SAE - Senior Contract Specialist III

Job Type Full-time Description

Shee Atiká Enterprises (SAE) has an exciting opportunity and is currently seeking to fill the role of a Senior Contract Specialist III to support the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). The qualified candidate will apply knowledge of administrative support functions within a federal acquisition operations environment to assist program officials on acquisition and administrative matters affecting procurement of supplies and services using source selection procedures the evaluation of contract price quotes; and the administration or termination and closeout of contracts. The work will be fully remote with travel to the Washington DC area up to two times a year. Start date is contingent upon contract award and is expected to be October 1st 2024. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Performs contract administration activities for selected contracts and assists in the monitoring of Contractor’s performance, approval of progress payments, verification of deliveries, and similar activities.
• Supports modifications to contracts and conducts analysis of alternatives and the capabilities and characteristics of the assigned contractors.
• Utilizes price/cost analysis techniques to support the development of cost related sections of solicitation documents and the analysis of cost and price data, labor and material cost, etc.
• Supports the development of budgets for planned procurements. Analyzes and evaluates cost-related areas of solicitations for pricing structure and instruction to offerors. Analyzes and evaluates contractor price/cost quotes for new procurements, changes, follow-on procurements, etc., which may result in new contracts or the issuance of modifications or the termination of existing contracts.
• Supports the extension of periods of performance and contract closeout processes.
• Helps ensure that all appropriate steps have been taken to safeguard the interests of BIA, and that all requirements of law, executive orders, regulations and other applicable procedures have been met.
• Assists customers in developing statements of work and procurement strategy; and develops evaluation plans, pricing methodologies, and contract administration.
• Serves as a point of contact for program officials on acquisition and administrative matters affecting major procurement of supplies and services using source selection procedures; the evaluation of contract price proposals; and the administration or termination and closeout of major contracts. Provides authoritative recommendations to improve procurement operations and customer service.
• Coordinates contract administration activities for long-term, extensive technical service contracts. Contract types vary with the complexity of the acquisition and the best interests of the government, ranging from Firm-Fixed-Price through Fixed-Price-Incentive and Fixed-Price-Award fee. The contract specialist monitors contractor’s performance, approval of progress payments, reviewing and providing recommendations on contractor proposals resulting from change orders, scheduling, problems that have arisen and proposed solutions, verification of deliveries, and similar activities; interprets contract provisions for contractors and for officials of BIA, and provides appropriate advice and guidance; and conducts in-depth analyses of contractors’ financial and management systems and facilities for ability to perform and for compliance with Government or contractual requirements.
• Negotiates complex modifications to contracts. Decisions are based on in-depth analysis of alternatives and knowledge of the unique capabilities and characteristics of the assigned contractors, and require resolution of incomplete or conflicting technical and contractor data. In determining a negotiation position, the contract specialist must reconcile differences between the reports of different technical specialists.
• Utilizes in-depth price/cost analysis techniques involving many different and unrelated factors and processes where there may be little historical cost data or precedent. Responsible for supporting the development of cost-related sections of complex solicitation documents, analyzing cost and price data, labor and material cost, etc.
• Supports the development of budgets for planned procurements. Analyzes and evaluates cost-related areas of complex solicitations for pricing structure and instruction to offerors. Analyzes and evaluates contractor price/cost proposals for new procurements, changes, follow-on procurements, etc., which may result in new contracts or the issuance of modifications or the termination of existing contracts.
• Leads negotiations and serves as a primary cost/price negotiator. Conducts detailed studies of contractor’s management, operational and financial policies in order to determine c