Conducts initial conferences with the contractor to provide information and clarify standard and special provisions of the contract. Maintains close coordination with contractor management and confers with contractor's executive personnel and officials to adjust or clarify conflicting interpretations of the contractual provisions, allowability of costs, and to resolve problem issues. Negotiates prices and executes supplemental agreements for services, spare parts, provisioned items, and repairs. Negotiates overhead rate agreements, forward pricing rate agreements, advance agreements, resolves disagreements between auditor and contractor involving audit determined rates, and negotiates prices for unpriced orders under basic ordering agreements. Applicant must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade, which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
Experience is typically in or related to the work of the position described.
Must have a knowledge of contract laws and regulations in order to carry out a full range of contract administration functions. Must be able to obtain and analyze proposals, related technical reports and supporting data in order to establish pre-negotiation positions and conduct negotiations to reach fair and reasonable agreement on prices, delivery schedules, or other terms and conditions. Must be able to communicate in writing to contractors, buying commands, congressional or higher level personnel on a variety of topics by preparing correspondence or detailed reports on negotiations and modifications. Please review KSA's carefully. All Federal employees are required by PL 104-134 to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit.