Senior Contract Support Specialist

About Blue Water Thinking Guided by our principles of value generation, continuous innovation, customer-centricity, and vested collaboration, Blue Water Thinking proudly supports our Federal clients in achieving their Agency goals. Founded by a decorated twenty-eight year Veteran of the United States Army, Blue Water Thinking understands and supports the mission of our Nation's war fighters, Veterans, their families and caretakers. Leveraging our executive team's military experience and private and public sector consulting expertise, Blue Water Thinking takes an integrated "one-team" approach and brings to bear best-fit solutions, thought leadership, and grit to meet our client's transformational needs. Fueled by our values of integrity, respect, professionalism, stewardship and customer service, the Blue Water Thinking team understands the power of the human connection, collaboration, humility and loyalty to one another, our clients and industry partners. Lastly, our formula for success is simple: Build something good, take care of our people, keep our clients satisfied, nurture our work ethic and reputation, build long-lasting partnerships, enjoy what we do and give back as much as possible.

Job Description:

Blue Water Thinking is seeking Senior Contract Support Specialists to support a variety of acquisition support services. The Senior Contract Support Specialist will assist with strategy, planning, data analysis, requirements and/or documentation development, preparing Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE), compliance reviews for acquisition documents and forms in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Responsibilities:

Assist with advisory support and assisting functional area technical experts with the development of writing requirements into sound, sufficient Statements of Work (SOW), Performance Work Statements (PWS) and/or Orders. Assist with acquisition planning, solicitation preparation, market research and analysis, source selection document preparation. Prepare contract modifications and documents, cost/price analysis, development of analytics, create reports, preparation of contract termination documents. Successful performance will require a wide variety of associated procurement skills and activities including research, analysis, data entry, writing, document preparation, editing, scanning, document management, phone calls, faxing, filing, and other activities necessary to complete the tasks assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree with a major in any field; or at least twenty-Four (24) semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, and organization and management. A minimum of five (5) recent years – within the last seven (7) years – relevant experience in conducting comprehensive and complex acquisition support services with an extensive knowledge of the FAR, Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR), and all other applicable regulations and policies. Resume must reflect documented experience of pre- and post-award acquisition processes and activities along with related training and certifications.

Construction/Architect-Engineering (AE) Specialized Experience Requirements:

Ability to apply the required knowledge of laws, regulations, and procedures to the act of properly issuing and administering a construction contract in accordance with Federal acquisition laws, regulations, and best business practices. Knowledge of construction and AE contracting request and develop construction/AE solicitation packages in accordance with FAR, VAAR, and agency policies and procedures. Familiarity with FAR Part(s) 14, 15, 36, and 43. Unless otherwise approved by the VA any SCS (who meets the 5 years’ general experience requirement) who will be specializing in construction/AE requirements must also have the following experience: (1) 3 years of experience in developing AE solicitations and administrating AE contracts and modifications; (2) 3 years of experience developing construction solicitations and administering construction contracts.

Complex service contracts (such as Health Care Contracts) experience requirements:

• In-depth knowledge of FAR 13/15.
• Familiarity with medical language.

Any SCS (who meets the 5 years’ general experience requirement) who will be specializing in Complex service contracts must also have the following experience: 5 years of experience developing complex service solicitations and administering complex service.

Leasing and Specialized experience requirements:

Familiarity with Real Property Leasing, utilities contracts, sharing of space and other non-medical agreements (selling/sharing agreements, revokable licenses, interagency agreements), and hotel services for Veterans using procedures outlined in the FAR, VAAR, General Services Acquisition Manual (GSAM), General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR), public laws, and agency policy. Unless otherwise approved by the VA any SCS (who meets the 5 years’ general experience requirement) who will be specializing in Leasing and Specialized Contracts must also have the following experience: 2 years of experience developing real property/lease related solicitations, contracts and modifications.

Additional Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to provide clear leadership, technical direction, and guidance to all lower-level acquisition personnel.
• Possess excellent time management and writing skills.

Ability to collaborate with customers and stakeholders on performance requirements among multiple sites and service lines to obtain agreement, standardize enterprise equipment, supply and/or service requirements in support of strategic acquisition plans.

• Ability to refine and improve source selection evaluation criteria.
• Ability to make suggestions by analyzing difficult contracting issues and identifying alternative courses of action to satisfy specialized requirements and solve a variety of contracting problems.
• Ability to conducting gap analyses and understanding of cost elements which go into the production, management or delivery of a healthcare resource service or product.

Ability to provide advisory support and prepare procurement packages for review in accordance with customer requirements and in compliance with VA policy and procedures, to include federal and state laws and regulations.

Eligibility:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required federal public trust clearance for this role.

Compensation:

This salary range for this position is $110,000 - $120,000

• Blue Water Thinking offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance (medical, dental and vision), paid time off, federal holidays, and matching 401K plan.
• Our Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity.

Blue Water Thinking, LLC (BWT) is committed to equal employment opportunity. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Applying for this Job:

Resume must be submitted in word document format and must include dates in each section (experience, education, certifications...) Candidates must fill out the below form to the best of their knowledge