Black Fox

Contract Specialist

• Provide expert, non-personal acquisition support to the Black Fox.
• Execute tasks across the entire procurement lifecycle — from the earliest stages of market research and requirements definition through award, administration, modification, and closeout.
• Work directly alongside OHCA Contracting Officers.
• Conduct rigorous market research using GSA CALC, FPDS-NG, USAspending, and SAM.gov to establish defensible price baselines.
• Draft clear, comprehensive Statements of Work (SOW) and Performance Work Statements (PWS).
• Develop accurate Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs) built on labor-hour decomposition, escalation modeling, and comparable-buy analysis.
• Prepare complete solicitation packages, including Determinations and Findings (D&Fs), Justifications and Approvals (J&As), and Acquisition Plans.
• Serve as a non-voting advisor during source selection; provide objective cost and price analysis.
• Draft clean, defensible Price Negotiation Memorandums (PNMs) and award documents.
• Monitor contractor milestones against the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan.
• Review invoices for accuracy against CLIN structures within three (3) business days.
• Reconcile funding and de-obligations; maintain FAR 4.8-compliant contract file documentation.
• Support the Contracting Officer in drafting modifications, processing closeouts (including final reconciliation and release of claims), and responding to data calls, FOIA requests, and Congressional inquiries within mandated suspense dates.
• Participate in internal peer-review gates prior to deliverable submission to maintain a 95% first-pass acceptance rate.
• Adhere to all HHS mandatory training requirements and CUI handling protocols consistent with NIST SP 800-171.

Senior Contract Specialist

• Assist Senior Contract Specialists with market research and data gathering
• Support the preparation of pre-award documentation, including drafting sections of Statements of Work
• Process and review contractor invoices against Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) structures
• Track obligation and expenditure data; assist with funding reconciliation and de-obligation actions
• Manage complex SES-level scheduling and calendar coordination

Senior Contract Specialist

Junior Contract Specialist