Senior Contract Specialist

Legacy Management Solutions; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Legacy Management Solutions is seeking a Senior Contract Specialist to provide cradle-to-grave federal acquisition support for CDC OAS, including planning, market research, solicitations, evaluations, negotiations, awards, and post-award administration. The role requires strong knowledge of FAR and HHSAR, experience with FPDS reporting, and a Bachelor’s degree with five years of federal contracting.

FAC-C certification is required, and the candidate will handle procurement files and regulatory

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 0 At least five (5) years of cradle-to-grave federal contracting experience.
• Current or previous FAC-C certification, or civilian equivalent, required.
• Strong knowledge of FAR, HHSAR, and CDC acquisition policies.
• Experience with acquisition planning and source selection.

Responsibilities

• Assist with historical procurement research, market and industry research, acquisition planning, and documentation of acquisition strategies.
• Provide acquisition advice related to applicable laws and reviews/approvals required for procurement actions.
• Attend meetings with OAS and program stakeholders and respond to data calls as requested.
• Develop and edit solicitation and file documents for Government review, including RFQs, RFPs, IFBs, and related memoranda.
• Prepare pre-solicitation and solicitation notices for Government review through channels like SAM.gov, GSA eBuy, NITACC, NASA SEWP, or agency websites.
• Support SBA 8(a), small business review, SBCX entries, and GWAC/GSA procurement coordination as needed.
• Assist with pre-proposal conferences, quotation/proposal control, technical evaluations, past performance evaluations, scoring, ranking, and documentation of source selection recommendations.
• Prepare award documents, supporting documentation, notifications, debriefing/feedback materials, and procurement packages for Government review.
• Assist with discussions, negotiations, and documentation of findings/results.
• Prepare unilateral and bilateral modifications and award file updates.
• Complete procurement data reports, including FPDS entries.
• Create, organize, and deliver digital/electronic contract files after completion of actions.
• Provide acquisition advice to contractors and program officials on administration issues.

Skills

Cradle-to-grave contracting

FAR knowledge

Acquisition planning

Solicitation development

Evaluation support

Negotiation documentation

FPDS reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SAM.gov

GSA eBuy

NITACC

NASA SEWP

FPDS

Job description

The Senior Contract Specialist provides cradle-to-grave federal acquisition support to CDC OAS, including acquisition planning, market research, solicitation development, evaluation support, negotiation documentation, award preparation, post-award administration, modifications, de-obligations, FPDS reporting, and procurement file completion. The role requires strong knowledge of FAR, HHSAR, CDC acquisition policies, and professional handling of procurement-sensitive information.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Pre-Award and Acquisition Planning

• Assist with historical procurement research, market and industry research, acquisition planning, and documentation of acquisition strategies.
• Provide acquisition advice related to applicable laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and reviews/approvals required for procurement actions.
• Attend meetings with OAS and program stakeholders and respond to data calls as requested.

Solicitation and Evaluation Support

• Develop and edit solicitation and file documents for Government review, including RFQs, RFPs, IFBs, combined synopsis/solicitations, memoranda, determinations and findings, and checklists.
• Prepare pre-solicitation and solicitation notices for Government review through appropriate channels such as SAM.gov, GSA eBuy, NITACC, NASA SEWP, or agency websites.
• Support SBA 8(a), small business review, SBCX entries, and GWAC/GSA procurement coordination as needed.
• Assist with pre-proposal conferences, quotation/proposal control, technical evaluations, past performance evaluations, scoring, ranking, and documentation of source selection recommendations.

Award and Post-Award Support

• Prepare award documents, supporting documentation, notifications, debriefing/feedback materials, and organized procurement packages for Government review.
• Assist with discussions, negotiations, business/pricing analyses, negotiation objectives, and documentation of findings/results.
• Prepare unilateral and bilateral modifications, option notices, administrative modifications, task order changes, de-obligations, and award file updates.
• Complete procurement data reports, including FPDS entries, as assigned.
• Create, organize, and deliver digital/electronic contract files no later than required after completion of assigned actions.
• Support accurate terms and conditions in awards and provide acquisition advice to contractors and program officials on administration issues.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least five (5) years of cradle-to-grave federal contracting experience.
• Current or previous FAC-C certification, or civilian equivalent, required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous CDC Integrated Contract Expert (ICE) experience.
• Experience supporting CDC, HHS, OAS, OSSAM, or other federal civilian contracting offices.
• Experience with GSA eBuy, SAM.gov, NITACC, NASA SEWP, SBCX, FPDS, and electronic contract file systems.
• Experience supporting high-volume procurement environments with PALT/action status reporting.
• Experience handling procurement-sensitive information under NDA requirements.