Contract Specialist

Location: Washington, DC

Type: Full-Time  

Work Arrangement: Remote

Clearance: Active Public Trust 

Travel: Anticipate 10% 

Status: Contingent Upon Award 

Salary Range: $90,000 - $100,000

Company Overview: 

Since 2017, Kymber Consulting Group has been blazing a trail through the consulting landscape, providing solutions across healthcare, defense, and civilian sectors. We're trusted advisors for high-visibility, high-impact engagements, rapidly becoming a valued partner within both government agencies and large established firms in the space. Kymber employs a collaborative team approach to deliver high value, tailored, and innovative solutions. Our engagement teams are built to meet each client’s unique needs. Our employees currently support a variety of Defense and Civilian agencies. 

Job Summary: 

Kymber Consulting Group is seeking an experienced Contract Specialist (1102-qualified) to provide comprehensive contract management support to the FRTIB Acquisition Management Division. The Contract Specialist will assist Contracting Officers and Contract Specialists across all phases of the contracting lifecycle, from pre-award planning through post-award administration and closeout, ensuring that procurements are executed with regulatory rigor, documentation discipline, and a commitment to quality and compliance.

Responsibilities and Duties: 

• Assist Contracting Officers, Contract Specialists, and Program Managers with procurement planning, including maintaining a monthly-reviewed Procurement Planning Schedule with an established process for addressing emerging and urgent requirements.
• Draft acquisition strategies, solicitations, source selection and evaluation documentation in both FRTIB Approved and Uniform Contract Formats, incorporating appropriate FAR and TFAR clauses and custom contract provisions.
• Conduct market analyses using GSA Market Research as a Service (MRaS) and SAM.gov to assess marketplace capability and support acquisition strategy development.
• Develop and maintain procurement schedules in SharePoint, with automated notifications to assigned contracting officers and group mailboxes to ensure timely action on all milestones.
• Support Source Selection activities including drafting evaluation plans, coordinating evaluation team kickoff meetings, reviewing proposals for compliance, documenting findings and ratings, and preparing SSA memorandums.
• Prepare draft contract award documents, debriefing materials, unsuccessful offeror correspondence, and contract schedules highlighting interdependencies.
• Maintain up-to-date contract files in PRISM and SharePoint, including modifications, delivery orders, call orders, contract letters, and all applicable documentation.
• Review invoices and vouchers and provide payment certification recommendations to Contracting Officers.
• Track contract ceilings, funding, billings, and contract actions, and review vendor GSA contract vehicle rate mappings to verify no proposed rates exceed active period of performance ceilings.
• Validate option year pricing prior to exercise and prepare monthly and annual cost and schedule variance analyses.
• Support contract closeout activities and maintain acquisition templates and checklists to facilitate compliant program office submissions.
• Assist with teaming agreements, reimbursable agreements, consulting agreements, and non-disclosure agreements as required.
• Recommend and support implementation of process improvements within FRTIB contracting operations and maintain the Acquisition Community Excellence Database.

Qualifications and Skills: 

• Minimum education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Acquisition, Contracting, or a related field.
• Minimum experience: 5 or more years of federal 1102 contract specialist experience.
• 3 or more years of direct support to federal Contracting Officers across pre-award, source selection, award, and post-award phases is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in PRISM or a comparable federal contract writing system.
• Proficiency in SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Excel for contract tracking and reporting.
• Working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, and agency-specific acquisition regulations.
• FAC-C Level I or II certification or DAWIA equivalent preferred.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent procurement actions.

Benefits and Perks: 

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Plans 
• Paid Holiday and Personal Time Off  
• 401K plan 
• Life Insurance 
• Education and Training Assistance Program 
• Incentive Plans and Referral Bonuses 
• Employee Assistance Programs 

Kymber Consulting Group, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.