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DC Department of Human Resources · 1 day ago

Contract Specialist

Washington, DC

Full-time, Contract

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

5+ years exp

The DC Department of Human Resources is committed to the safety and well-being of children and families in the District of Columbia. The Contract Specialist is responsible for managing pre-award and post-award functions for contractual services, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations while supporting procurement planning and contract administration.

AdviceB2BEducationEmploymentHuman ResourcesManagement Consulting

Responsibilities

Assist with procurement planning. Identifies within assigned major program(s) those large-scale subsystems, components, equipment, and services to be acquired by contract. Assist with developing procurement objectives for the program in terms of competition and price range, and constructs the contractual vehicle including use of pricing arrangements, subcontracting policy, set-aside policies, and similar considerations for final approval

Prepares and maintains current acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts, and related schedules

Assist in the planning of the negotiation strategy, coordinates strategy with negotiation team, and assist with the negotiations which are conducted with contractors to develop the contract prices and terms. Prepare contract documents final review and award

Performs contract administration. Responsibilities typically include incremental funding, preparation of rate and cost adjustments, redirection of effort, coordination of time extension, incorporation of change orders, issuance of stop work orders, issuance of cure notices or show cause letters, monitoring of Government property reporting, approval of progress payments, final payment, and contract closeout

Negotiates changes in price(s) terms and conditions, overhead rate agreements resulting from contract modifications, supplementary agreements, settlements from change orders as a result of defective specifications, relative to negotiation and pricing actions

Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualification

Contract administrationProcurement planningNegotiation strategyIncremental fundingCost adjustmentsMaster's degreeGovernment procurementContract modificationsAnalytical skillsCommunication skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Relevant Master's degree with at least five (5) years of directly related experience in procurement field

Must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the grade 11 level in the District of Columbia government service or its non-District equivalent

Specialized experience is experience which is directly related to the position and has equipped the individual with the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position

Examples include but are not limited to, performing contract administration to include preparing incremental funding, rate and cost adjustments, redirection of effort, coordination of time extension, incorporation of change orders, issuance of stop work orders, issuance of cure notices or show cause letters, monitoring of Government property reporting, approval of progress payments, final payment, and contract closeout

Advising program officials and other concerned parties in procurement planning

Conducting solicitation and analyzing contractor proposals

Performing other related duties as assigned