Senior Contract Support Specialist

The Senior Contract Support Specialist will provide advanced support and assistance in all areas of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) based Federal procurement in which expertise is required such as: preparing or reviewing pre-procurement packages, actively participating in developing and managing acquisition plans, preparing/researching support documentation, making quality recommendations to the Contracting officer, handling and resolving problems, validating data, and otherwise completing actions needed to successfully advertise, solicit, construct, award, administer and or/or closeout Government contracts or task/delivery orders.

Additional Responsibilities Include, but are not Limited To:

• Develop Statements of Work (SOWs) and other technical documentation/specifications, in order to ensure that documentation complies with Federal statutes, regulations, FDA staff manual guides (SMGs), and FDA policies.
• Review plans and specifications for restrictive, subjective, and/or ambiguous requirements and resolves problems and conditions requiring clarification and if needed, appropriate corrective action.
• Monitor status of and support de-obligating undelivered orders (UDOs).
• Analyze the impact of the current economic climate within the supply, service, construction, IT, and A-E industries for appropriate procurement action.
• Obtain necessary pre-solicitation approvals and clearances from USDA, OMB, General Services Administration, Department of Labor, Small Business Administration, and other agencies, states, and regulatory authorities.
• Input assigned requisition data into OAGS’ PSC Workload Module (otherwise known as the Acquisition Tracking System (ATS)) on a weekly basis.
• Process procurements with various dollar thresholds, size, & complexity; advertising requirements, obtains quotations/proposals from vendors, & analyzes responses; prepare purchase orders, and prepares supporting documentation for the file.
• Prepare special provisions and clauses; formulate proposal preparation instructions and evaluation criteria for complex contracts; evaluates and rates the proposals of competing offers to recommend how the competitive range should be determined.
• Provide a full range of contract scheduling, development, administration, and termination services.
• Maintain current acquisition plans, milestone charts, and related schedules to ensure adequate resources are available to meet the Government need(s). Participate in pre-solicitation planning and coordinating with Government officials to develop a solicitation package, including the design of special provisions and clauses that incorporates the acquisition strategy.
• Process administration actions to include processing modifications, processing of vouchers/invoices for payment and monitoring contractor progress.
• Ensure that assigned procurement actions meet the established deadlines as outlined in the OAGS Service Level Agreements (Section 3, Table 2).
• Maintain and updates various contract files.
• Perform special assignments and projects as tasked.
• Complete various procurement reports, monitor accordingly, and summarize.
• Respond to inquiries on the status of various procurement actions.
• Research various regulatory sources in the fulfillment of assigned requirements.
• Respond to FDA program office personnel and vendor questions and complaints.
• Performs related work as required.
• Attend training courses as directed and sponsored by the Government.
• Assist with proposal development, if necessary.
• Perform other duties, as assigned.