Senior Contract Administrator

XMSTART; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

XMSTART is seeking an experienced Senior Contract Administrator to join the team in Chantilly, VA. This full-time, on-site role focuses on preparing contract awards and modifications under NRO and FAR guidelines, generating formal documents for review and approval, and maintaining contract documentation.

You will advise technical staff, conduct market research, and support competitive acquisitions, settlements, and protest responses.

Qualifications

• Experience as an NRO contract administrator with ability to begin immediately.
• TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph.
• Experience in federal acquisition environments and contract administration.

Responsibilities

• Prepare contract awards and modifications in compliance with NRO Acquisition Manual and FAR guidelines.
• Generate contract documents for review, signature, and approval (Justifications and Approvals, pre-negotiation and price memorandums).
• Maintain configuration control of contract documentation.
• Advise Technical Representatives on contract processes.
• Collect and analyze market research; recommend contract types.
• Generate ARC postings and briefing charts; facilitate competitive acquisitions.
• Prepare proposal debriefing charts and support protest responses.
• Analyze proposals; recommend negotiation positions.
• Manage government property on contracts; identify indicators of fraud.
• Coordinate award-related activities and maintain contract schedules.

Skills

Contract administration

Federal acquisitions

NRO contract experience

Job description

XMSTART is looking to add an experienced full-timeSenior Contract Administrator to our team, inChantilly, VA. This position is100% onsite.

Responsibilities include:

• Prepare contract award and modificationsthat comply with NRO Acquisition Manual and Federal Acquisition Regulations guidelines
• Generate contract documents for review and signature/approval and develop related contract documents (including Justifications and Approvals, pre-negotiation and price negotiation memorandums, acquisition plans)
• Maintain configuration control of contract documentation
• Advise Technical Representatives and other staffpersonnel on contract processes
• Collect and analyze market research
• Recommend contract types to meet acquisition requirements
• Generate Acquisition Research Center (ARC) postings
• Generate briefing charts
• Facilitate competitive acquisitions
• Prepare proposal debriefing charts
• Support protest responses
• Analyze proposals
• Recommend negotiations positions
• Be cognizant of Government property on contracts
• Identify indicators of fraud or other legal offenses
• Settlements
• Other related activities including organizing the Award Fee briefing with the Fee Determining Officer, coordinating the Contracts response to actions, and maintaining the consolidated list of contract schedules for all the office contracts
• TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph
• Experience as an NRO contract administrator with the ability to immediately begin administering contracts.