DC Government OCTO - Contract Specialist (GS-1102-Series) - ONSITE - Now Hiring

THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR PROFESSIONALS WITH EXPERIENCE IN DC and/or FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACQUISITION

There are 4 positions available, one for each of these labor categories:

• CS-1102-09 (1-3 years of Acquisition Experience in procuring technology products and services)
• CS-1102-11 (4-5 years of Acquisition Experience in procuring technology products and services)
• CS-1102-12 (6-7 years of Acquisition Experience in procuring technology products and services)
• CS-1102-13 (8 years of Acquisition Experience in procuring technology products and services)

INTRODUCTION
CONTRACT SPECIALIST CS-1102-13

This position is located in various offices, units and/or procurement services sites of the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP). Under general direction, this senior level professional position performs at the top level "cradle to grave" acquisition work including but not limited to: planning and carrying out pre-solicitation, evaluation, vendor selection, contract administration and ensuring contractor performance in the well-established aspects of contracting.

The Contract Specialist serves as a senior specialist and is the top level within the Contract Specialist job progression series, fully qualified to procure materials for the District. The incumbent uses advanced knowledge ofpurchasing activities to procure highly specialized and complex goods, services and or equipment. At this level, the emphasis is on managing the bid selection process, conducting pricing analyses, and negotiating with potential contractors. The incumbent works as the team lead, providing technical advice, guidance, and ad hoc training to senior staff, his/her unit and junior staff.

MAJOR DUTIES
Develops the bid solicitation which will include directing the working teams to establish the statement of work (SOW), terms and conditions, and other requirements complex and or highly specialized procurements; conducting pre-proposal meetings with perspective contractors) to ensure they have a clear understanding of what is required under the proposed contract; developing pre-negotiation position, determining the types of contracts and negotiation authority to be used, and preparing required justification;

Performs and executes all duties and responsibilities associated with assigned warrants granted to this senior level position;
Determines the most appropriate method of procurement and the competitiveness of the cost range; leading the bide evaluation committee; providing instructions and guidance to committee members on how to evaluate the bids, as required; and checking bidder
references and recommending and or selecting winning vendor and making award;

Conducts market place analyses to construct pricing arrangement, subcontracting policy, and similar considerations; preparing and maintaining current acquisition plans, milestone charts, and related schedules; using assigned systems and tools (e.g. PASS) to input, track and report on work items;

Serves as a technical advisor to the team, unit, program staff and District in procurement planning meetings for assigned actions; performing analyses of all elements of cost in contractor proposals, and makes competitive range determinations; and, serving as lead negotiator for procurements assigned.

Performs ful range ofcontract administration activitiessuch as contract modifications and development of change orders; issuing stop work orders reviews settlement proposals, monitoring vendor/ contractor adherence to all contractual and performance related guidelines and terms; and terminating contracts as required;

KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED BY THE POSITION

Expert knowledge of contracting methods, contract types, and acquisition planning and implementation ofcontracts to carry out pre-award and post-award procurement actions such as formal advertisingnegotiation, fixed price cost contracting, and use of special provisions and incentive programs.

Professional knowledge of cost/price and market analysis techniques such as cost estimating sufficient to evaluate a contractor'sproposal and prepare a pre-negotiation position with justification.

Advance knowledge and proven experience with al aspects of bids including responsiveness ranges, contractor responsibility and contractor performance measurements; and comprehensive knowledge of small purchasing arrangements, procedures and practices.
Proven leadership and knowledge of project/ program management, with demonstrated success in application of customer servicing and problem resolution skills including conducting root cause analyses.

Comprehensive knowledge of automated procurement support systems and Microsoft Office.
Excellent skills and abilities in oral and written communications and interpersonal skills required to response effectively to requests and complaints.