Acquisition Specialist

Hive Group LLC • Redstone Arsenal, AL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Hive Group is seeking multiple Acquisition Specialists to support a government client’s Procurement Section in Huntsville, Alabama. The position is performed on-site at 4940 Fowler Road, Redstone Arsenal, and requires regular on-site attendance. Candidates must hold an active Top Secret clearance. The roles span multiple labor-category tiers, with 8 to 15+ years of federal contracting experience.

The Acquisition Specialist performs complex pre- and post-award contracting work across the federal acquisition lifecycle, including acquisition strategy and planning, procurement package preparation and validation, solicitation, negotiation, contract administration, and closeout or termination. The role supports the Contracting Officer and program office, prepares and maintains compliant acquisition and contract documentation, assists with source selection and proposal evaluation, and supports contract performance, financial administration, reporting, and file maintenance.

Hive Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Hiring and promotion decisions are based on qualifications and suitability for the role.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree or additional years of experience in federal contracting.
• 8 to 15+ years of experience in federal contracting, depending on labor-category tier.
• Comprehensive cradle-to-grave federal contract administration experience across pre-award and post-award phases in at least one of these domains: professional services; research and development (R&D); security; or logistics.
• Proficiency applying the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and federal contracting principles, including contract-type selection and statutory compliance.
• Experience with cost and price analysis of contractor bids and proposals and contractor responsibility determinations.
• Proficiency with federal acquisition tools and databases, including GSA eBuy, GWACs, NASA SEWP, SAM.gov, FPDS-NG, and CPARS.
• Experience using federal procurement and financial management writing systems, such as UFMS or equivalent.
• Documented experience conducting discussions and negotiations across the procurement lifecycle.
• Customer-service experience collaborating with Contracting Officers, program offices, technical teams, and industry partners.
• Ability to support acquisition planning, solicitation and source selection, award execution, post-award administration, and contract file maintenance.
• Ability to work on-site at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, with regular on-site attendance.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Business or Government Contracting.
• FAC-C or DAWIA Level II or III certification in Contracting, or equivalent.
• Experience as a federal, warranted Contracting Officer.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Contracting Officer as an acquisition support advisor to program office teams throughout the acquisition lifecycle.
• Participate in acquisition strategy meetings, document meeting minutes, assist with requirements generation and Statement of Work development, and draft acquisition plans and strategies.
• Recommend performance-based contracting approaches and ways to streamline acquisition processes.
• Research and recommend procurement sources, contract vehicles, contracting agencies, and competition requirements.
• Help prepare standardized, audit-ready acquisition packages, including IGCEs, cost goals and analyses, risk and trade-off determinations, sole-source justifications, and procurement-integrity documentation.
• Review requirements and recommend whether to modify an existing contract or initiate a new procurement.
• Verify that acquisition funding is available, committed, and adequate in relation to the IGCE.
• Draft and post public notices and solicitation packages through relevant portals, including SAM.gov, GSA Schedules, and NASA SEWP.
• Schedule and assist with vendor and pre-proposal conferences.
• Review contractor proposals, make independent evaluation determinations, document evaluations, and provide recommendations to the Contracting Officer before and after negotiations.
• Assist the Contracting Officer with review and compliant disposition of unsolicited proposals.
• Draft contract award documents using the FBI’s Unified Financial Management System (UFMS), assemble compliant contract files, and perform Contract Specialist functions in accordance with FBI policies and security protocols.
• Support contract performance monitoring, program management reviews, surveillance, and tracking of progress against contracts and orders.
• Establish controls to verify contractual compliance and administer corrective action plans as appropriate.
• Coordinate receipt, technical review, formal acceptance, and filing of contractor deliverables.
• Monitor contract financial health and required cost and financial reports; support timely invoice review and processing; and evaluate payment requests under Progress Payment or Performance-Based Payment clauses.
• Draft delivery and task orders, administrative and bilateral modifications, and period-of-performance extensions.
• Assist with post-award orientations, conferences, and briefings.
• Complete CPARS forms and related past performance questionnaires.
• Maintain complete award records and official contract files in accordance with agency Procurement Section guidelines.
• Assist the Contracting Officer with administrative and legal documentation for protests and terminations.
• Conduct pre- and post-award negotiations and coordinate with Contracting Officers, program offices, technical teams, and industry partners.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level