Contract Specialist

2 months ago

Charleston, West Virginia, United States USAJobs Full time
Duties
  • Performs both Pre and Post - Award contracting actions including acquisition planning, evaluation and cost/price analyses, negotiations, modifications/amendments, terminations, closeouts, and contractor performance reviews.
  • Solicits and awards urgent and compelling contracts to mitigate the impact of unfilled orders (backorders) on customer support.
  • Performs post-award functions for a wide variety of highly complex procurements and contracts that are unusual, unique, non-routine or otherwise difficult to accomplish to include contract expedites for completed or partial quantities.
  • Performs market research, identifies potential vendors, evaluates offers, performs comparative price analysis for reasonableness, and recommends award of contracts.
  • Negotiates settlements for contractual changes. Negotiates equitable adjustments and supplemental agreements to delivery or performance time and prices, and execution of supplemental agreements for reduced or additional requirements.
  • Develops acquisition strategy involving previous history, market conditions and specifications or technical data packages and reviews Sourcing Strategy recommendations.
  • Determines contract type, method of solicitation, options determination, and sources to be solicited.
  • Creates supporting documentation for solicitation.
  • Prepares and reviews solicitations and amendments for adequacy and completeness.
  • Evaluates and reviews offers/bids to ensure responsiveness and responsibility of offeror/bidder, price reasonableness, and adequacy of competition.
  • Creates supporting documentation for awards, which includes rationale for award, including justification for not recommending lowest bidder.
  • Ensures final contract includes specifications, packing and shipping requirements, inspection instructions, and all other special and standard clauses.

    Requirements

    Conditions of Employment
    • 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): Non-Exempt
    • Selective Service Requirement: Males born after must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
    • Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
    • Bargaining Unit Status: Yes
    • Pre-Employment Physical: Not Required
    • Defense Acquisition Workforce position. Must complete DoD certification and other requirements. See Addtl Info.

      Qualifications

      To qualify for a Contract Specialist, 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. In addition to meeting the Basic Education Requirement above, to qualify for the GS-11 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:- Performing post-award contracting functions such as conducting negotiations, monitoring contract performance, and issuing contract modifications.- Resolving contract issues by gathering facts, determining corrective actions, and providing solutions.- Communicating effectively orally and in writing to customers, management, and vendors.

      C. Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation.

      To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: Three academic years of progressively higher level graduate or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

      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

      Are you using your education to qualify? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application.

      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.

      Additional information

      For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to:

      Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at:

      Position requires DoD Acquisition Contracting, Professional certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources .

      Drug-Free Workplace: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has established a Drug-Free Federal Workplace Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for DLA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with DLA for a period of six months. This policy extends to random testing for the use of illegal drugs by employees who occupy testing designated positions defined as sensitive in Section 7(d) of Executive Order The Defense Logistics Agency's Drug Free Workplace Plan's drug testing panel includes testing for the following illegal substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates (codeine/morphine), 6-Acetylmorphine (heroin), phencyclidine, amphetamines (amphetamine/methamphetamine), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and hydromorphone. ADVISORY: By using cannabidiol (CBD) products you are risking a positive drug test result for marijuana.

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