Senior Contract Support (SCS) / Team Lead

Position Responsibilities

The Senior Contract Support / Team Lead shall:

- Provide comprehensive acquisition support throughout all phases of the Federal acquisition lifecycle, including pre-award and post-award activities .

- Support Federal acquisitions of varying types, complexity, and dollar values, including acquisitions greater than the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) .

- Provide leadership, technical direction, mentoring, and acquisition guidance to Mid-Level Contract Support personnel and other lower-level acquisition professionals.

- Review acquisition documentation and procurement packages for accuracy, completeness, regulatory compliance, and overall quality.

- Support development of acquisition plans, acquisition strategies, solicitations, contract awards, modifications, and contract administration documentation.

- Conduct comprehensive research and analysis of technical, cost, pricing, regulatory, and acquisition information.

- Read, interpret, and apply Federal acquisition policies, regulations, directives, and agency-specific requirements.

- Provide acquisition and business advice to Contracting Officers (COs), Contract Specialists (CSs), technical experts, requiring activities, program offices, customers, and other stakeholders.

- Analyze and assist with the development and review of Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs) .

- Analyze cost and pricing information and assist with the development of price reasonableness recommendations.

- Assist with cost-benefit analyses and other acquisition-related business analyses.

- Support development and refinement of source-selection strategies and evaluation criteria.

- Identify and analyze difficult or complex contracting issues and recommend alternative courses of action.

- Assist with contract performance monitoring and resolution of issues involving changes, claims, payments, deliverables, and other contract administration matters.

- Prepare and/or review contract modifications, change orders, supplemental agreements, delivery orders, and associated documentation.

- Prepare justification and approval documentation when required.

- Work with technical experts, program personnel, and Contracting Officers to ensure contractual requirements and project milestones are appropriately reflected in acquisition documents and project plans.

- Coordinate with Government leadership, customers, staff, and other stakeholders to conduct analyses and develop acquisition recommendations.

- Support strategic acquisition planning involving multiple sites, organizations, and service lines.

- Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to establish and standardize enterprise equipment, supply, and/or service requirements.

- Conduct gap analyses and evaluate cost elements associated with the production, management, or delivery of healthcare-related resources, services, and products.

- Prepare procurement packages for Government review in accordance with customer requirements, VA policies and procedures, and applicable Federal and state laws and regulations.

- Provide quality assurance and technical oversight of acquisition work products prepared by assigned personnel.

Requirements Candidates must possess:

- Bachelor's degree in any field and at least twenty-four [24] semester hours in any combination of: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, and organization and management.

- A minimum of five (5) recent years of relevant acquisition experience within the last seven (7) years .

- Demonstrated experience conducting comprehensive and complex acquisition support services .

- Documented experience supporting both pre-award and post-award Federal acquisition processes and activities .

- Demonstrated ability to support Federal acquisitions regardless of acquisition type or dollar value.

- Documented experience supporting contracts greater than the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) .

- Extensive knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) .

- Extensive knowledge of the RFO FAR .

- Extensive knowledge of the Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) .

- Knowledge of other applicable Federal acquisition regulations, policies, and procedures.

- Related acquisition training and certifications documented on the candidate's resume.

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