Contract Specialist

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: Serves as a Contract Specialist for the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Center, leading highly complex acquisitions and providing expert guidance to ensure mission-critical contracts are executed efficiently, effectively, and in compliance with federal regulations.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below.

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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirement for Contract Specialist: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees.

(Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR Exemption: You are exempt from the education requirements above if: (A) you are a current civilian employee in DoD who occupied GS-1102 positions or contracting positions with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold in an Executive Department on or before September 30, 2000.

OR (B) you are a current military member who occupied a similar occupational specialty to the GS (or equivalent)-1102 on or before September 30, 2000.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes conducting contract negotiations; resolving issues and/or problems associated with contract administration; serving as the principal contracting advisor to the project manager; performing pre-award activities and making contract modifications.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:

• Soliciting, evaluating, negotiating, and awarding contracts of significant importance.
• Performing and documenting market research.
• Prepare acquisition documents such as Acquisition Strategies, Acquisition Plans, Source Selection Plans, Consolidation Determinations and Findings, Justification and Approvals.
• Prepare solicitations, solicitation amendments, contract awards, and contract modifications.
• Address review comments received from higher level (e.g. Chief of the Contracting Office (CoCO), Senior Contracting Official (SCO), Director of Contracting (DOC), Army, or Department of War (DoW)) review of acquisition documents.
• Resolve issues/problems associated with contract administration.
• Serve as the principal contracting advisor to the project manager.
• Prepare acquisition documents such as Pre-negotiation Memorandums, Price Negotiation Memorandums, and Source Selection Decision Documents.