Contract Support Specialist

About Blue Water Thinking

Guided by our principles of value generation, continuous innovation, customer-centricity, and vested collaboration, Blue Water Thinking proudly supports our Federal clients in achieving their Agency goals.

Founded by a decorated twenty-eight year Veteran of the United States Army, Blue Water Thinking understands and supports the mission of our Nation's war fighters, Veterans, their families and caretakers.

Leveraging our executive team's military experience and private and public sector consulting expertise, Blue Water Thinking takes an integrated "one-team" approach and brings to bear best-fit solutions, thought leadership, and grit to meet our client's transformational needs.

Fueled by our values of integrity, respect, professionalism, stewardship and customer service, the Blue Water Thinking team understands the power of the human connection, collaboration, humility and loyalty to one another, our clients and industry partners.

Lastly, our formula for success is simple: Build something good, take care of our people, keep our clients satisfied, nurture our work ethic and reputation, build long-lasting partnerships, enjoy what we do and give back as much as possible.

Job Description:

Blue Water Thinking is seeking Contract Support Specialists (Mid-Level) to support a variety of acquisition support services. The Contract Support Specialist (Mid-Level) will assist with strategy, planning, data analysis, requirements and/or documentation development, preparing Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE), compliance reviews for acquisition documents and forms in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with advisory support and assisting functional area technical experts with the development of writing requirements into sound, sufficient Statements of Work (SOW), Performance Work Statements (PWS) and/or Orders.
• Assist with acquisition planning, solicitation preparation, market research and analysis, source selection document preparation.
• Prepare contract modifications and documents, cost/price analysis, development of analytics, create reports, preparation of contract termination documents.
• Successful performance will require a wide variety of associated procurement skills and activities including research, analysis, data entry, writing, document preparation, editing, scanning, document management, phone calls, faxing, filing, and other activities necessary to complete the tasks assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with a major in any field; or at least twenty-Four (24) semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, and organization and management.
• A minimum of three (3) recent years (within the last five years) relevant experience in conducting comprehensive acquisition support services with knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR), and all other applicable regulations and policies.

Additional Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Possess a working knowledge of the Federal acquisition life cycle.
• Ability to conduct comprehensive research and analysis of technical and cost/price data.
• Ability to read and interpret Federal acquisition policy, regulations, and directives.
• Ability to review and/or write requirements, ensuring receipt of sound and sufficient procurement packages submitted by Contracting Office customers.
• Ability to provide business advice and assistance to functional area technical experts, requiring activities, and customers.
• Ability to analyze and assist in the development of IGCEs.
• Ability to work with the technical experts and the CO to ensure project milestones are reflected in the contractual documents and project plan.
• Ability to plan, coordinate, evaluate, and execute the logistical actions required to support the mission of the organization.
• Ability to support, coordinate, and assist with the planning, preparing, developing, executing, and maintaining of current acquisition plans, strategies, and overall program office acquisition administration functions including program control and tracking.
• Ability to research and review all applicable policies, guidance, and regulations to support the customer and Contracting Officer (CO) in their decision making.
• Ability to coordinate with leadership, staff, and other stakeholders to conduct analyses and recommend or develop a course of action.
• Ability to assist in the performance of cost benefit analysis.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate pricing data and other types of pricing information to draft a price reasonableness recommendation for the CO.
• Ability to establish parameters and maintain controls to ensure contracts are executed in accordance with terms and conditions.
• Ability to assist with monitoring contract performance over the life of the concerning contract and demonstrate the ability to solve a broad range of problems relating to proposals for change, claims, payments, and similar problems.
• Ability to prepare or draft contract modifications and associated modification documentation requirements.
• Ability to support COs and CSs on all phases of acquisition for contract modifications, change orders, supplemental agreements and delivery order processes including requirements requiring definitions, justification and approval for service contract extension, method of contracting, evaluation of proposals and advice concerning contract administration.

Eligibility:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required federal public trust clearance for this role.

Compensation:

This salary range for this position is $95,000 - $105,000

Blue Water Thinking offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance (medical, dental and vision), paid time off, federal holidays, and matching 401K plan.

Our Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity.

Blue Water Thinking, LLC (BWT) is committed to equal employment opportunity. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Applying for this Job:

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