Contract Specialist

This position is part of a bid process associated with a Statement of Work. Candidates are encouraged to submit their information and resumes highlighting their relevant experience.

Position Overview:

Hive Group is seeking a highly qualified Contract Specialists to provide non-personal acquisition and contracting support services for large-scale design, construction, and transportation projects across the Department of the Interior (DOI) National Park Service (NPS) enterprise. This role augments DSC's Acquisition Office in processing requisitions, solicitations, awards, modifications, invoices, and closeouts within FPDS, PRISM, and FBMS, ensuring timely execution of multi-million-dollar design and construction procurements.

The Contract Specialist will work under the guidance, direction, and approval of a Government Contracting Officer (CO), but will not have delegated contractual authority. The role requires strong experience in federal acquisition planning, source selection, contract administration, and documentation, with an emphasis on construction and architect-engineer (A/E) services contracting.

These positions will be fully remote.

Job Requirements:

• Conducts acquisition planning and market research. Together with project teams and government Contracting Officer, determines contract type, and area of solicitation. Considers all possible set-asides in conjunction with local socioeconomic and small business goals. Prepares other required pre-solicitation documentation.
• Prepares and posts System for Award Management.
• Prepares and issues solicitations, Requests for Proposals/Quotes and amendments. Works with project teams to address questions.
• Receives, records, and reviews proposals/quotes for responsiveness.
• Participates in the coordination of technical evaluation panels. Participates in and assists the government Contracting Officer in all source selection activities and best value tradeoff evaluations.
• Prepares for and participates in negotiations
• Performs cost and/or price analysis under the direction of the Government Contracting Officer
• Documents source selection activities; and determines fair and reasonable pricing under the guidance and for final approval
• Obtains certified and other than certified cost and pricing data as required.
• Processes contract awards for government Contracting Officer signature.
• Prepares and distributes award packages and announcements.
• Performs contract administration. Maintains official contract file (all files are electronic).
• Resolves payment issues, reviews payroll reports against DOL wage determinations; issues general correspondence and memoranda; and addresses general contract administration questions
• Processes modifications, obtains and evaluates contractor proposals
• Participates in and documents negotiations, prepares modifications with supporting documents
• for signature by the government Contracting Officer.
• Prepares closeout documents

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with a major in any field; 24 semester hours in Business in any combination of the following disciplines: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management. A bachelor's degree in any of these meets the requirement of both the degree and 24 semester hours of business and/or FAC-C or equivalent.
• 5 years Federal Government Contracting experience with the service requirements for this position
• 5 years construction contracting experience
• 3 years architect-engineer services contracting experience
• Ability to obtain HSPD12 PIV, ethical clearance and any other required clearances.

A Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Hive Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer dedicated to fair and unbiased employment decisions. We do not discriminate based on race, color, sex (including gender and transgender status), age, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, domestic partner or civil union status, gender identity, medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Our hiring and promotion decisions are based exclusively on an individual's qualifications and suitability for the role.

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