- Performing mid to senior level contract specialist work assignments associated with pre-award, post award and contract closeout activities.
- Serving as a Contracting Officer.
- Performing the full range of contract specialist duties necessary to award, administer, and close out a variety of contract types, including, but not limited to, firm fixed price, cost, labor hour, and task order contract types.
- Performing all contracting functions for important and complex agency acquisitions involving diverse supplies and services, e.g., IT, telecommunications and other electronic systems and subsystems, building maintenance, architect/engineering, etc. including negotiating complex modification to contracts vehicles.
- Preparing pre-award and post-award documents, e.g., solicitations, market research reports, pre-negotiation and post-negotiation memoranda, responsibility determinations, waivers, justifications, and approvals for other than full and open competition, determinations and findings, protest responses, debriefings, cure notices, etc.
- Monitoring contractors' performance, evaluating, and negotiating change orders and contract modifications, and resolving post-award performance or payment problems.
- Utilizing in-depth price/cost analysis techniques for supporting the development of pre-negotiation and award price determination documents.
- Serving as an advisor to customers at the Administrative Office and the courts nationwide on contracting issues.
Contract Specialist - Washington, United States - Judicial Branch
Description
Summary
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) is hiring highly motivated and skilled procurement professionals. Join us in supporting one of the most important missions of the U.S. Government - the administration of justice - and work with a team of professionals at the forefront of procurement, while leveraging cutting edge technology, continuous process improvement, and robotic process automation projects to provide best in class customer service to the entire judicial branch.
Duties
The Contract Specialist position is located in the Procurement Management Division (PMD) within the Department of Administrative Services (DAS). The PMD manages a comprehensive procurement program for the entire Federal Judiciary. Our contract specialists and contracting off icers rely on a combination of the Judiciary's unique procurement authorities and policies, and on FAR-based procedures to conduct cradle-to-grave procurements for a wide-range of supplies and services, including complex information technology services, administrative services, and services to support the administration of justice. The incumbent will work with ahigh-degree of independence while performing the full range acquisition-related activities.
We are seeking a talented individual with a passion for procurement, a commitment to providing excellent customer service, and the ability to think creatively. If you hold the new FAC-C Professional certification (or comparable DAWIA or industry certification) and are also Digital IT Acquisition Professional (DITAP) certified, we are especially interested in hearing from you
We are located in the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, conveniently situated next door to Union Station in the heart of downtown Washington, D.C. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to make a real impact. We are the third branch of the Government. Join our team and empower justice through procurement
The duties of this position include, but are not limited to: