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To qualify for a Contract Administrator, your resume and supporting documentation must support: A. Basic Contracting Requirement: A.) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees OR B.) a current civilian employee in DoD or member of the Armed Forces, who occupied an 1102 position, contracting officer position, or comparable military contracting position with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold on or before September 30, 2000 are excluded from the requirements of "A" above.B. Contracting Officer Requirement: Must possess at least two years of experience in a contracting position. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in, or related to, this position. To qualify for the NH-03 level, specialized experience must be at the NH-02 or GS-11 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Creditable specialized experience includes: Applying Federal statutes, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to administer a group of complex contracts; Using negotiation and communication techniques in order to conduct post award negotiations and a variety of contractual agreements. Applying cost and price analysis techniques sufficient to compare proposals. Applying business and industry practices to identify factors affecting contractor's costs to understand commercial pricing policies, use of catalogues, comparative analysis, and price based techniques and to conduct on-site surveys to assess contractor's ability to perform. Applying cost accounting standards and accounting practices in order to review and draw accurate conclusions on contract provisions.
Monitor contractor performance for compliance with applicable laws, data reporting requirements and payment provisions.
Communicate with contractor for contract progress review of assigned contracts.
Monitor expenditures on cost, incentive and fixed price contracts requiring funds control; reports on anticipated over order to report on anticipated over/underrun of estimated costs; and participates in pre-award surveys.
Advise, counsel, and provide technical guidance/instruction to team members regarding contract administration functions
Organize team members' assignments for mission accomplishment to ensure efficient processing of contracts.
Negotiate various overhead rate agreements, forward pricing rate agreements, and advance agreements.
Resolves disagreements between auditor and contractor involving audit determined rates.
Negotiates prices for unpriced orders under basic ordering agreements and Indefinite Deliver Contracts (IDCs).
Ensure documentation is in place for negotiated overhead rate and forward pricing agreements.
Utilize Weighted Guidelines to establish a fair and reasonable profit range.
Review contractor proposals for required cost and technical analysis in order to achieve acceptable pricing.
Issue the Contracting Officer Final Decision (COFD) in cases of dispute between the contractor and the government.
Monitor contractor compliance with cost accounting standards to ensure proper proposal documentation is received.
Conduct pre and post award conferences with the contractor to clarify standard and special provisions, if needed, and ensure compliance with contract requirements.
Serves as a warranted Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO). Incumbent is warranted with unlimited signatory authority as defined in FAR 42.302 and DFARS 242.302.