Contract Specialist -- Direct Hire

About the role

This position is being offered through OPM's Direct Hire Authority. See more about Direct Hire under Conditions of Employment below.

Responsibilities

• Serves as an acquisition official on the most complex acquisitions by executing contracts and contract modifications.
• Formulates contracting strategies and secures commodities for the most complex acquisitions.
• Performs all other duties and responsibilities of a Contracting Officer within the limits of delegated authority, which may be over $6 million per award.
• Administers negotiated and sole-source acquisitions using a wide variety of acquisition methods and contract types.
• Typical acquisition methods include open-market contracts, orders against existing agency contracts and orders against other agencies' contracts.
• Typical contract types include firm-fixed price, cost reimbursement, time-and-materials/labor-hour.

Qualifications

• To meet Minimum Qualifications for this Contract Specialist position you must demonstrate:
  • The Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) for the federal GS-1102 series AND
  • At least 52 weeks of Specialized Experience for GS-11 ONLY.
• SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE must have been gained in a federal position at or above GS-09 OR (if your position is on another federal pay scale OR outside of federal service) by performing duties at a level of responsibility and difficulty equivalent to GS-09 or above.
• SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is work that primarily consists of performing pre- and post-award contract functions, including procurement planning, negotiation strategies and contract administration.

Education

To satisfy the IOR, submit a copy of your full transcript(s), even if you already hold a federal 1102 series position. Your transcript(s) must show your name, the name of the school, the program in which you were enrolled and your degree (or completion of *creditable courses). If you attended more than one college or university, submit transcripts for all schools attended. *Since course titles do not always indicate that a course pertains to a creditable curriculum you are advised to highlight qualifying courses on your transcript to ensure that consideration is given.* Transcripts that do not show that a Degree was conferred cannot be considered to have resulted in a Degree. Check your transcript to be sure this information is shown. Unofficial transcripts or screenshots of electronic/web transcripts with the required information will be accepted at the time of application. CHECK YOUR UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT TO CONFIRM IT SHOWS THE REQUIRED INFORMATION. You must upload your transcripts as part of your application. Documents will not be accepted via email or regular mail.