Purchasing Agent

About the role

This position serves as a Purchasing Agent for the Logistics Service within the VA Health Care System Aurora - Colorado performing work to acquire supplies - services - and construction by purchase - rental - or lease through (a) delivery orders and/or (b) small purchase procedures.

Responsibilities

• Purchasing Support:
  • Cleans up and edits purchase requests
  • Solves issues to ensure requests and bills are processed accurately and in a timely manner
  • Identifies needs or problems and determines corrective action
  • Utilizes federal and agency acquisition regulations to identify possible sources and other pertinent information related to purchasing
  • Tracks obligations/commitments and monitors expenditures to support recurring budget forecasts and identify potential fraud - waste and abuse based on procurement history and purchase trends
• Procurement Support:
  • Procures supplies and services to meet the purchase - rental - or lease needs of the organization
  • Develops unique selection criteria for each purchase
  • Prepares and issues contract modifications for changes in delivery schedule and sends formal correspondence to a variety of customers such as inventory management specialists - other service line contacts - and contracting officers as appropriate for the purposes of auditing documents - processing receiving reports - and payments
  • Conducts open market research and sole source small purchases for highly specialized medical items with critical product requirements
• Administrative Support:
  • Serves as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers in regard to procured items
  • Develops reports and spreadsheets - obtains - organizes - files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes
  • Performs a variety of receptionist - timekeeping - record keeping and miscellaneous duties in medical facility

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 7/20/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. 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.

Skills

The Purchasing Agent maintains responsibility for work leading to the purchase of a wide variety of complex and highly specialized services - supplies - equipment - and systems that support the full range of programs and activities. Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Purchasing Support
• Procurement Support
• Administrative Support

Benefits

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements

Requires some physical effort such as standing - sitting - walking - or bending. There are no special physical demands. The work is performed in an office setting involving everyday risks or discomforts. Normal safety precautions are adequate.