Contract Specialist

About the role

This position involves performing a full range of contracting duties and responsibilities for assigned acquisitions, including acquisition planning, pre-solicitation, negotiation and award, contract termination, contract monitoring; review of complex invoices, contract modification, performance monitoring and feedback, resolution of performance problems and payments and pre and post-award contract review.

Responsibilities

• Performs a full range of contracting duties and responsibilities for assigned acquisitions, which may include acquisition planning, pre-solicitation, negotiation and award, contract termination, contract monitoring;
• Review of complex invoices, contract modification, performance monitoring and feedback, resolution of performance problems and payments and pre and post-award contract review.
• Performs market research and analysis to develop new sources.
• Performs post-award functions to include contract administration.
• Performs pre-award functions to include acquisition planning, solicitations, and negotiations.
• Establishes long-term contracts.
• Uses competitive Multiple Award Contract (MAC) programs and sole-source Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) strategic contracts to procure items for the customer’s mission.
• Prepares documentation for negotiations / discussions / awards by developing pre-negotiation positions.
• Negotiates terms and conditions (including fair and reasonable prices) and prepares business clearance post-negotiation documentation.

Requirements

• Conditions of employment: Must be a U.S. citizen. Tour of Duty: Flexible. Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access. 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.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Bargaining Unit Status: No.
• Qualifications: To qualify for a Contract Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support: Basic Contracting Requirement: A.) A bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees OR B.) 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 particular 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-11 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. To qualify for the GS-09 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-07 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.
• Creditable specialized experience includes: GS-11: Applying contracting principles, laws, statues, regulations, and procedures applicable to pre- award and post-award actions sufficient for a variety of supplies and services. Planning and carrying out pre-award and/or post-award procurement actions. Independently working with federal contract administration policy, procedures, techniques, and evaluation/control methods sufficient to monitor prime and subcontractor performance. Using negotiation techniques to solicit, award, monitor, and closeout/terminate assigned contracts. Independently communicating through written communications and discussions with vendors/customers. GS-09: Knowledge of contracting principles, laws, statues, regulations and procedures applicable to the acquisition of a variety of supplies and services. Working with commonly used contract methods and contract types to prepare pre- award and/or post-award procurement actions. Soliciting, negotiating, awarding, monitoring, and closing out/terminating assigned requirements. Interpreting and applying administration policies, procedures, techniques, and evaluation/control methods sufficient to monitor prime and subcontractor performance. Negotiating and/or administering contracts where the contracting actions are well defined and well precedented.
• Educational Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx. If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: GS-11: 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. GS-09: 2 full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education or master's or equivalent graduate degree or LL.B. or J.D.

Qualifications

• To qualify for the GS-11 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.
• To qualify for the GS-09 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-07 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.
• Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.
• Education Are you using your education to qualify? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application. GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study. FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that 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. Additional information Position requires DoD Acquisition Contracting, Foundational certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources.

Benefits

• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.