Contract Specialist​/Acquisition Support Specialist

Contract Specialist / Acquisition Support Specialist

Tenacious Solutions, LLC is seeking a Contract Specialist / Acquisition Support Specialist to assist our client in Washington, D.C.

• Support pre‑award conferences and meetings and participate in IPTs throughout the lifecycle of a requirement.
• Assist with the refinement of identified requirements.
• Maintain awareness of milestones, as well as their strategic impacts, applying acquisition processes and policies.
• Develop acquisition plans and procurement milestone schedules.
• Perform market research activities (e.g., exchanges with industry, pre‑proposal conferences, sources sought, Request for Information, Draft Request for Proposals, and Industry Day).
• Prepare and provide feedback on procurement packages, including preparation and review of requirements documentation (e.g., Statements of Work, Statements of Objectives, Statements of Need, PWSs, market research documentation, independent government cost estimates, draft evaluation factors, applicable pre‑award determinations and findings, and applicable pre‑award clearances and reviews).
• Provide recommendations concerning acquisition strategies and the selection of contract types and methods of acquisition.
• Prepare and assist with the preparation of Justifications for Other‑Than‑Full‑and‑Open‑Competition (JOFOCs).
• Prepare or assist with the preparation of various determinations and findings.
• Draft or assist in drafting and issuing applicable pre‑award synopses.
• Present or assist in presenting acquisition planning documentation for higher‑level reviews and approvals.
• Use applicable acquisition systems in support of planning or execution.
• Maintain contract files and documentation in accordance with applicable laws, statutes, regulations, and policies.
• Attend scheduled and ad‑hoc meetings with clients and customers virtually or within agency facilities.

• Support the drafting, issuance, and amendment of solicitations, Request for Quotations, Request for Proposals, and Invitation for Bids.
• Prepare solicitation and solicitation‑related documents for government review.
• Use a contract writing system to develop solicitation documents and select appropriate clauses, provisions, and terms and conditions.
• Present or assist in preparation of solicitation documentation for higher‑level reviews and approvals.
• Post or assist in posting solicitations and solicitation‑related documents to the appropriate location.
• Prepare or assist in preparing responses to pre‑award inquiries and solicitation amendments for government review and assist in posting/releasing said items to the appropriate location.
• Receive or assist in collecting quotes, proposals, offers or bids, including recording receipt and conducting compliance reviews.
• Maintain solicitations and documentation in accordance with applicable laws, statutes, regulations, and policies.

• Assist in performing evaluation of quotes, proposals, offers, and bids.
• Document technical reviews and evaluations.
• Gather data and information for past performance evaluations.
• Draft and document evaluation and perform price analysis and cost analysis for government review and approval.
• Conduct or assist in pre‑award reviews and surveys (such as on‑site surveys and audits).
• Assist in developing and documenting the price negotiation memoranda, the pre‑negotiation memoranda, the competitive range determination, the post‑negotiation memoranda, and the source selection decision, when applicable, for government approval.
• Support the government in conducting negotiations and discussions.
• Present or assist in presenting evaluation documentation for higher‑level reviews and approvals.
• Prepare or assist in preparing responses to pre‑award protests for higher‑level review.
• Assist in preparing required pre‑award notifications (e.g., pre‑award notice for small business set‑asides).
• Assist in conducting pre‑award debriefings.
• Maintain evaluation files and documentation in accordance with applicable laws, statutes, regulations, and policies.

• Prepare award documents for government review.
• Use the contract writing system to develop contract award documents.
• Assist in presenting award…