Title: Senior Contract Specialist Onsite(GSA-KC)

Location: Onsite at GSA facilities located at 2300 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64108

Salary Range: Negotiable, and depends on demonstrated skills and experience.

Education/Certifications/Experience:

· Baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution and 24 semester hours of business-related college courses.

· No less than 4 years of experience in all pre-award, analysis, and award documentation for issuing contracts and task/delivery orders against multiple award vehicles.

· FAC-C Level III or completion of FAC-C Level III courses or equivalent.

Position Requirements:

· Shall possess a mastery understanding of the FAR and how to efficiently research subjects in relation to complex acquisitions.

· Shall possess a mastery understanding of how the Federal/Commercial relationship functions while in a contractual arrangement.

· Shall possess a mastery understanding of the roles/responsibilities of those individuals (project directors, engineers, logisticians, price analysts, COs, CORs, legal counsel and financial specialists) that support and enable the effective and efficient execution and management of a Federal contract.

· Shall efficiently and effectively research applicable laws, regulations and policies that may arise across the entire life-cycle of a procurement, and propose alternative solutions with sound rational to confronting unique contracting situations.

· Shall properly interpret and apply requirements set forth by law, regulation, and policy in relation to proposed/planned contract action or decision, as well as more complex contract actions.

· Shall have strong interpersonal skills (oral and written) to clearly and concisely communicate more advanced contract issues in an effective manner with acquisition teams, GSA FAS associates, internal/external customers, other stakeholders and third party contractors.

Typical Areas of Responsibility:

The following are typical areas of responsibility that will be little-to-no explanations in terms of applicable laws, regulations, and policies.

· All facets of contract file maintenance (drafting, organizing, maintaining, etc.) with minimal guidance.

· Supporting and enabling contract negotiations (scheduling meeting, creating meeting minutes, memorandums, etc.).

· Conducts preliminary reviews of contract action requests (new awards & modifications).

· Processes and develops contract action request packages (new awards & modifications).

· Conduct price & cost analyses.

· Supports and enables various types of internal and external meetings.

· Administers contracts from award through the point of contract close-out or termination; and

· Assesses and recommends to the CO findings relative to third party contractor’s compliance with contract clause-terms and conditions, price and delivery readjustments, excusable delays, claims arising out of contacts, etc.