Senior Contract Support (SCS) / Team Lead

Position Responsibilities

The Senior Contract Support / Team Lead shall:

• Provide comprehensive acquisition support throughout all phases of the Federal acquisition lifecycle, including pre-award and post-award activities.

• Support Federal acquisitions of varying types, complexity, and dollar values, including acquisitions greater than the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT).

• Provide leadership, technical direction, mentoring, and acquisition guidance to Mid-Level Contract Support personnel and other lower-level acquisition professionals.

• Review acquisition documentation and procurement packages for accuracy, completeness, regulatory compliance, and overall quality.

• Support development of acquisition plans, acquisition strategies, solicitations, contract awards, modifications, and contract administration documentation.

• Conduct comprehensive research and analysis of technical, cost, pricing, regulatory, and acquisition information.

• Read, interpret, and apply Federal acquisition policies, regulations, directives, and agency-specific requirements.

• Provide acquisition and business advice to Contracting Officers (COs), Contract Specialists (CSs), technical experts, requiring activities, program offices, customers, and other stakeholders.

• Analyze and assist with the development and review of Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs).

• Analyze cost and pricing information and assist with the development of price reasonableness recommendations.

• Assist with cost-benefit analyses and other acquisition-related business analyses.

• Support development and refinement of source-selection strategies and evaluation criteria.

• Identify and analyze difficult or complex contracting issues and recommend alternative courses of action.

• Assist with contract performance monitoring and resolution of issues involving changes, claims, payments, deliverables, and other contract administration matters.

• Prepare and/or review contract modifications, change orders, supplemental agreements, delivery orders, and associated documentation.

• Prepare justification and approval documentation when required.

• Work with technical experts, program personnel, and Contracting Officers to ensure contractual requirements and project milestones are appropriately reflected in acquisition documents and project plans.

• Coordinate with Government leadership, customers, staff, and other stakeholders to conduct analyses and develop acquisition recommendations.

• Support strategic acquisition planning involving multiple sites, organizations, and service lines.

• Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to establish and standardize enterprise equipment, supply, and/or service requirements.

• Conduct gap analyses and evaluate cost elements associated with the production, management, or delivery of healthcare-related resources, services, and products.

• Prepare procurement packages for Government review in accordance with customer requirements, VA policies and procedures, and applicable Federal and state laws and regulations.

• Provide quality assurance and technical oversight of acquisition work products prepared by assigned personnel.

Requirements Candidates must possess:

• Bachelor's degree in any field and at least twenty-four [24] semester hours in any combination of: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, and organization and management.

• A minimum of five (5) recent years of relevant acquisition experience within the last seven (7) years.

• Demonstrated experience conducting comprehensive and complex acquisition support services.

• Documented experience supporting both pre-award and post-award Federal acquisition processes and activities.

• Demonstrated ability to support Federal acquisitions regardless of acquisition type or dollar value.

• Documented experience supporting contracts greater than the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT).

• Extensive knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

• Extensive knowledge of the RFO FAR.

• Extensive knowledge of the Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR).

• Knowledge of other applicable Federal acquisition regulations, policies, and procedures.

• Related acquisition training and certifications documented on the candidate's resume.