Mid-Level Contract Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Assist Contracting Officers and Contract Specialists throughout the entire federal acquisition lifecycle, encompassing planning, solicitation development, evaluation, award, administration, modification, and closeout.

• Examine procurement requirements and acquisition packages for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with regulations.

• Support program offices and requiring activities in preparing acquisition-ready requirements documentation.

• Investigate and assess federal acquisition regulations, policies, directives, market information, technical documentation, and historical procurement data.

• Offer acquisition guidance and business advice to stakeholders involved in the acquisition process.

• Create, review, and maintain acquisition plans, strategies, procurement documentation, and tracking tools.

• Develop and analyze Independent Government Cost Estimates as well as contractor cost and pricing data.

• Assist with cost-benefit analyses, price reasonableness recommendations, and evaluations of procurement alternatives.

• Coordinate milestones, performance requirements, deliverables, schedules, and contractual documents.

• Oversee contract performance and provide assistance with issues related to performance, payments, changes, claims, deliverables, funding, and contractual terms.

• Prepare contract modifications and the necessary supporting documentation.

• Assist with change orders, supplemental agreements, delivery orders, and other actions post-award.

• Collaborate with VA leadership, contracting personnel, program offices, technical experts, and stakeholders to address acquisition challenges.

• Carry out acquisition-related administrative and logistical tasks.

• Ensure acquisition documentation is complete, accurate, organized, and ready for audit.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of three (3) recent years of relevant federal acquisition experience within the last five years providing comprehensive acquisition or contract support services.

• Experience in supporting both pre-award and post-award federal acquisition activities.

• Proficient knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR), and relevant federal procurement policies and procedures.

• Strong grasp of the federal acquisition lifecycle and the associated documentation.

• Experience in researching and interpreting federal acquisition regulations, policies, guidance, and directives.

• Experience in reviewing or developing procurement requirements and acquisition packages.

• Ability to conduct thorough research and analysis of technical, cost, and pricing information.

• Experience in assisting with the development or analysis of Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs).

• Capability to evaluate pricing information and support price reasonableness analyses and recommendations.

• Experience in supporting contract administration activities, including contract modifications, change orders, supplemental agreements, delivery orders, or similar actions.

• Effective communication skills with Contracting Officers, Contract Specialists, program managers, technical staff, leadership, contractors, and other stakeholders.

• Strong analytical, organizational, research, writing, and problem-solving abilities.

• Capacity to manage multiple acquisition actions, deadlines, and priorities within a federal contracting environment.

• Bachelor's degree in any field; or at least 24 semester hours of coursework in specified business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, management, marketing, or quantitative disciplines.

• Preferred: experience in acquisition or contracting support with the Department of Veterans Affairs, a VA Network Contracting Office, or a comparable organization, including acquisition plans, procurement packages, IGCEs, price analyses, contract modifications, contract administration documentation, VA-related acquisitions, and warranted Contracting Officers or federal program offices.

🏝️ Benefits

• Employer-provided paid Medical / Dental / Vision insurance.

• Employer matching 401K plan.

• Paid Time Off (PTO).

• 11 Federal Holidays.

• Voluntary Short / Long Term Disability, Term Life, and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance.