Supervisory Contract Specialist

Acquisition And Procurement Specialist

Directs and oversees complex acquisition and procurement operations for professional, administrative, operations, and maintenance services, including large and complex contracts and orders. Establishes branch priorities, assigns workload among Contracting Officers/Specialists, and ensures procurement actions support organizational goals and acquisition requirements.

Serves as Supervisory Contracting Officer with unlimited warrant authority, providing oversight for highly complex contracts and orders. Ensures legal sufficiency, contractual adequacy, proper bidder selection, and effective negotiation of complex contracts using advanced procurement methods, procedures, and techniques.

Administers and resolves contract management actions, including bid openings, bid and market analyses, protests, change orders, price determinations, time extensions, claims, penalties, corrective actions, and contract terminations. Determines contractor compliance with contract terms, specifications, and performance requirements.

Provides expert contracting guidance and coordination to senior leadership, program offices, other business lines, GSA divisions, outside organizations, vendors, and contractors. Resolves complex procurement issues, negotiates changes, establishes standard practices, enforces regulations, and contributes to long-range acquisition planning, policy development, budget estimates, and operational improvement.

Performs full supervisory and branch management responsibilities over Contracting Officers/Specialists and other staff, including planning and assigning work, reviewing performance, approving leave, preparing performance plans and ratings, resolving employee issues, taking disciplinary actions, identifying training needs, approving overtime/travel, recommending awards, and implementing process improvements to increase efficiency and quality.