Senior Contract Specialist

4 weeks ago


Arlington, Virginia, United States Nakupuna Solutions Full time
Job Title: Senior Contract Specialist

Job Summary:
Nakupuna Solutions is seeking a highly qualified Senior Contract Specialist to provide professional acquisition support services for the Department of State. The ideal candidate will have significant experience working with contracts below the Simple Acquisition Threshold as well as complex and high-dollar projects.

Key Responsibilities:

* Provide advice, recommendations, and document preparation support to multiple disciplined offices in all areas of the acquisition pre-award phase.

* Acquisition pre-award support/reviews and advisement on the process and formulation of acquisition documents includes SOWs & SOOs, Acquisition Strategy Support, Cost Estimates, Market Research & Market Surveys, Quality Assurance Plans, RFPs/RFQs, Source Selection, and other miscellaneous pre-award documentation.

* Ability to formally document the reviews concisely for the contract files and the Contracting Officer is required.

* Provide support/advisement and reviews to the Contracting Officers and various technical offices in all types of source selections including formal, informal, and vendor screening processes.

* Sources selection/award support includes Contract Award Documents and Contract Award Acquisition Support.

* Provide advice, recommendations, and document support to multiple disciplined offices in all areas of the acquisition post-award phase.

* Acquisition post-award support includes Contract Administration, Contract Modification Support, Delivery/Task Order Support, Invoicing, and Closeouts.

* Demonstrated skill in obtaining and analyzing product and price data for contract negotiations and conducting comparative analysis of vendor terms and/or price quotations with historical data to develop recommendations on vendor selection, terms, or prices.

* Must be able to effectively communicate with a high volume and variety of people, including Leadership and Management level Government personnel on a daily basis.

* Specialized experience includes negotiating and awarding contracts, contract modifications, and/or subcontracts, developing, preparing, and presenting terms and conditions in bids or proposals related to the awards of contracts, evaluating methods and efficiencies of allocating costs through various types of overhead and general administrative expense, experience leading and/or providing technical advice and assistance to a group of professional employees responsible for the oversight and implementation of contract administration workload to include contract closeout, pricing, negotiations and/or contract modifications.

* Experience in supplies and service contracts is required; experience in formal source selections and research and development is desired.

* Experience with FAR Parts 12 and 13, Simplified Acquisition procedures and Commercial Acquisitions is highly desired, to include Commercial Services using IDIQ contracts.

* Experienced with issuing, documenting and awarding Competitive efforts is required.

* Experience with the application of FAR Part 6 (Other than full and open competition) and writing J&As is desired.

* Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's Degree and ten years of experience.

* Master's Degree preferred.

* DAWIA level II or III, CFCM, and/or FAC-C certifications preferred

* Former 1102 series experience as a government employee will be highly rated

* Former Contracting Officer experience is highly preferred.

Clearance Requirements:

* This position requires an active Secret security clearance.

* Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Physical Requirements:

* The ideal candidate must at a minimum be able to meet the following physical requirements of the job

* with or without a reasonable accommodation :

* Ability to perform repetitive motions with the hands, wrists, and fingers.

* Ability to engage in and follow audible communications in emergency situations.

* Ability to sit for prolonged periods at a desk and working on a computer.

* The Nakupuna Companies are dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment while providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.

* If you require special assistance or accommodations during your job application process, please contact .

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