
Acquisitions Subject Matter Expert (SME)
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Acquisitions Subject Matter Expert (SME)KBR is seeking a highly qualified Acquisition Specialist to support our customer in Chantilly to deliver mission-critical capabilities that enable to plan and execute intelligence-gathering missions from overhead systems and process the resulting collected data into useful information distributed to IC and DoD users.
As a Senior Acquisition Specialist, you will assist the Government in establishing high-level contract strategy and driving implementation of strategic contract opportunities. You understand the business cases and have an appreciation for financial and analytical issues. You champion contract policy and procedure revision and improvement.
Specific responsibilities will include:
Pre-Award Acquisition Support: Providing advice recommendations, and document preparation support to multiple disciplined offices in all areas of the acquisition pre-award phase
Acquisition pre-award support includes Statement of Works (SOWs) & Statement of Objectives (SOOs), Acquisition Strategy Support, Cost Estimates, Market Research & Market Surveys, Quality Assurance Plans, Requests for Proposals (RFPs) /Request for Quotations (RFQs), Source Selection, and other miscellaneous pre-award documentation.
Award/Selection Support: Provide support for the Contracting Officers and various technical offices in all types of source selections including formal, informal, and vendor screening processes. Sources selection/award support includes Contract Award Documents and Contract Award Acquisition Support
Required Qualifications:
Active TS/SCI with CI polygraph
8 - 12 years of relative experience
Bachelor's Degree
DAWIA certification
COTR Experience desired
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KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
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