You will serve as a Contract Specialist in the Echelon III/IV Commands Division of NAVAL FAC ENGINEERING CMD WASH.

Duties

You will perform acquisition planning including market research and consideration of appropriate procurement approaches that satisfy mission needs and meet customer requirements. You will review procurement requests to assure clarity, adequacy, and completeness. You will analyze offers, proposals, and bids to evaluate issues of reasonableness, responsiveness, and contractor responsibility. You will review activity requests for suitability for small and disadvantaged businesses, and counsels firms on opportunities for federal contracts. You will interpret procurement regulations and policies for procurement team, and provides advice, training, guidance and interpretation to the team on procurement regulations, policies, and procedures. You will review contract terms and technical specifications to identify any special requirements. You will advise technical representatives and requesting offices on preparation and development of contractually acceptable specifications, work statements, and quality assurance criteria. You will advise on type of contract and contract vehicles, and conducts procurement from solicitation to award and through all post award phases of contracting. You will analyze settlement proposals, audit reports, technical evaluations, and subcontractor claims, through final disposition. You will negotiate changes in price, terms and conditions, and overhead rate agreements due to contract modifications, supplementary agreements, and settlements from change orders.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Performing a variety of duties in the development of on-site planning documentation for projects involving construction, alteration, maintenance and repair; 2) Developing work packages by providing layouts, scopes, cost-estimates, feasibility and technical studies and designs; 3) Receiving and reviewing planning work orders, conducts on-site visits and communicates with customers to define related project requirements; and 4) Producing maps that provide topography and existing conditions of all station facilities including data concerning ordnance explosive hazard zones, airfield safety zones, and other similar data of value to planners and designers and; 5) Preparing documentation required to determine facility requirements for shore activities within assigned mission, to identify and certify projects as valid or deficient in accordance with the Shore Facilities Planning System. Applicant must meet the following Department of Defense qualification requirements for 1102 contracting positions: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/DoD_Qualification_Standard_For_GS-1102.pdf And the title 10 requirements found here: http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1724&num=0&edition=prelim Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following Basic Education Requirement of the Department of Defense Qualification Standard for Contracting Positions:

A bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees.

NOTE: The education requirement listed above applies only to individuals entering DoD GS-1102 positions on or after October 1, 2000. Current civilian personnel in DoD who occupied GS-1102 positions or contracting positions with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold in an Executive Department on or before September 30, 2000 are exempt from meeting this requirement. Current military members who occupied a similar occupational specialty to the GS (or equivalent) 1102 or before September 30, 2000 are also exempt from meeting this requirement. Applicants currently in the Contingency Contracting Force are also exempt from meeting this requirement.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL FAC ENGINEERING CMD WASH 1001 North St SE 208 Washington, DC 20020 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]