GENERAL DUTIES:
Acquisition Planning Support
- Support acquisition program teams:
- Assist the Contracting Officer (CO) in serving as Acquisition Advisor to the program office team throughout the life of the contract
- Participate and document meeting minutes in acquisition strategy planning meetings, make recommendations for implementing performance-based contracts, and streamlining acquisitions;
- Assist in requirement generation and Statement of Work (SOW) development;
- Assist in drafting and documenting acquisition plan/strategy
- Provide strategies for implementing performance-based contracting and acquisition streamlining
- Assist the Contracting Officer to research and develop recommendations for use of:
- Contract vehicle
- Contracting agency
- Procurement sources
- Competition requirements
- Assist customers in preparing acquisition packages to include all required documentation in appropriate standardized templates to include:
- Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE);
- Documents required by government ethics and procurement integrity (i.e., confidentiality agreements and non-disclosure statements);
- Sole-source justification, if applicable;
- Evaluation panel appointing letters, signed and retained, as applicable;
- Facilitate the completion of sole-source justification letters for sole-source procurement actions
- Identify and monitor cost goals, including life-cycle costs
- Perform design-to-cost, and application of should-cost analyses, and advise on trade-offs and risks, and document the contract file accordingly.
Solicitation / Source Selection
- Review new requirements:
- Determine how they will be processed (i.e, modify existing contract/delivery order or start a new effort/contract)
- Make recommendation of procurement action to the Contracting Officer
- Schedule, prepare, and assist in the facilitation of vendor conferences, as directed by the
- Contracting Officer
- Draft notices for publication in the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) including but not limited to:
- Synopsis
- Synopsis/Solicitation
- Sources Sought
- Request for Information (RFI)
- Ensure funding for the acquisition effort is available and adequate according to the IGCE
- Draft solicitations Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quotation (RFQ), Invitation for Bid (IFB)
- Post solicitations on FBO, GSA E-Buy, and NASA SEWP
- Draft contract awards using Unified Financial Management System (UFMS)
- Review contractor proposals, make independent evaluation determinations, and provide recommendations to the Contracting Officer before and after negotiation;
- Prepare proposal evaluation documentation
- Assist the Contracting Officer with proper review and disposition of unsolicited proposals
- Assemble contract files
- Perform all Contracting Specialist duties required for acquisition of supplies and services
- Follow the Customer's guidelines and policies for acquisitions (i.e. security)
Post Award Support
- Assist Contracting Officers with post-award performance monitoring to include:
- Perform program management reviews and/or surveillance activities;
- Administration of corrective actions as appropriate;
- Provide oversight and necessary controls to ensure contractor performance is compliant with the required contractual standards
- Track and monitor the contractor’s progress made on delivery/task orders or contracts
- Assist Contracting Officers to monitor and advise of contract financial condition to:
- Ensure the appropriate cost reports are submitted;
- Provide support for timely invoice processing;
- Review requests for payments under the Progress Payments or Performance-based
- Payment clauses
- Draft delivery/task orders, modifications, and/or contract period of performance extensions;
- Acceptance, review, coordination, and filing contractor deliverables;
- Completion of Contractor Performance Evaluation Form or other similar past performance questionnaire;
- Assist the Contracting Officer with post-award briefings;
- Maintain copies of award documents and contract file in accordance with the Customer's Procurement Section guidelines.
- Assist with protests and terminations
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum Experience: 12 years in Federal Contracting
- Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree or 15 years of experience in Federal Contracting
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master’s Degree in Business, Government Contracting
CLEARANCE:
