Contract Specialist

Quick Facts

• Role: Contract Specialist (GS-13, full performance level)

• Focus: Complex federal contracting across pre- and post-award phases for supply, services, IT, construction, A&E, and interagency agreements

• Work setup: Not remote; location restricted to listed duty locations (for current WAPA employees, location may be negotiable within current duty station)

Description

As a Contract Specialist, you support WAPA’s mission by handling highly complex, multidisciplinary contracts and interagency agreements. You will analyze contractor proposal costs to support competitive range determinations, draft legally defensible determinations and solicitation documents, and execute contracting phases through closeout. You will also adjudicate complex claims, negotiate and settle disputes, manage terminations, and oversee government property reporting and COR direction.

Responsibilities

• Perform in-depth analysis of all cost elements in contractor proposals and develop competitive range determinations influencing source selection

• Draft and secure legally defensible determinations and findings; prepare robust solicitation documents

• Execute full contracting lifecycle from requirement identification through contract closeout

• Adjudicate complex claims; negotiate and settle disputes

• Initiate and manage terminations for convenience or cause

• Monitor government property reporting and utilization; provide authoritative direction to CORs

• Approve substantial payments and ensure meticulous contract closeout

• Operate with full contracting officer authority as formally delegated, with independence and accountability

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship or national status

• e-Verify participation

• Meet Selective Service registration requirement if applicable

• Be suitable for federal employment after background investigation

• FAC-C (Professional) via FAI or DAWIA Contracting Professional via Defense Acquisition University required upon selection and maintained thereafter

• At least 4 years of contracting/related experience; at least 1 year specialized experience at the GS-12-equivalent level

• Bachelor’s-level education with at least 24 semester hours in specified business/contracting-related fields

• Demonstrated 1 year specialized experience performing procurement analysis for full pre- and post-award procurement on complex contracts (supply, services, IT, construction, A&E, and/or IAAs)

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Contracting Officer’s Warrant within 12 months of hire

• Emergency Essential designation; may require 24/7 on-call status during emergencies

• Submit resume limited to 2 pages

• Provide college transcripts; failure to include may result in ineligibility

Benefits

A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available; eligibility depends on position type and schedule.