Wits Solutions Inc
Location
Norfolk, VA | United States
Job description
Wits Solutions Inc. (WITS) is a SBA certified 8(a) company with headquarters in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. WITS has been providing best-in-class solutions in professional IT and administrative consulting to various Federal, State, Local and commercial customers. At WITS, we believe in working not for our clients but with them. This is why right from the beginning; our analysts and solution-builders work closely with our clients to ensure that the project outcomes continue to deliver value long into the future.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS MANDATORY
Minimum of a bachelor's degree with minimum of 24 semester hours business credits(Masters preferred)
Required minimum certification: Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FACC)(Professional).
SECURITY CLEARANCE
SECRET
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS NICE TO HAVE
Certified Federal Contracts Manager certification through NCMA (preferred).
WORK EXPERIENCE NICE TO HAVE
Prior Agency Experience
WORK EXPERIENCE MANDATORY
Expert knowledge of Federal contracting law, regulation, policies and precedents, and related principles, policies, and procedures sufficient to plan, lead, review, oraudit the most complex procurement functions.
Mastery of Federal and Departmental procurement regulations.
Knowledge of the regulations and techniques of source selection sufficient toconduct a selection.
Skill in promoting e-commerce, and supporting the use of automated acquisitionsystems, contractor performance evaluation systems, electronic invoicing systems, and other electronic systems facilitating the agency's move to paperless contracting.
. Five years of operational experience in Federal Contracting.
Candidates shall possess the following skills and business acumen:
Customer service oriented
Organized
Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing tasks
Responsive
Accessible
Professional Writing
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Contractor shall provide qualified expert personnel to execute all acquisition pre-award and post-award functions; responsibilities involve solving significant problems complicated by interfaces and inter-relationships between and among programs, systems, functions, policies, and numerous critical issues as contained in this statement of work. The ultimate decision authority for all government procurement actions is inherently Governmental and remains a function of the government contracting official.
Establishes a full range of contractual administration actions required for the acquisition program including the issuance of contract modifications,
investigation and resolution of contractor delays, and similar matters. Performs in-depth review and analysis to verify progress. Initiates action to resolve
contract-related problems affecting the ability to meet program goals.
Plans, and/or administers complex procurements of goods, systems, or services with specialized, state-of-the-art, critical, or scarce requirements and
characterized by a lack of any previous cost data, use of a wide variety of cost andfixed-price contracts, multi-year contracts and extensive use of subcontractors,
frequent changes in terms, conditions or funding arrangements, and similar difficulties.
Develops and/or reviews complex contractual pricing arrangements and incentives characterized by multiple incentives requiring sophisticated contracting techniques, sharing arrangements such as cost-plus-incentive-fees or fixed-price-incentive-fees where the agency and the Contractor share cost risk, or economic price adjustment clauses for adjusting labor and material costs where price cannot be reasonably predicted at the time of negotiation.
Audits or reviews major acquisitions of similar complexity, presents findings,recommends corrective actions and policy or procedure improvements.
Reviews, develops, and recommends business unit-wide or agency-wideprocurement processes and systems, procedures, and policies.
Assembles and drafts complex solicitation and contract packages for peer reviews involving various acquisition documents. Identifies best practices and assesses
packages based on those points identified. A key responsibility is maintaining,updating, and accessing a lesson learned and best practices database derived from
the review and evaluation process of assigned solicitations.
Must understand MARAD's strategic goals and objectives related to the acquisition function. Provides updates to senior leaders and collaborates across
the agency to meet MARAD's acquisition regulatory and policy goals and objectives
REFERENCES/CERTIFICATES/DIPLOMAS REQUIRED
References
Past Performance/References a minimum three professional references shall be provided
as an attachment to the candidates resume and include the following information:
a. Name
b. Title
c. Company
d. Phone Number
e. Email Address
f. Affiliation
g. Length of Affiliation (How long have you known the candidate)
h. Recommendation Letter (attached on company letterhead) preferred/not required.
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