Contract Specialist

 Introduction:  Incumbent performs professional and technical work involving preparing, reviewing, issuing and monitoring bid documents; reviewing and evaluating bid proposals; preparing, reviewing and issuing contract documents; performing administration of awarded contracts; and monitoring the performance of contracted parties.  Work involves small to medium dollar contracts including delivery orders, construction and A&E.



Major Duties:  Participates with project teams involved in the development of the statement of work or data requirements, determines the type of contract best suited to the requirement and prepares solicitations documents. Develops, prepares, and presents clauses and terms and conditions in bid or proposals related to the award of contracts.

Prepares solicitation, determines sources to be solicited, determines the responsiveness of bid, and makes award recommendation to the Contracting Officer.

Accumulates, establishes, and maintains accurate and complete documents and records pertaining to small and medium size purchases. Determines whether to modify and identifies the type of modification to employ. Assists the Contracting Officer in negotiations and award of contracts, prepares award documents, contract modifications, and/or subcontracts, evaluates contractor performance under the contract(s), prepares contract termination documents, prepares correspondence, such as determinations and findings, and price/cost analysis documents, evaluates technical and audit reports, conducts labor interviews and  monitors performance by contractor personnel against the contract schedule. Inform contractor of any problems or potential breaches. Monitor contractor compliance with small business subcontracting goals.

Minimum Qualifications: Five years of government contract administration, procurement, accounting or comparable experience. Must be efficient in using all Microsoft Office applications and be experienced in using an electronic procurement contract writing system to generate solicitations, contracts and modifications.  Must have 24 hours of business credits from an accredited college.