Contract Specialist
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for prose. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive information. Must not invent or summarize away detail. Must include a section only when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. The posting mentions "A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package." That's generic but still mentions benefits. It says "Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits." That's generic. It's not specific benefits like health insurance, retirement, etc. Should we include Benefits section? The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state benefits in a generic way: "A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package." That's still stating benefits, albeit generic. Could include Benefits section with that statement. However we must avoid filler/placeholder like "commensurate with experience". This is not filler. It's a statement about benefits. So we can include Benefits section with that prose.
Pay: Not mentioned. Schedule: Not mentioned (only "Tour of Duty: Flexible" appears under Conditions of employment. That's schedule info: "Tour of Duty: Flexible". That is schedule. So we can include Schedule section with that detail.
Pay: Not mentioned, so omit.
We need sections: About the role? The summary maybe "See below for important information regarding this job." Not substantive. Could treat "About the role" as a heading with prose from summary? The summary is just "See below for important information regarding this job." That's filler. Better to not include About the role if no substantive content. However we have Duties, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Schedule. Also maybe "Conditions of employment" could be part of Requirements? The posting includes Conditions of employment list: Must be a U.S. citizen, Tour of Duty: Flexible, Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive, etc. Those are requirements/conditions. We could incorporate them into Requirements section.
We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include details like: Serves as Senior Contract Specialist and Lead Negotiator..., etc. Duties list many bullet-like sentences. We'll turn them into
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Requirements: Conditions of employment list: Must be a U.S. citizen, Tour of Duty: Flexible, Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive, Appointment subject to suitability/fitness determination, FLSA Exempt, Selective Service Requirement, Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized, Bargaining Unit Status: No, Selectees required to have REAL ID, Financial Disclosure Requirement: Required, Acquisition Workforce Position NON-CAP: Defense Acquisition Workforce position. Must complete DoD certification and other requirements. Also Additional info about reemployed annuitants, drug-free workplace, etc. Those are substantive. We'll include them as list items.
Qualifications: Basic Contracting Requirement (education or experience), Specialized Experience (one year at GS-12 level), Creditable specialized experience list (multiple bullet points), Experience includes volunteer work, Education substitution not allowed, transcripts required, Graduate education definition, Foreign education evaluation, Additional information (Section 508, ICT, General Applicant Info link, Reemployed Annuitants note, Acq Workforce - Non-CAP details, Veterans info link, Military retirees waiver, Drug-Free Workplace Policy details). That's a lot. We'll need to preserve all substantive info, but we must avoid boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. The drug-free workplace policy is substantive; we should keep it. The Additional info includes many links and details; we should keep them as prose or list items.
We must not include duplicated lines. Need to watch for repetition.
We must not include application instructions (like "Click here for more details and Resources." maybe that's okay if it's part of qualifications? It's a link to resources; could be considered part of qualifications. Might keep.
We must not include cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The posting includes some like "As required by 5 C.F.R. 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT..." that's not boilerplate; it's substantive about accessibility. Keep.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must output only HTML fragment.
Let's structure:
Duties
- ...
...
Requirements
- ...
...
Qualifications
- ...
...
Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
maybe we keep as prose.
Schedule
Tour of Duty: Flexible
We need to ensure we don't include placeholder like "Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits." That's maybe a link text; but it's okay.
We must not include headings with empty content.
Now we need to extract duties sentences:
From the posting:
"Serves as Senior Contract Specialist and Lead Negotiator for highly specialized long-term complex contracts that affect a wide range of procurement activities or contractor operations for DLA Maritime Mechanicsburg Detachment."
"Serves as a Technical Contract expert and/or authority for applicable contractual matters related to new and/or mature Naval Weapons Systems with complex and unique logistics support problems."
"Analyzes alternatives for program procurement requirements and develops procurement strategy tailored to provide the most effective support of current needs and anticipated long range program requirements."
"Coordinate with appropriate service representatives to identify alternative sources of supply, respond to customer requests, and provide advice regarding changes to sales orders as needed."
"Establishes Long-Term Contracts, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contracts, Prime- Vendor, Direct Vendor Delivery, Virtual Prime Vendor, and Performance Based Logistics Contracts."
"Review and analyzes certified cost/pricing data and performs cost analysis based on the review of certified cost/pricing data."
We'll make each a - .
Now Requirements (Conditions of employment):
List:
- 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
- Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.
- Financial Disclosure Requirement: Required
- Acquisition Workforce Position NON- CAP: Defense Acquisition Workforce position. Must complete DoD certification and other requirements. See Additional Info.
We could also include other substantive info like Reemployed Annuitants note, Drug-Free Workplace Policy, etc. Those could be part of Requirements or maybe separate section? But we already have Requirements; we could add them there as list items.
But we must avoid duplication: The Additional information section includes many points that are also conditions. We'll incorporate them.
Let's list all substantive items from "Additional information" and following paragraphs:
- As required by 5 C.F.R. 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R.1194).
- For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf
- Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF
- Acq Workforce - Non-CAP: 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.
- Information for Veterans is available at: https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/.
- As of 23 December 2016, 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.
- Drug-Free Workplace Policy The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing. Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. 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. ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal.
- Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found at: USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started.
- Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
- A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. 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. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits. Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time,
for prose. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive information. Must not invent or summarize away detail. Must include a section only when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. The posting mentions "A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package." That's generic but still mentions benefits. It says "Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits." That's generic. It's not specific benefits like health insurance, retirement, etc. Should we include Benefits section? The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state benefits in a generic way: "A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package." That's still stating benefits, albeit generic. Could include Benefits section with that statement. However we must avoid filler/placeholder like "commensurate with experience". This is not filler. It's a statement about benefits. So we can include Benefits section with that prose. Pay: Not mentioned. Schedule: Not mentioned (only "Tour of Duty: Flexible" appears under Conditions of employment. That's schedule info: "Tour of Duty: Flexible". That is schedule. So we can include Schedule section with that detail. Pay: Not mentioned, so omit. We need sections: About the role? The summary maybe "See below for important information regarding this job." Not substantive. Could treat "About the role" as a heading with prose from summary? The summary is just "See below for important information regarding this job." That's filler. Better to not include About the role if no substantive content. However we have Duties, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Schedule. Also maybe "Conditions of employment" could be part of Requirements? The posting includes Conditions of employment list: Must be a U.S. citizen, Tour of Duty: Flexible, Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive, etc. Those are requirements/conditions. We could incorporate them into Requirements section. We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include details like: Serves as Senior Contract Specialist and Lead Negotiator..., etc. Duties list many bullet-like sentences. We'll turn them into
- .
Requirements: Conditions of employment list: Must be a U.S. citizen, Tour of Duty: Flexible, Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive, Appointment subject to suitability/fitness determination, FLSA Exempt, Selective Service Requirement, Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized, Bargaining Unit Status: No, Selectees required to have REAL ID, Financial Disclosure Requirement: Required, Acquisition Workforce Position NON-CAP: Defense Acquisition Workforce position. Must complete DoD certification and other requirements. Also Additional info about reemployed annuitants, drug-free workplace, etc. Those are substantive. We'll include them as list items.
Qualifications: Basic Contracting Requirement (education or experience), Specialized Experience (one year at GS-12 level), Creditable specialized experience list (multiple bullet points), Experience includes volunteer work, Education substitution not allowed, transcripts required, Graduate education definition, Foreign education evaluation, Additional information (Section 508, ICT, General Applicant Info link, Reemployed Annuitants note, Acq Workforce - Non-CAP details, Veterans info link, Military retirees waiver, Drug-Free Workplace Policy details). That's a lot. We'll need to preserve all substantive info, but we must avoid boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. The drug-free workplace policy is substantive; we should keep it. The Additional info includes many links and details; we should keep them as prose or list items.
We must not include duplicated lines. Need to watch for repetition.
We must not include application instructions (like "Click here for more details and Resources." maybe that's okay if it's part of qualifications? It's a link to resources; could be considered part of qualifications. Might keep.
We must not include cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The posting includes some like "As required by 5 C.F.R. 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT..." that's not boilerplate; it's substantive about accessibility. Keep.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must output only HTML fragment.
Let's structure:
Duties
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
Qualifications
- ... ...
Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
maybe we keep as prose.Schedule
Tour of Duty: Flexible
We need to ensure we don't include placeholder like "Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits." That's maybe a link text; but it's okay. We must not include headings with empty content. Now we need to extract duties sentences: From the posting: "Serves as Senior Contract Specialist and Lead Negotiator for highly specialized long-term complex contracts that affect a wide range of procurement activities or contractor operations for DLA Maritime Mechanicsburg Detachment." "Serves as a Technical Contract expert and/or authority for applicable contractual matters related to new and/or mature Naval Weapons Systems with complex and unique logistics support problems." "Analyzes alternatives for program procurement requirements and develops procurement strategy tailored to provide the most effective support of current needs and anticipated long range program requirements." "Coordinate with appropriate service representatives to identify alternative sources of supply, respond to customer requests, and provide advice regarding changes to sales orders as needed." "Establishes Long-Term Contracts, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contracts, Prime- Vendor, Direct Vendor Delivery, Virtual Prime Vendor, and Performance Based Logistics Contracts." "Review and analyzes certified cost/pricing data and performs cost analysis based on the review of certified cost/pricing data." We'll make each a - . Now Requirements (Conditions of employment): List: - 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 - Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information. - Financial Disclosure Requirement: Required - Acquisition Workforce Position NON- CAP: Defense Acquisition Workforce position. Must complete DoD certification and other requirements. See Additional Info. We could also include other substantive info like Reemployed Annuitants note, Drug-Free Workplace Policy, etc. Those could be part of Requirements or maybe separate section? But we already have Requirements; we could add them there as list items. But we must avoid duplication: The Additional information section includes many points that are also conditions. We'll incorporate them. Let's list all substantive items from "Additional information" and following paragraphs: - As required by 5 C.F.R. 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R.1194). - For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf - Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF - Acq Workforce - Non-CAP: 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. - Information for Veterans is available at: https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/. - As of 23 December 2016, 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. - Drug-Free Workplace Policy The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing. Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. 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. ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal. - Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found at: USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. - Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. - A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. 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. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits. Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time,