CONTRACT SPECIALIST

Serves as a Senior Contract Specialist to accomplish all aspects of pre-award and post-award functions. Arrange for and conduct extensive negotiating sessions before and/or after contract award between contractor and the contracting officer’s team. Conduct negotiation sessions before/after contract award between contractor and contracting officer’s team to analyze prices, cost, labor, material requirements, production capability, facility availability, and performance history of contractor. Arrange for and conducts pre-negotiation meetings with technical specialist to firm up requirement, develop cost negotiation objectives, and related data for use in negotiations. Perform price/cost analysis for assigned procurement actions within established monetary guidelines. Review contractor’s requests for price adjustments, claims, and appeals, analyzes basis of such request, reason and justification, nature of problems.