Proposals/Contract Specialist

Proposals/Contract Specialist

The Proposals/Contract Specialist takes first-touch ownership of every submission ? screening, documenting, and routing ? so internal program leads can focus on reviewing confirmed risk rather than processing intake. This is a screening and coordination role, not a legal or compliance advisory position; all legal questions are escalated to internal counsel rather than answered by this role.

• Serve as the first point of contact for incoming screening submissions, checking for duplicates and logging each one.

• Review each submission and its automated result against a defined list of federal compliance triggers to confirm or adjust the classification.

• Draft a clear, standardized written summary for each submission, noting what was found and the recommended next step.

• Route confirmed submissions to the correct internal market lead within a defined turnaround window.

• Maintain accurate, up-to-date tracking notes (time spent, status, outcome) to support ongoing workload reporting.

• Escalate any legal or contractual interpretation question immediately to internal legal counsel rather than answering it directly.

• Background in federal contract administration ? for example, a former federal contract specialist (1102 series), a contracts manager who has worked federal solicitations, or a paralegal background.

• Working familiarity with federal contract clauses and flowdown concepts (e.g., FAR/DFARS, CUI, Davis-Bacon) sufficient to recognize a checklist trigger ? not required to provide legal interpretation.

• Strong written communication skills; comfortable producing concise, consistent summaries under time pressure.

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