Job opening: Contract Specialist
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Published at: Sep 19 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
See below for important information regarding this job.
Duties
Performs pre-award, award, and post-award actions required for the acquisition of services.
Prepares Acquisition Plan (AP), documenting details of the solicitation and type of contract envisioned.
Prepares Request for Proposal (RFP), selecting clauses, terms and conditions required by FAR and local implementing documents.
Monitors the solicitation through its entire phase, issuing amendments, answering potential offerors’ questions, conducting pre-proposal conferences as necessary, and assuring that all suppliers are treated equally.
Evaluates offers based on input from staff offices and on own analysis of the responsiveness of individual offers.
Prepares price analysis as necessary.
Formulates negotiation strategy and identifies areas subject to negotiation.
Conducts extensive negotiations before and/or after contract award.
Negotiates required changes as necessary.
Conducts industry surveys or market analysis to determine availability of product or service and identify potential suppliers.
Performs the full range of contract administration functions and actions for the assigned purchase programs.
Handles complex, controversial post-award actions and problems, justifying and explaining issues and positions, and solving contractual problems.
May serve as a warranted contracting officer dependent upon the needs of the organization.
Requirements
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
- Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive
- Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
- Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
- Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
- Bargaining Unit Status: No
- Financial Disclosure Requirement: Required
- Defense Acquisition Workforce position. Must complete DoD certification and other requirements. See Addtl Info.
- Contracting Officer Requirement: Must possess at least two years of experience in a contracting position.
Qualifications
To qualify for a Contract Specialist, GS-1102-13 your resume and supporting documentation must support:
A. Basic Contracting Requirement: A.) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees OR B.) a current civilian employee in DoD or member of the Armed Forces, who occupied an 1102 position, contracting officer position, or comparable military contracting position with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold on or before September 30, 2000 are excluded from the requirements of "A" above.
B. Contracting Officer Requirement: Must possess at least two years of experience in a contracting position.
C. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To qualify at the GS-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:
Performs pre-award and post-award contracting functions related to energy products.
Studying the swift change of market conditions and best industry practices in the evolving energy markets
Plans and performs contract administration duties, including analyzing, negotiating, settling contractual agreements, issues, or problems.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.
You must provide Transcripts to verify you meet the Basic Contracting Requirement
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
Contacts
- Address DLA Energy
8725 John J Kingman Rd
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6222
US
- Name: Matthew Sweigart
- Phone: 717-770-3157
- Email: [email protected]
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