JOB DESCRIPTION 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Job Summary:  The Procurement and Contract Compliance Officer is under the general supervision of 
the  Chief  Financial  Officer.    Responsible  for  soliciting,  awarding,  and  monitoring  a  variety  of  contracts: 
including consulting, and  professional  services,  construction, and  other services to meet IRHA’s needs; 
and  for  developing,  issuing,  awarding,  and  managing  post-award  administration  of  formal  requests  for 
proposals, RFQs, IFBs and other miscellaneous solicitations within limits of delegated authority.  Serve as 
the  Labor  Relations  Officer  (LRO)  responsible  in  all  aspects  of  contractual  agreements  to  ensure 
compliance for all grants and contracts. This  is  a  professional  level  position  requiring  that  the 
Procurement and Contract Compliance Officer performs all required tasks. 
 
Essential Functions: 
  Oversees  contracts  activity  in  order  to  ensure  compliance  with  IRHA,  HUD,  and  other  applicable 
authority, regulations, statues, directives, and policies and procedures.  
  Ensures  compliance  with  all  federal  laws  pertaining  to  the  Davis Bacon Act; ensures all internal 
control and procedures are in place for Contract Administration and Construction Management. 
  Attends pre-bid openings to ensure that compliance obligations are understood prior to submission of 
bids. 
  Conducts  pre-construction  conferences  with  contractors  to  ensure  all  compliance  obligations  are 
understood  and  to  clarify  the  Department  of  Labor  and  HUD  wage  and  hour  guidelines  and  IRHA 
procedures and business goals. 
  Monitors  contractor  payroll  reporting  activities  to  ensure  that  appropriate  compensation  is  paid  to 
contractor’s employees and also ensure labor costs are appropriated correctly. 
  Performs systems and internal control reviews of the IRHA contract administration and construction 
function  to  ensure  controls  are  in  place  too  properly  monitor  various  programs  prior  to  external 
auditors conducting reviews. 
  Conducts  meetings  with  contractors  to  resolve  major  complaints  to  ensure  efficient  and  effective 
resolution of issues. 
  Participates in debarment hearings with contractors, various IRHA staff, and the Legal Department to 
ensure contract violators are not granted future contracts with the Authority until reasonable time has 
elapsed. 
  Coordinates  and  assists  the  Department  of  Labor  and  HUD  with  wage  and  hour  investigations  of 
contractors during wage disputes. 
  Reads, analyzes and interprets, technical procedures, and governmental regulations as necessary.  
  Stays abreast of changes in federal and state wage rates, federal and state debarred listings.  
  Performs  pre-award  and  post-award  functions  involving  highly  specialized  procurements;  including 
procurement planning, maintaining acquisition documents and related schedules, and coordinating a 
variety of contract administration activities.  
  Serves  as  an  advisor  to  other  departments  in  procurement  planning  meetings  and  identifying 
procurement objectives.