Contracts Specialist Advanced

This position works with Department of Corrections (DOC) staff and vendors to negotiate and administer the multi-million-dollar contracts for programs related to services and commodities provided to Persons In Our Care. The position will be involved in the entire process from determining needed service for Persons in our Care, gathering information and data from within and other state procurements, utilizing policies and procedural guidelines to incorporate the services into , and then implementation, monitoring, contract management, negotiations, issue resolution, vendor performance monitoring, reporting and auditing. The position serves as the Division contract expert and works in conjunction with the Division of Management Services (DMS) contract manager to resolve significant contractual violations and contract renewals. and serves as a liaison between the vendor and DMS as well as v