Government Contracts Counsel (Government Procurement)

Location: Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Work location may change based on client requirements.

Salary: $175,000–$250,000 per year in base pay, plus potential bonuses, overtime pay, and benefits.

Company

Kearney & Company provides auditing, consulting, and technology services exclusively to government clients.

What you will do

• Advise on federal government procurement laws and regulations, including the FAR, agency supplements, procurement statutes, and relevant case law.
• Review solicitations, requests for proposals, contract requirements, and procurement strategies to identify legal, regulatory, compliance, and business risks.
• Support proposal and business teams with procurement requirements, representations and certifications, acquisition strategies, and proposal risk.
• Advise on high-risk contractual provisions, including indemnification, liability, intellectual property and data rights, cybersecurity, audit rights, pricing, termination, and regulatory flow-downs.
• Support bid protests, procurement disputes, claims, investigations, and other government contracting matters.
• Support expansion into state and local government contracting and develop procurement policies, templates, playbooks, training, and compliance guidance.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.
• At least eight years of relevant legal experience, including substantive experience with federal government procurement and government contracts law.
• Strong knowledge of the FAR, federal procurement laws, government contract compliance, solicitations, proposals, contract terms, and procurement risk.
• Experience with organizational conflicts of interest, procurement integrity, ethics, bid protests, claims, procurement disputes, and government contractor compliance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Strong legal research, analysis, drafting, negotiation, communication, judgment, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience as in-house counsel for a government contractor, in a government contracts law-firm practice, or in a federal government legal or procurement role.
• Familiarity with GSA Multiple Award Schedules, OASIS+, GWACs, IDIQs, BPAs, and other acquisition vehicles.
• Experience with state and local procurement, pricing requirements, cost or pricing data, subcontracting, cybersecurity, data rights, artificial intelligence, and supply-chain risk.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible, collaborative, and open-minded work environment.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan, 529 education savings plan, flexible spending account, and health savings account.
• Legal, pet, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, employee assistance, fitness, and wellness benefits.
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time.