Contract Specialist

Job Summary

The Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) is seeking a Contract Specialist to support the Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) customer AFAMS at the Air Force Agency for Modeling & Simulation in Orlando, FL. The position involves oversight and direction for successful strategic acquisition planning, analysis, solutions, execution, and support.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight/direction for successful strategic acquisition planning, analysis, solutions, execution, and support for AFAMS as an AF/A3 field operating agency (FOA).
• Perform early requirements planning, analysis, definition, and consolidation; market research and risk management; best value sourcing; and acquisition strategy formulation and execution.
• Conduct cost/price analysis, evaluate offers or proposals, and support the source selection process.
• Implement contract changes, exercise options, conduct negotiations, and provide solutions to contractual issues.
• Ensure compliance with contract terms/provisions, acquisition regulations, and public law.
• Serve as an unlimited warranted Contracting Officer and lead a contracting team.

Qualifications

• Professional knowledge of Federal contracting laws, regulations, policies, procedures, methods, techniques, and contract types applicable to pre-ward and post-ward actions for a variety of complex contracts for unique services, commodities, and/or constructions.
• Knowledge of the business environment (e.g., economic trends, awareness of commercial/business practices standards, mergers, and acquisitions, etc.) in order to recognize potential programmatic/contractual impacts, and knowledge of the methods and techniques of fact-finding/market research.
• Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools used to assist in risk identification, assessment, and mitigation including assessing the probability and consequences of potential problems.
• Knowledge of contract negotiations, administration, and termination principles, policies, procedures and technical requirement; and knowledge of price and cost analysis sufficient to review proposal against previous history, actual and estimated expenditures, and established rates to determine price reasonableness or to determine a negotiation position.
• Ability to identify problems, determine accuracy and relevance of information, use sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and make recommendations; makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions applying precedents found in government contracting case law to specific contracting situations to insure that legally binding contracting officer decisions are consistent, justifiable, and will be upheld at appellate courts or boards; perceive the impact and implications of decisions; commit to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals.
• Ability to communicate both orally and in writing, clearly, concisely and with technical accuracy.
• Skill in working with customers to assess needs, provide assistance, resolve problems, satisfy expectations, and meet deadlines.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off: 11 Federal Holidays each year, 13 sick leave days earned per year (accumulative), 13-26 days per year based on length of employment.
• Paid Vacation Time.
• Health Insurance.
• No waiting period to qualify for you and your family Retirement.
• Immediate coverage by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) Basic Benefits Plan.
• Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), similar to a 401(k) (Automatically receive 1% agency contributions and up to 5% matching).
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Employee must be able to hold and maintain an unlimited contracting officer warrant.
• Employee must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments.
• May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
• Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
• Employee must within 30 days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, “Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.”
• Employee is required to attend annual ethics and procurement training.

Salary Range

$89,030 - $137,631 Annually based on experience.