Sr. Contract Specialist
Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) · Arlington, VA · 3 wk ago
Hybrid$100k–$140k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes "About Bering Straits Professional Services, LLC" and "About this position: Sr. Contract Specialist". We need to use for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. We need to include sections only if posting has real specific content.
Let's parse content:
- About the company: description of BSPS. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About Bering Straits Professional Services, LLC" is about company. Could map to "About the role"? The instruction: use
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. We need to include sections only if posting has real specific content.
Let's parse content:
- About the company: description of BSPS. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About Bering Straits Professional Services, LLC" is about company. Could map to "About the role"? The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can use "About the role" heading for company description? Might be okay. Or we could use "About the role" for description of the position. The posting includes "About this position: Sr. Contract Specialist Location – Arlington, VA". That's about the position. So we can put that under About the role
.
- Responsibilities: The "Essential Duties & Responsibilities" sections (two paragraphs). We'll put under Responsibilities
with - items. Need to split duties into list items. The text is long sentences; we can break into separate items for each duty. Must preserve all substantive info; we can keep as list items each representing a duty. Might be many items; okay.
- Requirements: The posting includes "Required (Minimum Necessary) Qualifications" with Education Requirements, Level of Experience Requirements, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, And Other Characteristics. Also "Preferred" (Secret clearance). Also "Supervisory Responsibilities" (none). Also "DOT Covered/Safety-Sensitive Role Requirements". Also "Necessary Physical Requirements". Also "Work Environment". Also "Schedule and Flexibility: Hybrid". Also "Other Pertinent Work Details: This task order may require travel." Also "Additional Qualifying Factors" (drug screening, background check, clearance, military installation access). Also "Shareholder Preference". Also EEO statement (remove boilerplate). We need to decide which sections to output: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We have Pay: "Wage/Salary Range: $100k - $140k". So we need a Pay section.
Schedule: "Schedule and Flexibility: Hybrid". Also maybe mention travel. So we can have Schedule section.
Benefits: Not mentioned explicitly. No benefits details. So we should NOT create Benefits section.
Qualifications: Could include Education Requirements, Experience Requirements. Could be under Qualifications heading.
Skills: Could include Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, And Other Characteristics (like teaching, problem solving, research methods, English communication, multitasking, organizational, etc.) Also Preferred (Secret clearance). Could be under Skills.
Requirements: Could include the mandatory requirements like Education, Experience, maybe also physical requirements, work environment, etc. But we need to avoid duplication. Let's think: The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine some.
We have to include sections only when posting has real specific content. So we need to decide which headings to use: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Pay, Schedule. Possibly also "Work Environment" but not in list; we could incorporate into Requirements or Qualifications.
We must not create headings with filler like "not specified". So we must ensure each heading has substantive content.
Let's extract substantive content:
About the role: "About Bering Straits Professional Services (BSPS) is committed to world-class management of global logistics, training and procurement services for U.S. Government agencies. BSPS is certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as an 8(a) contractor. In February 2022, BSPS became an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001 certified company. BSPS received the ISO 9001 quality standard certification through the Performance Review Institute (PRI). About this position: Sr. Contract Specialist Location – Arlington, VA". That's substantive.
Responsibilities: The two paragraphs of essential duties. We'll list each duty as
- . Need to ensure we preserve all info; we can break into logical items.
Let's extract duties:
First paragraph: "Manage and provide services on all phases (pre-solicitation, solicitation, pre-award, post-award, admin) of highly complex, highly visible acquisitions for construction and advisory services abroad to include performing market research, holding site visits, formulating solicitations and generating source selection and evaluation plans, managing technical evaluations, leading price/cost analysis and negotiation, preparing contract documents, and executing award decisions."
Second paragraph: "Manage cradle-to-grave, non-commercial, and highly-complex acquisitions for construction and trainings services abroad to include: performing market research, holding site visits, training others to lead site visits, independently formulating solicitations and generating source selection and evaluation plans, managing technical evaluations, training others to manage technical evaluations, leading price/cost analysis, training others to conduct cost/price analysis, overseeing post-award conferences, conducting government furnished property inventories, awarding time and materials contracts, holding contract reviews at posts world-wide, and conducting contract closeouts."
Third: "Evaluate cost estimates and financial plans for procurement requests and contract proposals to provide adequate justification and consistency with approved program budgets and goals; trained peers in cost analysis techniques."
Fourth: "Monitor and provide guidance regarding contract obligations, liquidations, claims, and the impact of contract changes on these items; train others to monitor obligations, liquidations, and claims."
Fifth: "Assess adequacy of contractors’ accounting systems to ensure compliance with Department and DCAA standards; assessed adequacy of price proposals to ensure compliance with the FAR; led indirect cost and rate management."
We could also include "Other duties may be assigned." but that's boilerplate; we can drop.
Now Requirements: Could include Education Requirements, Experience Requirements, maybe also physical requirements, work environment, schedule? But schedule is separate.
Education Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree
Level of Experience Requirements: And/or 10 years combined experience in Business, Finance, Accounting and other Contract specialist related fields.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, And Other Characteristics: list items:
- Experience teaching, coaching, and mentoring professionals on fragile states and transition topics.
- Ability to solve problems and encourage consistent, solid performance.
- Proficiency in qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- English language (written and spoken) communications skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, coordinate activities in multiple locations, act decisively in daily work, and work well in a multi-cultural team environment.
- Strong organizational, communication, interpersonal, and computer skills.
- Ability to work independently to assess priorities and manage daily coordination of details with minimal supervision
Preferred: Must have Secret clearance
Supervisory Responsibilities: This position will not have supervisory responsibilities. (Could be noted but maybe not needed.)
DOT Covered/Safety-Sensitive Role Requirements: This position is not subject to federal requirements regarding Department of Transportation “safety-sensitive” functions. (Maybe not needed.)
Necessary Physical Requirements: description about mental alertness, physical condition, etc. Could be included under Requirements or maybe under a separate section but not in list; we could incorporate into Requirements.
Work Environment: description about situational awareness, physical setting (locations), schedule flexibility hybrid, travel.
Schedule and Flexibility: Hybrid
Other Pertinent Work Details: This task order may require travel.
Additional Qualifying Factors: pre-employment drug screening, acceptable background check, obtain/maintain appropriate clearance levels, access to military installations.
Shareholder Preference: BSNC gives hiring preference to shareholders etc.
EEO statement: remove.
We need to avoid duplication. Let's decide sections:
- About the role (company + position location)
- Responsibilities (list of duties)
- Requirements (Education + Experience + maybe Physical Requirements + Work Environment? but we have Schedule separate)
- Qualifications (maybe Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)
- Skills (maybe Preferred clearance? but that's more a qualification)
- Pay (Wage/Salary Range)
- Schedule (Hybrid + travel)
But we have overlapping categories. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we combine Education/Experience into Requirements, and Knowledge/Skills/Abilities into Skills, and Preferred clearance into Skills as well. Physical requirements and work environment could go into Requirements or maybe a separate "Working Conditions" but not in allowed headings; we could put them under Requirements.
Let's craft:
About the role
... company description and position location ...
Responsibilities
- Manage and provide services on all phases (pre-solicitation, solicitation, pre-award, post-award, admin) of highly complex, highly visible acquisitions for construction and advisory services abroad, including performing market research, holding site visits, formulating solicitations and generating source selection and evaluation plans, managing technical evaluations, leading price/cost analysis and negotiation, preparing contract documents, and executing award decisions.
- Manage cradle-to-grave, non-commercial, and highly-complex acquisitions for construction and training services abroad, including performing market research, holding site visits, training others to lead site visits, independently formulating solicitations and generating source selection and evaluation plans, managing technical evaluations, training others to manage technical evaluations, leading price/cost analysis, training others to conduct cost/price analysis, overseeing post-award conferences, conducting government furnished property inventories, awarding time and materials contracts, holding contract reviews at posts worldwide, and conducting contract closeouts.
- Evaluate cost estimates and financial plans for procurement requests and contract proposals to provide adequate justification and consistency with approved program budgets and goals; train peers in cost analysis techniques.
- Monitor and provide guidance regarding contract obligations, liquidations, claims, and the impact of contract changes on these items; train others to monitor obligations, liquidations, and claims.
- Assess adequacy of contractors’ accounting systems to ensure compliance with Department and DCAA standards; assess adequacy of price proposals to ensure compliance with the FAR; lead indirect cost and rate management.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- And/or 10 years combined experience in Business, Finance, Accounting, and other Contract specialist related fields.
- Maintain a constant state of mental alertness; able to meet physical demands including bending, stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods; most time spent sitting with frequent opportunity to move about.
- Work environment requires constant situational awareness; may be located at 2009 Dyess Ave. North Charleston, SC 29405, approved situational telework location, or 1200 Wilsons Blvd Arlington, VA 22209; hybrid schedule with possible travel.
Skills
- Experience teaching, coaching, and mentoring professionals on fragile states and transition topics.
- Ability to solve problems and encourage consistent, solid performance.
- Proficiency in qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- English language (written and spoken) communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, coordinate activities in multiple locations, act decisively in daily work, and work well in a multi‑cultural team environment.
- Strong organizational, communication, interpersonal, and computer skills.
- Ability to work independently to assess priorities and manage daily coordination of details with minimal supervision.
- Must have Secret clearance (preferred).
Pay
Wage/Salary range: $100,000 – $140,000.
Schedule
Hybrid work schedule; position may require travel.
We need to ensure we didn't include boilerplate
About the role
. - Responsibilities: The "Essential Duties & Responsibilities" sections (two paragraphs). We'll put underResponsibilities
with- items. Need to split duties into list items. The text is long sentences; we can break into separate items for each duty. Must preserve all substantive info; we can keep as list items each representing a duty. Might be many items; okay. - Requirements: The posting includes "Required (Minimum Necessary) Qualifications" with Education Requirements, Level of Experience Requirements, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, And Other Characteristics. Also "Preferred" (Secret clearance). Also "Supervisory Responsibilities" (none). Also "DOT Covered/Safety-Sensitive Role Requirements". Also "Necessary Physical Requirements". Also "Work Environment". Also "Schedule and Flexibility: Hybrid". Also "Other Pertinent Work Details: This task order may require travel." Also "Additional Qualifying Factors" (drug screening, background check, clearance, military installation access). Also "Shareholder Preference". Also EEO statement (remove boilerplate). We need to decide which sections to output: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We have Pay: "Wage/Salary Range: $100k - $140k". So we need a Pay section. Schedule: "Schedule and Flexibility: Hybrid". Also maybe mention travel. So we can have Schedule section. Benefits: Not mentioned explicitly. No benefits details. So we should NOT create Benefits section. Qualifications: Could include Education Requirements, Experience Requirements. Could be under Qualifications heading. Skills: Could include Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, And Other Characteristics (like teaching, problem solving, research methods, English communication, multitasking, organizational, etc.) Also Preferred (Secret clearance). Could be under Skills. Requirements: Could include the mandatory requirements like Education, Experience, maybe also physical requirements, work environment, etc. But we need to avoid duplication. Let's think: The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine some. We have to include sections only when posting has real specific content. So we need to decide which headings to use: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Pay, Schedule. Possibly also "Work Environment" but not in list; we could incorporate into Requirements or Qualifications. We must not create headings with filler like "not specified". So we must ensure each heading has substantive content. Let's extract substantive content: About the role: "About Bering Straits Professional Services (BSPS) is committed to world-class management of global logistics, training and procurement services for U.S. Government agencies. BSPS is certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as an 8(a) contractor. In February 2022, BSPS became an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001 certified company. BSPS received the ISO 9001 quality standard certification through the Performance Review Institute (PRI). About this position: Sr. Contract Specialist Location – Arlington, VA". That's substantive. Responsibilities: The two paragraphs of essential duties. We'll list each duty as
- . Need to ensure we preserve all info; we can break into logical items.
Let's extract duties:
First paragraph: "Manage and provide services on all phases (pre-solicitation, solicitation, pre-award, post-award, admin) of highly complex, highly visible acquisitions for construction and advisory services abroad to include performing market research, holding site visits, formulating solicitations and generating source selection and evaluation plans, managing technical evaluations, leading price/cost analysis and negotiation, preparing contract documents, and executing award decisions."
Second paragraph: "Manage cradle-to-grave, non-commercial, and highly-complex acquisitions for construction and trainings services abroad to include: performing market research, holding site visits, training others to lead site visits, independently formulating solicitations and generating source selection and evaluation plans, managing technical evaluations, training others to manage technical evaluations, leading price/cost analysis, training others to conduct cost/price analysis, overseeing post-award conferences, conducting government furnished property inventories, awarding time and materials contracts, holding contract reviews at posts world-wide, and conducting contract closeouts."
Third: "Evaluate cost estimates and financial plans for procurement requests and contract proposals to provide adequate justification and consistency with approved program budgets and goals; trained peers in cost analysis techniques."
Fourth: "Monitor and provide guidance regarding contract obligations, liquidations, claims, and the impact of contract changes on these items; train others to monitor obligations, liquidations, and claims."
Fifth: "Assess adequacy of contractors’ accounting systems to ensure compliance with Department and DCAA standards; assessed adequacy of price proposals to ensure compliance with the FAR; led indirect cost and rate management."
We could also include "Other duties may be assigned." but that's boilerplate; we can drop.
Now Requirements: Could include Education Requirements, Experience Requirements, maybe also physical requirements, work environment, schedule? But schedule is separate.
Education Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree
Level of Experience Requirements: And/or 10 years combined experience in Business, Finance, Accounting and other Contract specialist related fields.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, And Other Characteristics: list items:
- Experience teaching, coaching, and mentoring professionals on fragile states and transition topics.
- Ability to solve problems and encourage consistent, solid performance.
- Proficiency in qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- English language (written and spoken) communications skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, coordinate activities in multiple locations, act decisively in daily work, and work well in a multi-cultural team environment.
- Strong organizational, communication, interpersonal, and computer skills.
- Ability to work independently to assess priorities and manage daily coordination of details with minimal supervision
Preferred: Must have Secret clearance
Supervisory Responsibilities: This position will not have supervisory responsibilities. (Could be noted but maybe not needed.)
DOT Covered/Safety-Sensitive Role Requirements: This position is not subject to federal requirements regarding Department of Transportation “safety-sensitive” functions. (Maybe not needed.)
Necessary Physical Requirements: description about mental alertness, physical condition, etc. Could be included under Requirements or maybe under a separate section but not in list; we could incorporate into Requirements.
Work Environment: description about situational awareness, physical setting (locations), schedule flexibility hybrid, travel.
Schedule and Flexibility: Hybrid
Other Pertinent Work Details: This task order may require travel.
Additional Qualifying Factors: pre-employment drug screening, acceptable background check, obtain/maintain appropriate clearance levels, access to military installations.
Shareholder Preference: BSNC gives hiring preference to shareholders etc.
EEO statement: remove.
We need to avoid duplication. Let's decide sections:
- About the role (company + position location)
- Responsibilities (list of duties)
- Requirements (Education + Experience + maybe Physical Requirements + Work Environment? but we have Schedule separate)
- Qualifications (maybe Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)
- Skills (maybe Preferred clearance? but that's more a qualification)
- Pay (Wage/Salary Range)
- Schedule (Hybrid + travel)
But we have overlapping categories. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we combine Education/Experience into Requirements, and Knowledge/Skills/Abilities into Skills, and Preferred clearance into Skills as well. Physical requirements and work environment could go into Requirements or maybe a separate "Working Conditions" but not in allowed headings; we could put them under Requirements.
Let's craft:
About the role
... company description and position location ...
Responsibilities
- Manage and provide services on all phases (pre-solicitation, solicitation, pre-award, post-award, admin) of highly complex, highly visible acquisitions for construction and advisory services abroad, including performing market research, holding site visits, formulating solicitations and generating source selection and evaluation plans, managing technical evaluations, leading price/cost analysis and negotiation, preparing contract documents, and executing award decisions.
- Manage cradle-to-grave, non-commercial, and highly-complex acquisitions for construction and training services abroad, including performing market research, holding site visits, training others to lead site visits, independently formulating solicitations and generating source selection and evaluation plans, managing technical evaluations, training others to manage technical evaluations, leading price/cost analysis, training others to conduct cost/price analysis, overseeing post-award conferences, conducting government furnished property inventories, awarding time and materials contracts, holding contract reviews at posts worldwide, and conducting contract closeouts.
- Evaluate cost estimates and financial plans for procurement requests and contract proposals to provide adequate justification and consistency with approved program budgets and goals; train peers in cost analysis techniques.
- Monitor and provide guidance regarding contract obligations, liquidations, claims, and the impact of contract changes on these items; train others to monitor obligations, liquidations, and claims.
- Assess adequacy of contractors’ accounting systems to ensure compliance with Department and DCAA standards; assess adequacy of price proposals to ensure compliance with the FAR; lead indirect cost and rate management.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- And/or 10 years combined experience in Business, Finance, Accounting, and other Contract specialist related fields.
- Maintain a constant state of mental alertness; able to meet physical demands including bending, stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods; most time spent sitting with frequent opportunity to move about.
- Work environment requires constant situational awareness; may be located at 2009 Dyess Ave. North Charleston, SC 29405, approved situational telework location, or 1200 Wilsons Blvd Arlington, VA 22209; hybrid schedule with possible travel.
Skills
- Experience teaching, coaching, and mentoring professionals on fragile states and transition topics.
- Ability to solve problems and encourage consistent, solid performance.
- Proficiency in qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- English language (written and spoken) communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, coordinate activities in multiple locations, act decisively in daily work, and work well in a multi‑cultural team environment.
- Strong organizational, communication, interpersonal, and computer skills.
- Ability to work independently to assess priorities and manage daily coordination of details with minimal supervision.
- Must have Secret clearance (preferred).
Pay
Wage/Salary range: $100,000 – $140,000.
Schedule
Hybrid work schedule; position may require travel.
We need to ensure we didn't include boilerplate