Contracting Officer

Typical Work Assignments

• Participates with management in obtaining agreement, negotiating settlements, with competing officials who or conflicting interests.
• Develops appropriate internal operating procedures based on impending changes of policy.
• Compiles bidders' lists and utilizes other source lists to facilitate requirements.
• Provides purchasing support by acquiring supplies and services to meet the needs of the district.
• Performs cost analysis and other evaluation actions to determine best value or lowest bid in award decisions.
• Prepares recommendations for award, documenting reasons for decisions, including justifying basis for not recommending lowest bidder.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit, and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one‑year probationary period.
• Time-in-Grade:
  Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

Basic Requirements

• A four (4)-year course of study leading to a Bachelor's Degree in any field of study from an accredited college or university.
• At least 24 semester hours in any combination of accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management from an accredited college or university.
• Exceptions:
  Employees in GS‑1102 positions will be considered to have met the standard for positions they occupy on January 1, 2000. Employees who occupy GS‑1102 positions at grades 5 through 12 will be considered to meet the basic requirements for other GS‑1102 positions up to and including those classified at GS‑12. This includes positions at other agencies and promotions up through grade 12. However, employees must meet specialized experience requirements when seeking another position.
  
  You must submit your transcripts (unofficial or official) to verify basic qualifications for this position or you will be disqualified.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

• GS‑12:
  To qualify for the GS‑12 Contracting Officer, you must have one year of specialized experience at the GS‑11 level.
• Specialized experience is experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Examples of specialized experience include compiling procurement data and reviewing requisitions for adequacy of the Statements of Work (SOW) and/or Statement of Objectives (SOO) prior to the solicitation process; evaluating proposals and other bid documents; determining allowable expenditures of appropriated funds and soliciting price quotations or proposals;
  
  preparing documentation to support award decisions and resolving contractor performance issues; analyzing a variety of reports concerning the status of funds, expenses, and obligations. Successful completion of the applicable certification requirements including mandatory training as prescribed for federal procurement functions, which includes those prescribed as FAC‑C (Level I) requirements or equivalent certification.

The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if the vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and you are found well-qualified for this vacancy.

To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements…