Senior Contract Specialist

Company Overview
Join our team and lend your skills and experience to help our clients resolve their acquisition and contracting challenges! Acquisition Experts LLC (AE) focuses on supporting the federal government and commercial clients with professional services in the areas of lifecycle acquisition, logistics engineering, and data analysis. We need more people who are energized by lending their talents to create positive change. Every day is a new opportunity for professional fulfillment at AE.   

Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Contract for a fully remote, full-time position to support the Office of Acquisition Services (OAS) for The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of Safety, Security and Asset Management (OSSAM) in acquisition support in Atlanta, GA.
Responsibilities and Duties

Provide leadership to a team of four to six less experienced contract specialists in delivering full-lifecycle contract performance.
 
Pre-Award Activities:
For assigned requirements, the candidate shall performpre-award contracting support. Assistance may include providing:

• Supporting program offices in developing acquisition strategies.
• Advising contracting and program office stakeholders on how applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures impact new requirements.
• Assisting in conducting and documenting market research activities.
• Assisting with obtaining requisite reviews and approvals to move requirements through to a solicitation.
• Meeting customer service expectations of program managers and other stakeholders while guiding developing requirements.
• Responding to data calls as requested.

Solicitation and Evaluation of Offerors or Quotes: For assigned requirements, the candidate shall provide proactive assistance to requesting programs and offices to ensure that requirements are complete and adequate for proceeding with procurement action. Assistance may include:

• Developing and editing appropriate solicitation and file documents for review (i.e. Requests for Proposals, Requests for Quotes, Invitation for Bids, and Combined Synopsis/Solicitations, determinations and findings, memorandums for the file, checklists).
• Preparing appropriate pre-solicitation and solicitation notices for review for the vendor community through appropriate channels (i.e. SAM.gov, GSA eBuy, NITACC, NASA SWEP, and/or agency website).
• Preparing offering letters and associated documentation for requirements that are intended to be procured under the Small Business Administration 8(a) Business Development Program.
• Inputting information and documents into the Small Business Customer Experience (SBCX) system for small business review of procurements as required.
• Interfacing with and facilitating communication with servicing agencies, as necessary, whenever requirements are procured using government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs).
• Assisting with pre-proposal conferences and other meetings as needed.

Activities After Receipt of Offers or Quotes: For assigned requirements, the candidate shall provide proactive assistance to requesting programs and offices to ensure that requirements are complete and adequate for proceeding with procurement action. Assistance may include providing:

• Providing assistance for controlling communications with the vendor community.
• Facilitating technical and past performance evaluation discussions and assisting with the scoring and ranking of offers and quotes.
• Preparing analyses of business elements and pricing information of offers and quotes, identifying negotiation objectives, assisting with discussions and negotiations, and documenting findings and results.
• Assisting with documentation of technical and past performance evaluations and source selection recommendations.
• Preparing award documents and supporting documentation and organizing materials to facilitate reviews.
• Facilitating awards and distribution of official copies.
• Completing procurement data reports (FPDS).
• Preparing appropriate notices of award for OAS review and creating debriefings/feedback documents for unsuccessful offerors.

Post Award Activities: For assigned requirements, the candidate shall provide proactive assistance to requesting programs and offices to ensure that requirements are complete and adequate for proceeding with procurement action. Assistance may include providing:

• Attending Kick-off meeting. This meeting may occur via teleconference or in-person.
• Assisting in performing purchase order/task order/contract post-award functions such as processing unilateral and bilateral modifications. This includes preparing administrative and other contract and task order modifications with associated documentation.
• Providing timely notices of the Government’s intent to exercise options, when appropriate.
• Ensuring accurate terms and conditions are included in award.
• Provide advice and assistance to contractors and program officials on administration issues.
• Performing the full range of de-obligations on various contracts ranging from FFP to Cost contracts.
• Creating digital/electronic file folders for each purchase order/task order, and/or modification completed.
• Submitting digital/electronic file no later than 10 days after completion of an action to the OAS contracting officer

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least seven (7) years of experience in cradle-to-grave contracting.
• Previous ICE (Integrated Contracts Expert) experience is preferred.
• Current or previous FAC-C Certification or civilian equivalent is required.

Benefits

• Excellent Salary (commensurate with experience)
• Paid Time-Off
• Retirement Plan
• Bonus Program
• Direct Deposit

Acquisition Experts LLC employ people from diverse places, with varied experiences and world views. It is through these differences we come together to assist our clients in achieving their business goals. Acquisition Experts employees and consultants have opportunities to make an immediate and positive impact in supporting our clients. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status in accordance with applicable law.