Contracts Specialist, Senior Level Ii

Parra Consulting Group, Inc. is currently seeking aContracts Specialist, Senior Level IIto support our client located at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland.

This successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Prepares acquisition documents that reflect technical and operational requirements for Government approval.
• The documents include service contract approvals requests (SCAs), PWSs, Statements of Work (SOWs), Statements of Objective (SOOs), labor category descriptions, Justification and Approval Documents (J&As), independent Government cost estimates (IGCEs) and quality assurance surveillance plans (QASPs), acquisition plans (APs) and acquisition strategies (ASs), limited competition memos such as use of non-DoD contract vehicles, sole source justifications, and QASPs.
• Provide input in the proposal evaluation process, and support PM TN in the post-award by preparing monthly status updates and funds expended to date and variance analyses intended to highlight any significant issues requiring Government action.
• Facilitates the processing of contract invoices through Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF).
• Enter data into portfolio management database application, review data for accuracy, and provide reports that have been validated and corrected.
• Provides a variety of acquisition support, to include, but limited to, research of contracting types, program planning, tracking milestones, assisting lower-level Acquisition Specialists, and Federal Acquisition Regulation guidance.

Qualifications Required:

• Active Secret Clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Economics, or a related field preferred.
• CFCM, CPCM, or CCCM certifications preferred.
• DAWIA or FAC-C Level II or III preferred.
• A minimum of twelve (12) years of related experience in developing supporting contract formation specialist functions as well as procurement documentation such as, but not limited to, the following: Service Contract Act Requests, Performance Work Statements, Statements of Work, Statements of Objectives, Labor Category Descriptions, Justification and Approval documents, Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans, Acquisition Plans and Acquisition Strategies. This minimum experience must be with DoD Program Executive Office (PEO), Project Manager (O6 PM) or Product Manager (O5 PdM) to be considered applicable to this requirement.