PACE LLC is a government contracting company with exceptional expertise in the procurement & acquisition domains. Our Team is comprised of individuals with decades of experience in Acquisition Support, Consulting & Professional Development Training. Our Team consists of Subject-Matter-Experts & federal Contracting Officers & Program Managers who possess the highest levels of professional certifications and designations. We are the champions and trusted advisors of government & industry leaders. We are the value-proposition you seek to enhance your PACE of excellence! PACE LLC is currently seeking a Procurement Specialist III for a full-time position in the DMV area.
Job Description:
The Procurement Specialist III will provide a full range of procurement and contracting services in support of the customer's acquisition activities. This position supports the PACE LLC government contracting client, which is a United States federal agency.
Duties of a Procurement Specialist III may include:
- The Procurement Specialist III will support the PACE LLC government contracting client, which is a United States federal agency.
- Pre-Award Acquisition Support: Provide advice and recommendations, and document preparation support to multiple offices in all areas of the acquisition pre-award phase. Acquisition pre-award support includes: SOWs, PWSs, SOOs, Acquisition Strategy Support, Cost Estimates, Market Research, Market Surveys, Quality Assurance Plans, RFPs/RFQs, Source Selection, and other miscellaneous pre-award documentation.
- Award/Selection Support: Provide support to the Contracting Officers and various technical offices in all types of source selections including formal, informal, and vendor screening processes.
- Source selection/award support includes: Contract Award Documents and Contract Award Acquisition Support
- Post-Award Acquisition Support: Provide advice, recommendations, and document support to multiple offices in all areas of the acquisition post-award phase.
- Acquisition post-award support includes: Contract Administration, Contract Modification Support Delivery/Task Order Support, Option Exercises, Invoicing, Contract File Documentation, and Closeouts.
Required Skills/Experience:
- Demonstrated skill in obtaining and analyzing product and price data for contract negotiations and conducting comparative analysis of vendor terms and/or price quotations with historical data to develop recommendations on vendor selection, terms, or prices.
- Should be able to effectively communicate with a high volume and variety of people daily.
- Experience with contract award, contract modifications, and/or subcontracts, developing, preparing, and presenting terms and conditions in bids or proposals related to the awards of contracts, and general administrative experience.
- Experience with contract administration and its associated workload and documentation.
- Knowledge of the FAR and DFARS
- Pre-award contracting experience
- Post-award contracting experience
- Preferred Certifications: DAWIA or FAC-C Level II/III (Contracting); CFCM; or CPCM
- Preferred Experience:
- Experience with acquisition innovation, Other Transactions (or Other Transaction Authority), grants, cooperative agreements, and other non-traditional contracting vehicles and assistance programs.
- Experience with research and development (R&D) and scientific and technology (S&T) acquisition.
- Knowledge of FAR Part 35, Broad Agency Announcements (BAA), and Research and Development (R&D) contracting.
- Experience supporting research-focused agencies such as Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Office of Naval Research (ONR), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Army Research Lab (ARL), ARPA-Health, ARPA-Energy, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Energy, etc.
- PD2 (Procurement Desktop Defense), Standard Procurement System (SPS) contracting writing system
- WAWF, Contract Closeout Module, SharePoint, RMA or similar federal procurement applications.
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Location: Alexandria, VA (Hybrid- in office one day per pay period)
PACE LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and it is our policy to consider all applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, alienage, ancestry, citizenship status, or any other factors prohibited by law. PACE will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the PACE's legal duty to furnish information.
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