Contracting and Acquisition Subject Matter Expert

ACT1 Federal•Arlington, VA

13d•$180,000 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

ACT1 Federal seeks an experienced Contracting and Acquisition Subject Matter Expert to provide advisory support for translating production and site-development needs into acquisition, contracting, agreement, incentive, and data-access options.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in acquisition, contracting, business, finance, law, management, or related discipline.
10+ years’ experience of Federal acquisition, contracting, procurement, or acquisition-program experience.
Demonstrated knowledge of the FAR and DFARS and experience developing, evaluating, or advising on acquisition strategies for complex requirements.
Experience with contract types, modifications, options, task or delivery orders, competition, acquisition planning, proposal evaluation, negotiation, and contract administration.
Ability to assess contractual and acquisition constraints and develop practical, executable alternatives for Government consideration.
Experience preparing acquisition assessments, decision materials, and recommendations for senior Government, program, technical, and contracting personnel.
Active Top Secret Clearance required.

Nice To Haves

DoD experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as the senior acquisition and contracting advisor to the TASC team for assigned PAE and weapon-system priorities.
Integrate acquisition considerations with production, schedule, supplier, engineering, budget, financial, and program data to develop executable courses of action.
Coordinate acquisition issues across DASN DIB, PAEs, program offices, systems commands, contracting activities, legal counsel, financial management, and industry stakeholders.
Prepare acquisition assessments, alternatives analyses, issue papers, decision briefings, action plans, and recommendations for senior Government leadership.
Support development of acquisition-planning materials, work statements, deliverables, acceptance criteria, independent estimate inputs, evaluation factors, and negotiation objective inputs when directed.
Identify competition, data-rights, proprietary-information, funding, OCI, schedule, supplier, and other acquisition risks for Government consideration.
Assess contractual barriers affecting production throughput, supplier capacity, alternate sourcing, tooling, facilities, technical-data availability, or schedule acceleration.
Develop practical mitigation approaches and alternative courses of action when contractual or acquisition constraints could delay execution.
Facilitate execution and management of required proprietary-data-sharing arrangements and nondisclosure agreements in coordination with authorized Government, legal, and industry stakeholders.