Contract Specialist

Duties

• Provide guidance to Project Delivery Teams (PDTs) involved in major acquisitions for Construction, Architect-Engineer and Environmental Services as well as general supplies and services.
• Develop statement of work or data requirements and formulate contracting approach that will best satisfy the minimum requirement.
• Conduct market research and coordinate with the Deputy for Small Business to determine sources to be solicited.
• Prepare solicitation and obtain review by Office of Counsel prior to issuance; post public notices and solicitations; conduct pre-proposal conferences, process protests.
• Monitor contractor performance in relation to the schedule required by the contract, ensuring timely submission of technical progress reports, detecting and correcting labor standards violations, defective specifications.
• Work with junior contract specialist in a mentor capacity, providing on the job training and assistance.

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment.
• This position requires pre-employment financial disclosure and annually thereafter in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R.
• The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). You must be certified as a Contracting Professional. Certification is required upon entry.
• The incumbent of this position will be required to obtain and maintain a Contracting Officer's warrant within 12 months of the appointment.

• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Reinstatement
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience;

if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is

Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees.

OR

Exemption:
You are exempt from the education requirements above if (A) you are a current civilian employee 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; OR (B) you are a current military member who occupied a similar occupational specialty to the GS (or equivalent)-1102 on or before September 30, 2000.

One year of specialized experience which includes:
Conducting acquisition planning by coordinating pre/post award contract functions;
Preparing solicitations and evaluating responses to solicitations for construction, architect-engineer and environmental services and general supplies;
Interpreting and applying federal contracting laws, regulations, and policies to administer contracts. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS)…