Contract Price/Cost Analyst

Duties

• Helps perform contract cost and price analysis for DLAs most complex procurements.
• Develops theoretical approaches beyond commonly used acquisition strategies, procurement instruments, and methods.
• Conducts in-depth analysis of proposals to evaluate the reasonableness of proposed contract prices.
• Prepares comprehensive recommendations for negotiation objectives concerning cost, profit, and price.
• Analyzes forecasted price trends, economic factors, and efficiencies in production for future periods.
• Coaches team members in the selection and application of appropriate problem-solving methods and techniques, and provides advice on methods, practices, and procedures.
• Maintains oversight of projects, monitors and reports on project status, reviews completed work, and ensures that management expectations, instructions, priorities, deadlines, and product quality are followed and achieved.
• Trains Contract Price Cost Analysts and Contract Specialists as needed.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Tour of duty: Flexible.
• 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): Exempt.
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
• Bargaining Unit Status: No.

Qualifications

• Basic Contracting Requirement: A baccalaureate degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees OR 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.
• Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. In addition to meeting the Basic Contracting Requirement above, to qualify for the GS-13 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-12 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.
• 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).
• Creditable specialized experience includes: Working knowledge of business strategies and program or technical requirements sufficient to perform analysis of financial statements and technical capabilities; Understanding and applying the concepts of quantitative analysis; Calculating direct and indirect cost rates, material costs, and direct labor hours; Understanding of current industry practices for those commodities managed by supply chains and using them to evaluate the reasonableness of proposed costs and prices.

Education

• Position requires DoD Acquisition Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, level 3 certification within required timeframes.
• Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years.

Additional Information

• The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.
• Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana.
• Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement.