Organized
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing tasks
- Responsive
- Accessible
- Professional Writing Education Minimum of a bachelor's degree with minimum of 24 semester hours business credits (Masters preferred). Certifications (if required) - Minimum completion of FAC-C Level III training.
- Certified Federal Contracts Manager certification through NCMA (preferred). Documentation Required for submission Work Hours 40 hours Work authorization required US Citizen Only Relocation is accepted Yes Remote work Yes dditional Notes if any Telework may be available, at the discretion and with the approval of the Team Lead and COR.

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