Acquisition & Utilization Specialist

Qualifications

• To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 07/20/2026.
• The grade may have been in any occupation - but must have been held in the Federal service.
• An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.
• If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year - it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade - as required by the announcement.
• In this instance - you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.
• Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEVOA) appointment.
• To qualify for this position at the GS-11 level - you must meet one of the following:
• SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE - One (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal service that equipped you with the particular knowledge - skills - and abilities to perform successfully the duties of an Acquisition Utilization Specialist - and that is typically in or related to the work of this position.
• Specialized experience includes: handling contract related services - product acquisition - and procurement of items in a healthcare environment; overseeing contracts including pre-award and post-award; preparing procurement packages with unique - emergent and complex requirements including development of requirement documents (e.g. performance work statements and objectives - cost benefit analysis - gap analysis - sole source justifications - past performance - market research - etc.); developing sole source justifications; developing and analyzing reports to make recommendations on acquisition and contracting issues; participating in negotiations with other officials throughout all phases of contract administration; and monitoring expenditures and reporting on deviations from contract terms.
• OR - EDUCATION - A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. - if related - that provided the knowledge - skills - and abilities necessary to do the work of this position.
• OR - COMBINATION - An equivalent combination of successfully completed graduate education and specialized experience - as described above - which meets the total qualification requirement for the GS-11 grade level.

Duties

• Develops procedures - policies - and supporting artifacts to ensure procurement activities are consistent with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) - VA Acquisitions Regulations (VAAR) and other federal procurement laws and regulations.
• Conducts analyses and recommends courses of actions to ensure that vision clinical and administrative service requirements have addressed considerations such as construction - budgeting - supporting manpower and other factors.
• Provides training to the facility Contracting Officers on procurement policies and new processes and procedures related to procurement.
• Establishes - expedites and reviews consolidation of all procurement packages including unique - emergent and complex requirements to meet timely and technical needs of assigned acquisitions.
• Develops and conducts presentations/recommendations to leadership and other stakeholders to explain regulations and procedures.
• Negotiates performance requirements among multiple sites and service lines in order to obtain agreement - standardize enterprise equipment - supply and/or service requirements in support of strategic acquisition plans.
• Establishes and maintains controls to ensure that contracts are executed in accordance with terms.
• Advises on all phases of negotiation with the contract specialist/contracting officer for contract modifications - change orders - supplemental agreements and delivery order processes including requirements - definition - justification and approval for service contract extension - method of contracting - evaluation of proposals and all phases of contract administration.
• Maintains quality assurance surveillance plans to ensure that contracted services meet the expectations and needs of the facility.