Contracts Specialist

FedWriters, Inc.•Kittery, ME

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Join our team as a Contract Specialist and support Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s Contracting and Logistics Department by executing cradle-to-grave acquisitions for complex supplies and services. You will draft solicitations, analyze pricing, and prepare award and modification documents, ensure timely, FAR/DFARS-compliant contract actions that keep the Navy’s submarine maintenance mission moving. FWI is expanding rapidly and has been recognized as a 2024, 2025 and 2026 Top Workplace, offering excellent growth opportunities in a collaborative environment. Position is contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree. No experience substitution is allowed.
5+ years of government contracting experience, including commercial and non-commercial supplies and services, IDIQs, and task/delivery orders
DAWIA Contracting certification (Contracting Professional or legacy Level II+), or FAC-C (Professional, FAC-C-DoD, or legacy Level II+)
Expert knowledge of FAR/DFARS sufficient to plan, lead, and review complex procurements
Skill with e-commerce and automated acquisition systems, and proficiency in Microsoft 365
Active U.S. government security clearance
U.S. citizenship, plus the ability to pass shipyard access vetting

Nice To Haves

Business degree
More than 5 years of contracting experience
Hands-on ePS or SPS/PD2, FPDS-NG, PIEE (CLS, EDA, SPRS, GFP), and GSA eBuy/Advantage
Advanced Excel pricing analysis and IGE development
Navy/NAVSEA or shipyard contracting background, and experience with both fixed-price and cost-type contracts

Responsibilities

Run acquisitions end to end: market research, acquisition planning, solicitation drafting, evaluation support, award, and post-award administration
Prepare RFQs, RFPs, and combined synopsis/solicitations with the right terms and conditions
Perform cost and price analysis using advanced Excel (XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, nested formulas) on large pricing datasets, and help build Independent Government Estimates
Support source selections by drafting evaluation sheets, source selection plans, and decision documents
Prepare award documents for contracts, IDIQs, BPAs, and task/delivery orders, draft COR designation letters, and report awards in FPDS
Process option exercises and SF-30 modifications and help resolve contractor performance issues
Work in ePS, SPS/PD2, SAM, PIEE, and GSA eBuy
Share best practices with, and informally mentor, the Navy contracting staff you sit alongside