CONTRACT SPECIALIST

Security Clearance

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Duties

Serving as a Senior Warranted Contract Officer responsible for the full range of pre-award and post-award contract functions.,Performing pre-award functions for procurements involving complex contracts of congressionally mandated public-private competitions, strategic sourcing, and privatization.,Ensuring appropriate funding and required waivers, certifications, approvals, and compliances have been obtained for purchase requests.,Issuing solicitations, evaluating proposals, contract negotiations, execution, and administration for complex and technical services and special assigned programs, in support of the US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) mission.,Developing systems for evaluating and monitoring performance of contractors.,Providing guidance to team members regarding all contract functions.,Negotiating proposals and executes modifications.,Performing detailed analysis of bids received, ensuring strict compliance with specifications on advertised procurements and recommending award to the lowest responsible, responsive bidder.,Developing procurement plans by reviewing previous history, market conditions, and specifications or technical data packages.,Compiling contracts involving social/economic considerations, development costs for minority/disadvantaged contractors, terms and prices, difficult to define scopes of work, legal conditions, and rigid deadlines causing additional complications.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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, AmeriCorps) 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 in this document. Basic Requirement for Contract Specialist: 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. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Performing contract administration actions (such as negotiation of changes, exercise of options, investigation and resolution of contractor delays, or contractor performance evaluation) to ensure contractual and legal compliance; 2) Monitoring contractors' performance for compliance with contract terms or conditions; 3) Coordinating with others to obtain waivers, certifications, approvals, or compliances for purchase requests; AND 4) Negotiating proposals to find mutual agreeable terms. 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.

Education

All applicants (including current federal employees) are required to upload official/unofficial college/university transcripts (or copy thereof) when applying to positions with positive education requirements or when intending to qualify themselves based in whole or part on education. College/university transcripts (official/unofficial) MUST include name of applicant, name of college/university, type of degree, discipline, and date degree awarded. If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show 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. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Other Information

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year probationary period may be required. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. This position requires you to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a Contracting Career Field position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest. This is a Critical Acquisition Position. Unless specifically granted a position waiver by the Director of Acquisition Career Management or the Army Acquisition Executive the following requirements are mandated: Be Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certified at the highest level for the Functional Area of the position. Selectees must sign an AAC written tenure agreement to remain in the Federal service in this position for at least three years. Selectees must meet the position requirements for Contracting Professional Certification within 36 months of entrance on duty. (Certification requirements may be found in the Defense Acquisition University Catalog at http://www.dau.mil/.) Information on the Army Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Workforce may be found at https://asc.army.mil/. This position requires certification per Federal Acquisition Regulations and its supplements necessary to obtain and maintain a Contracting Officer Warrant within 36 months per DoDI 5000.66, change 3.

The United States Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the U.S. The Department of the Army is the federal government agency within which the United States Army (U.S) is organized, and it is led by the secretary of the Army, who has statutory authority under 10 United States Code § 7013 to conduct its affairs and to prescribe regulations for its government, subject to the limits of the law, and the directions of the secretary of defense and the president.