Junior Acquisition Specialist

• Knowledge of Federal contracting law, regulation, policies and precedents, and related principles, policies, and procedures sufficient to plan, lead, review, or audit the most complex procurement functions.
• Knowledge of Federal and Departmental procurement regulations.
• Knowledge of the regulations and techniques of source selection sufficient to conduct a selection.
• Skill in promoting e-commerce, and supporting the use of automated acquisition systems, and other electronic systems.

• Acquisition Strategy Support. Provide advice and recommendations for all elements in acquisition plans, including approaches, options, strategies, risks, contracting methods, competition, sources, cost, milestone schedule, etc.
• Assist in preparing Statements of Work (SOW), Statements of Objectives (SOO) and other requirements documents. This effort includes assisting program offices in researching and drafting specifications and standards, including Performance-based Work Statements (PWS); developing performance measures; providing consultation and recommendations; and coordinating requirements documents.
• Provide critical analysis and pricing support for MARAD's major acquisition program for ship management services, which utilizes advanced Excel functions to arrive at fixed-priced per diem rates and cost-reimbursable projections extracted from very large datasets. Applicants must demonstrate strong experience in the use of key advanced Excel functions and concepts such as:
  • Use of HLOOKUP, VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP functions for retrieving values from pricing data tables based on specific criteria to compute differential values and make extensive pricing adjustments to existing contracts and evaluate pricing for source selection on new solicitations
  • Expertise in constructing Pivot Tables used to quickly summarize, analyze, and report on large amounts of data containing millions of identifiable pricing points as well as creating special calculators for ACOs and CORs to facilitate invoice review and approvals involving multiple thousands of contractual pricing amounts for both fixed priced and cost reimbursable services.
  • Expertise in use of conditional formatting using custom formulas for visually highlighting relative values considered in price analysis.
  • Expertise in use of complex, nested functions.
  • Assist the program offices in preparing Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs). Research may include, but is not limited to, previous purchases for the same products or services; current market value of the products or services; and other agency purchases of similar products and services.

• Prepare Request for Quotes (RFQs), Request for Proposals (RFPs) and Combined Synopsis/Solicitations. Assure that the solicitation includes all appropriate terms and conditions. Recommend and prepare unique terms and conditions as required. Prior to release of solicitation, verify that funds are available and obtain legal concurrence, if applicable.
• Assist in the evaluation process and assure written documentation to support informal or formal source selection procedures. If formal source selection procedures are used - prepare Source Selection Plans; assist with identification of Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB) members; ensure Conflict of Interest/Nondisclosure Forms are signed; prepare evaluation sheets; and prepare a draft Source Selection Decision Memorandum.
• Work with evaluators and Contracting Officer (CO) to identify pre-negotiation objectives and assist the CO with discussions with the offerors. Prepare final contract award documents for task and delivery orders and stand-alone contracts; prepare Contracting Officer Representative (COR) designation letters; obtain legal concurrence; distribute contract to appropriate parties; and input award information into the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS-NG) and upload to VOA.

• Prepare appropriate documentation for the exercise of options, modifications of various types for post-award activities, and assist in the resolution of contractor performance issues.

• 5 years of operational experience in Federal Contracting.

• Required minimum certification: Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) (Professional). DAWIA Contracting Level III, DAWIA Contracting (Professional), and FAC-C Level III are acceptable.

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