Senior Contract Support (SCS) / Team Lead

mbsolutionsinc; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

mbsolutionsinc is seeking a Senior Contract Support / Team Lead to provide comprehensive acquisition support across all phases of the Federal lifecycle, including pre-award and post-award activities, in Huntsville, AL. The role includes leading staff, ensuring compliance, and advising stakeholders on complex contracting matters.

You will review procurement packages, develop acquisition strategies, analyze cost and pricing information, and support IGCE development and source-selection processes,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 24 semester hours in accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management.
• Five+ years of relevant acquisition experience within the last seven years.
• Experience delivering comprehensive, complex acquisition support services.
• Experience supporting pre-award and post-award Federal acquisition processes and activities.
• Experience supporting contracts above the SAT.
• Extensive knowledge of FAR, RFO FAR, and VAAR.

Responsibilities

• Provide acquisition support across all phases of the Federal lifecycle, including pre- and post-award activities.
• Lead and mentor Mid-Level Contract Support personnel and other professionals.
• Review procurement packages for accuracy, compliance, and quality.
• Develop acquisition plans, strategies, solicitations, contracts, and administration documentation.
• Analyze technical, cost, pricing, regulatory, and acquisition information.
• Apply Federal acquisition policies, regulations, and agency requirements.
• Advise Contracting Officers, Contract Specialists, and stakeholders on acquisition matters.
• Assist with IGCE development, cost analyses, and price reasonableness.
• Support source-selection strategies and evaluation criteria.
• Coordinate with government leadership and program offices on recommendations.

Skills

Acquisition leadership

Mentoring

Regulatory interpretation

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

PositionResponsibilities

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.