Senior Contract Support Specialist / Team Lead

Senior Contract Support Specialist / Team Lead

Quality Innovation, Inc. (Qi2) | Full-Time | Remote

Position Summary

Quality Innovation, Inc. (Qi2) is seeking an experienced Senior Contract Support Specialist / Team Lead to provide senior-level Federal acquisition support and leadership for a Department of Veterans Affairs contracting-support program.

The Senior Contract Support Specialist will provide comprehensive cradle-to-grave acquisition support for complex Federal procurements while providing leadership, technical direction and guidance to Mid-Level Contract Support Specialists.

Required Qualifications

Candidates must possess:

• Bachelor's degree in any field.
• At least 24 semester hours in qualifying business/acquisition disciplines.
• Minimum 5 recent years within the last 7 years providing comprehensive and complex Federal acquisition support.
• Extensive pre-award and post-award acquisition experience.
• Demonstrated ability to support acquisitions regardless of acquisition type or dollar value.
• Demonstrated acquisition experience involving contracts greater than the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT).
• Extensive knowledge of the FAR, VAAR and other applicable Federal acquisition regulations and policies.
• Demonstrated leadership and technical-direction experience.
• Excellent writing and time-management skills.
• U.S. citizenship.

The PWS specifically requires the Senior candidate's resume to demonstrate complex acquisition support, pre/post-award activities and contracts above the SAT.

Acquisition Certification / Training

Candidates must demonstrate one of the following, as applicable under the PWS:

• FAC-C Level I, II or III;
• FAC-C Professional;
• DAWIA Level III in Contracting;
• Courses leading toward an applicable acquisition certification; or
• Completion of commercial courses equivalent to certification.

The applicable certification/training must be clearly identified on the resume.

Senior-Level Responsibilities

Responsibilities may include:

• Provide leadership and technical direction to acquisition-support personnel.
• Review work products prepared by Mid-Level personnel.
• Support complex cradle-to-grave Federal acquisitions.
• Develop and evaluate acquisition strategies.
• Advise COs, Contract Specialists, requiring activities and technical personnel.
• Review complex requirements packages.
• Develop/review SOWs and PWSs.
• Conduct market research.
• Develop/review IGCEs.
• Conduct cost and price analyses.
• Develop and review solicitations, amendments, awards and modifications.
• Support complex source selections.
• Refine source-selection evaluation criteria.
• Analyze difficult contracting issues and recommend alternative courses of action.
• Support negotiations and price-reasonableness determinations.
• Administer contracts and monitor performance.
• Support QASP monitoring.
• Develop contract modifications and option actions.
• Support termination and closeout activities.
• Conduct gap analyses.
• Coordinate acquisition requirements across multiple customers, locations and service lines.
• Ensure procurement documentation complies with FAR, VAAR and agency policies.
• Provide mentoring, guidance and quality review to acquisition-support personnel.

The SCS is expected to possess the MCS capabilities plus leadership, technical direction, complex-problem-solving, source-selection and strategic acquisition capabilities.

Specialized Experience

Candidates should clearly identify any experience in the following areas:

Construction / Architect-Engineering Acquisitions

• Federal construction contracting.
• Architect-Engineering procurements.
• Construction/A&E solicitation packages.
• Construction contract administration.
• Modifications, change orders and claims.
• Experience with FAR Parts 14, 15, 36 and 43.
• Application of Federal laws and regulations governing construction and A&E contracting.

The PWS specifically identifies these areas for SCS specialized construction/A&E experience.

Complex Services Acquisitions

• Large or complex service contracts.
• Healthcare services.
• Professional/technical services.
• Performance-based acquisitions.
• Multi-site or enterprise requirements.
• Complex cost/price analyses.
• Source selections.
• QASP/performance monitoring.
• Strategic acquisition planning.

Federal Leasing

• Federal lease acquisitions.
• Lease solicitation and award support.
• Lease administration.
• Lease modifications.
• Market analyses.
• Price/cost evaluation.

Systems

Resume should identify experience with:

VA eCMS or other Government contract-writing systems, SAM.gov, CPARS, FPDS-NG, GSA eBuy/GSA Advantage!, SBA.gov, Microsoft Teams/Office, SharePoint and Adobe Acrobat.

IMPORTANT - YOUR RESUME MUST ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING

Because this position supports a Federal contract proposal, your resume must provide enough detail to verify that you satisfy every minimum qualification.

Please specifically address:

1. Federal Acquisition Experience: Identify Federal agencies supported and provide month/year dates demonstrating at least 5 qualifying years within the last 7 years.
2. Pre-Award Experience: Describe actual experience with requirements, acquisition planning, market research, IGCEs, solicitations, amendments, source selections, cost/price analysis and awards.
3. Post-Award Experience: Describe modifications, option exercises, performance monitoring, QASP support, claims/issues, terminations and closeout.
4. Contract Types & Actions: Identify contract types and acquisition actions you have personally supported.
5. Dollar Values: Clearly identify experience supporting contracts greater than the SAT and approximate dollar values where possible.
6. Specialties: Clearly identify experience with Construction/A&E, Complex Services and/or Federal Leasing.
7. FAR/VAAR: Describe your working experience applying FAR, VAAR and other Federal acquisition regulations.
8. Education: Identify bachelor's degree, institution and field of study.
9. 24 Semester Hours: Identify qualifying business/acquisition coursework sufficient to establish the required 24 semester hours.
10. Certification/Training: List FAC-C, FAC-C Professional, DAWIA or equivalent acquisition courses/training.
11. Systems: Identify eCMS and other Federal acquisition systems personally used.
12. Leadership: Describe experience leading, mentoring, reviewing or providing technical direction to acquisition/contracting personnel.

Do not submit a resume that only lists general responsibilities. The resume should describe the actual Federal acquisitions and acquisition activities you personally supported.