Job opening: CONTRACT SPECIALIST
Salary: $45 548 - 87 452 per year
Published at: Jan 19 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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The primary purpose of this position is to serve in a developmental level of this career path, ultimately graduating from a customary trainee development program. Performs market research/analysis to determine availability of a requirement; analyzes market trends, commercial practices, conditions and technological advances and determines the sources to be solicited.
Duties
Applies all statutory requirements including regulations, policies, procedures, business and industry practices, market trends, and precedents to all acquisitions.
Exercises initiative and judgment in developing and coordinating procurement packages. Evaluates prospective contract price utilizing basic price analysis techniques.
Prepares recommendations for approval and award.
Drafts final document, including specifications and all other special and standard clauses and enters all contractual information into a contract writing system software database for signature.
Executes postaward contract performance management actions on assigned contracts.
Monitors and evaluates contractor performance for compliance with terms and conditions of contracts and ensures timely submission of technical progress reports and performance metrics.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship Required
- Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
- Selectee is expected to be granted with and/or maintain the appropriate security clearance required for the position.
- If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
- Recruitment incentives may/may not be authorized
- This posn is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
- Position may be subject to random drug testing
- Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays
- Shift work and emergency overtime may be required
- Employee must maintain current certifications
- Disclosure of Political Appointments
- Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.
- This is an APDP position requiring Level/Tier 1 (Foundational) Non-Critical certification in Contracting (C). This position has been designated as an acquisition position and is covered by the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).
- The employee must meet, or be capable of meeting Defense Acquisition Work Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position.
- Relocation costs or other incentives may be available and considered by the organization.
- This position may require travel.
- This position may require drug testing and the candidate may be subject to passing a drug test upon selection.
- Selectee may be required to serve a probationary or trial period.
- The employee must, within 30-days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually, thereafter, file an OGE-450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report. Employee is required to attend annual ethics and procurement integrity training.
Qualifications
Experience requirements are described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5000.66, Defense Acquisition Workforce Education, Training, Experience, and Career Development.
Due to the use of 120-day rosters, this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.***NOTE *** Applicants must meet the basic requirements AND Specialized experience as stated in this announcement.
BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT: A bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate. NOTE: YOU MUST SUBMIT COPIES OF OFFICIAL COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS.
OR
A current member of the Armed Forces (not retired or separated) OR a current DOD employee that meets the following requirements: 1) served as a contracting officer with authority to award or administer in excess of the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) on or before 30 September 2000; 2) served in an 1102 position or as a Service member in a similar occupational specialty on or before September 30, 2000; OR, (3) is an enlisted member of the Contingency Contracting Force (CCF). This exemption only applies to CCF members in their current or future CCF positions. The baccalaureate degree exemption does not apply to current CCF members seeking new hire employment within DoD as an 1102. or (4) is described in subsection (e)(1)(B) of 10 USC 1724. NOTE: MUST SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS WITH APPLICATION
NOTE: The education requirements listed above apply 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 on or before September 30, 2000 are also exempt from meeting this requirement.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have, or within 120 days, will have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-5, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes experience in one or more of the following: (1) soliciting, evaluating, negotiating, and awarding contracts; (2) administering contracts by assuring compliance with the terms and conditions; (3) terminating contracts by analyzing, negotiating, and settling claims and proposals; (4) analyzing and evaluating cost/price proposals and accounting systems; (5) planning, establishing, or reviewing contracts, programs, policies, or procedures; (6) formulating and administering policies and procedures to insure achievement of socioeconomic goals; (7) developing acquisition strategies and directing or managing procurements; and/or (8) providing functional staff advisory services within the contracting occupation. Duties are performed with considerable latitude in dealing with problems arising during the pre-award or post-award phases of the procurement action; independently plans and carries out the work, selecting the approaches and techniques to be used; recommends or develops new guides or procedures when problems reveal that guidelines are lacking or inadequate; independently determines actions to be taken on assigned contracts; uses judgment in interpreting guidelines, in adapting procurement procedures to specific situations, and in recommending solutions to problems encountered NOTE: Due to the use of 120-day rosters, this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.
OR
EDUCATION: I have a bachelor's Degree with SAAor equivalent, of study from an accredited institution of higher education. Note: Superior Academic Achievement (SAA) based on class standing; grade-point average; or honor society membership. Detailed SAA qualifications are described in OPM Qualification Standard located at this URL: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/
OR
COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: I have a combination of specialized experience and education as described above.
FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-5 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the DO-01 (GS-7) level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:
Applies knowledge of business management or a professional field to perform duties supporting and/or improving the efficiency and productivity of the organization.
Analyzes and resolves difficult but routine problems within assigned area of responsibility, sometimes under the guidance of a senior specialist.
Factual information and material is normally presented to individuals within immediate office or within own organization, but may involve external contacts.
Interacts with customers on routine issues to communicate information and coordinate actions within area of assigned responsibility.
Makes positive contributions to all aspects of the overall team's responsibilities.
PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.
VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you
MUST submit transcriptswith the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click
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FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
Contacts
- Address USSF Lab Demo
2000 Allbrook Drive
Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433
US
- Name: Tisca Minor
- Email: [email protected]
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