Contract Specialist

Location

Norfolk, VA | United States

Job description

Job Title: Contract Specialist

Clearance:

Must pass National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) Security Clearance background check.

Location: Remote

Job Duties:

• Establish 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.
• Perform in-depth review and analysis to verify progress.
• Initiate action to resolve contract-related problems.
• Plan, and/or administer 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 and fixed-price contracts, multi-year contracts and extensive use of subcontractors, frequent changes in terms, conditions or funding arrangements, and similar difficulties.
• Develop and/or review 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, or economic price adjustment clauses for adjusting labor and material costs where price cannot be reasonably predicted at the time of negotiation.
• Audit or review major acquisitions of similar complexity, present finding, recommend corrective actions and policy or procedure improvements.
• Review, develop, and recommend business unit-wide or agency-wide procurement processes and systems, procedures, and policies.
• Assemble and draft complex solicitation and contract packages for peer reviews involving various acquisition documents.
• Identify best practices and assess packages based on those points identified.
• Maintain, update, and access a lesson learned and best practices database derived from the review and evaluation process of assigned solicitations.
• Must understand strategic goals and objectives related to the acquisition function.
• Provides updates to senior leaders and collaborates across the agency to meet acquisition regulatory and policy goals and objectives.
• Provide input on operational improvements, program policies, procedures, and internal controls.

Experience:

• Mastery of Federal and Departmental procurement regulation.
• Skilled in promoting e-commerce, and supporting the use of automated acquisition systems, contractor performance evaluation systems, electronic invoicing systems, and other electronic systems facilitating the agency's move to paperless contracting.
• Knowledge of ESC PRISM is desired.
• Five years of operational experience in Federal Contracting.
• Certified Federal Contracts Manager certification through NCMA (preferred).
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, understand complex issues, maintain good working relations, and meet basic professional performance standards.
• Ability to interpret, evaluate, and summarize complex issues.
• Knowledgeable experience in pre-award and post award administration of federal
• contracting.
• Proficient knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR); and other federal regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to plan and organize work independently.
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Education:

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree with minimum of 24 semester hours business credits (Masters preferred).
• Required minimum certification: Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) (Professional) - DAWIA Contracting Level III, DAWIA Contracting (Professional), and FAC-C Level III are acceptable.

Salary: $145,000 to $153,000 plus incentives

About TSM, Inc.: TSM serves many customers in the Government and private sector. Most of these projects are long-term and involve cutting edge technologies. The prospect of working for reputable client organizations on the latest technologies in a friendly work environment helps us attract and retain top-quality seasoned professionals who are technically strong.

TSM’s flexible benefits allow staff to choose from a variety of plans to meet their own needs and the needs of their families. Our family-friendly policies and programs help staff balance their personal and professional lives. CareFirst Health Insurance, Companion Vision and Dental Insurance, and Life/Accident/Disability insurance options through Hartford Group give our employees options and comprehensive coverage while keeping out of pocket costs low. TSM offers retirement and savings through the Nationwide 401(k) plan. TSM believes in investing in our employees and offers a tuition reimbursement plan, provides an employee assistance program, and professional development program to help our employees reach the next level.

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