Senior Contracting Specialist

About the Role

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Culmen is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Contracting Specialist to join our team supporting USSOCOM at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. This is more than a contracting support role. It is an opportunity to contribute directly to the acquisition and delivery of critical capabilities that enable Special Operations Forces to succeed in complex and rapidly evolving environments. 

As a trusted advisor within a contracing office, your expertise will support major ACAT Level III programs and projects, ensuring contracting requirements and documentation are completed with precision and accountability.  

This position will focus on:

• preparing required pre-award and post-award documentation for a variety of small and large dollar contracts
• Includes sole source and competitive acquisitions of technical equipment and supplies, repairs, and maintenance
• Prepare contract requirements for new or innovative research and development contracts.

If you are a seasoned contracting professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, communicates confidently with senior leaders, and understands the complexities of Department of Defense contracting processes. If you're looking for an opportunity to leverage your comtracting expertise while supporting some of the nation's most critical defense missions, we want to hear from you. 

Apply today and become part of a team committed to delivering excellence, innovation, and mission success for USSOCOM!

What You’ll Do in Your New Role

• Apply knowledge of contracting principles and procedures applicable to pre-award actions to administer and procure contracts for a variety of specialized equipment, services, and information technology products, including sole source contracts and modifications.
• Determine the type of contract best suited for the Government requirement, prepare applicable determination and findings, and receive and evaluate proposals/quotations in conjunction with a price/cost analysis.
• Promote competition by preparing solicitation documents and ensuring the specifications are clear and complete and adhere to contracting regulations.
• Apply knowledge of a variety of contract types, such as Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Time and Materials (T&M), and Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), in an effort to plan and work diverse procurements relating to research and development.
• Apply knowledge of price analysis and cost procedures and techniques, sufficient to review Contractor proposals/quotations and perform analyses using previous price history, commercial price lists, market prices, or technical catalogs to ensure reasonableness of prices.
• Select and interpret the established federal and agency procurement regulations, procedural manuals, and established precedents to meet the needs of the action.
• Perform the entire range of pre-award contracting activities for simplified contracts that include, but not limited to, firm fixed price contracts, negotiating contract payment terms, and cost analysis required on initial pricing and contract modifications, and contractual periods of option years.
• Create, analyze, and edit various contract documents including, but not limited to, Sole Source Documentation (below and above $250K), Justifications for Other than Full and Open Competition (J&A) (above $250K), Limited Sources Justifications (above $250K), and Technical Evaluations.
• Provide input to procurement approaches, methods, and procedures, and advise technical points of contact (TPOC) and Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) on status throughout entire course of the action.
• Determine the appropriate clauses and locally developed contract provisions for the solicitation/award, in accordance with the Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR) and Defense Acquisition Regulations (DFARS).
• Perform closeout and post award contract administration on contracts, while monitoring Contractor performance, to ensure deliverables are met in accordance with the agreed upon terms and conditions cited within the award document.

Required Qualifications

• Current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
• Master’s degree in Systems Management, Business Management, Information Management, Contracting or a related field (e.g., Science, Technology, Mathematics, etc.)
• 10 years of general experience and six (6) years of relevant experience in a DoD program office or SOCOM Special program.
• Tradeoff Education/Experience Requirement:  Bachelors’ degree or professional certificate in Business Management,  Information Management, or a related field (e.g., Accounting, etc.), as well as 12 years of general experience and eight (8) years of relevant experience in a contracting office.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with the Standard Procurement System (SPS) Procurement Desktop-Defense (PD2) contract writing system.

About the Company

Culmen International is committed to enhancing international safety and security, strengthening homeland defense, advancing humanitarian missions, and optimizing government operations. With experience in over 150 countries, Culmen supports our clients to accomplish critical missions in challenging environments.

• Health: Premiums for employees are 100% paid by Culmen, and dependent coverage is available at a nominal rate.
• Exceptional Dental/Vision coverage with 100% of the premiums paid by the company for all eligible employees and their eligible dependents (including same or opposite sex domestic partners)
• 401k – Vested immediately and 4% match
• Life insurance and disability paid by the company
• Opportunities for Training and Continuing Education
• 12 Paid Holidays

To learn more about Culmen International, please visit www.culmen.com

At Culmen International, we are committed to creating and sustaining a workplace that upholds the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We believe in the importance of fair treatment and equal access to opportunities for all employees and applicants.  Our commitment to these principles is unwavering across all our operations worldwide.