Contract Specialist

Full Job Description

This vacancy is for a GS-1102-13, Contract Specialist located in the United States Coast Guard's Deputy Commandant for Systems (DCS), Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Surface (CG-SEA), Baltimore, MD.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. This includes Time-In-Grade requirements for current status employees applying through merit promotion procedures.

Status applicants applying for a promotion must have 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level.

Examples of specialized experience include: - Procurement planning to include preparation of acquisition and procurement plans; maintaining milestone charts and related schedules - Preparing and reviewing justifications, determinations and findings, and source selection plans; serves as advisor to program officials to identify procurement objectives to be used in the preparation of statements of work.

- Source selection to include devising broad varieties and types of contract vehicles (solicitations, letter contracts, agreements, and contracts), conducting pre-proposal conferences, performing cost and price analysis, determining competitive range and evaluating contractor responsibility - Serving as a warranted contracting officer and lead negotiator utilizing quantitative analysis to prepare the Government's negotiating position, plans negotiation strategy, conducts negotiations, documents results and utilizes cost and price analysis techniques to determine price reasonableness; serves as Source Selection Authority.

-Knowledge in contracts to support the United States Coast Guard in major acquisitions supporting but not limited to surface assets (e.g.

cutters, boats, etc.), sustainment & maintenance of the assets, and decommissioning/dispositioning of assets, aviation, and/or foreign military sales.

-At least 4-years experience in contracting or related positions.

-At least 1 year of that experience must have been specialized experience at or equivalent to work at the next lower level of the position, and must have documented knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the work of the position.

-The applicant's resume must document their unique contracting experiences and illustrate the detail of their performed activities.

Conditions of Employment (If applicable): You must comply with education and training requirements for this position see below: For all 1102 positions through H Band.

Selectee must meet requirements for Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C): Professional certification within 36 months of entrance on duty.

FAC-C (Professional) Requirements: DHS is adopting a single level of certification with foundational training and an examination, Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) Professional.

New hires without certification shall follow the FAC-C (Professional) requirements.

Detailed information on core curricula courses is available at Contracting Certification Course Web Series - Defense Acquisition University (dau.edu).

Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer's Representative (FAC-COR): A valid, current FAC-C (Professional) is considered to have met the FAC-COR requirements for all levels, however, an individual with FAC-COR certification does not meet the requirements for the FAC-C (Professional).

DOD Contracting Professional Certification: A valid, current DOD Contracting Professional Certification is equivalent to a FAC-C (Professional).

Current federal employees certified at Levels l, Il, or Ill of the legacy FAC-C programs will automatically be certified in the FAC-C (Professional). Key Requirements: · U.S. Citizenship is required.

· You MUST provide transcripts in order to receive consideration. Education Requirements: This position does have a positive education requirement.

If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

See Required Documents section for detail.

A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States.

It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application.

See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here Evaluations National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

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

You will serve as a Contract Specialist and be responsible for the development of acquisition strategy through contract execution, contract administration and contract closeout.

The incumbent may hold a contracting officer's warrant if determined there is a need.

This position acquires a full range of sophisticated supplies and services which may include Coast Guard major acquisitions.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: 1.

The incumbent, a senior contract specialist, is responsible for all contractual phases of the acquisition /procurement process from acquisition planning through contract closeout for a wide variety of complex supplies and services to include major capital assets, technical and engineering services, support services and diverse supplies.

2. Develops acquisition plans, develops procurement administrative lead time milestones. Communicates/collaborates these planning tasks with the program office/customer to ensure mission success. 3.

Implements approved contracting strategy to develop the solicitation document and or/quote to include the contract type, the pricing arrangements and incentives, set-aside considerations, subcontracting requirements, source selection plans including evaluation criteria, delivery schedules, security requirements, government property and other required terms and conditions.

4.

Develops the solicitation document, publicizes the requirement, analyzes offers received, prepares a negotiation position, evaluates technical and cost proposals, negotiates cost, fee or profit as well as resolve technical issues, and enters into a formal contract.

Leads or participates on source selection team. 5. Responsible for conducting extensive and sophisticated cost and pricing analyses.

Utilizes cost estimating techniques, such as learning curve, regression analysis, complex contractual arrangements, extensive fact finding, etc.

Develops final price for negotiation position and participates as lead or member on the negotiating team ensuring a best value.

Analyzes price and cost data contained in contractor's proposals to ascertain reasonableness of price.

Performs cost and price analyses in connection with the request for approval of awards, leases, claims, price adjustments, terminations, price determination, escalation, changes orders, etc.

Evaluates prospective contractor's financial capability as part of pre-and post-award surveys when appropriate. 6.

Business Advisor to program officials providing guidance/advice in all facets of the procurement process to include the development of the statement of work, requirements for competition, market research and request for information, past performance, preparation of evaluation criteria and safeguarding the interest of the United States in its contractual relationships, ensuring contractors receives impartial, fair, and equitable treatment, and the preparation of documentation in these areas.

7. Educates procurement team to include program officials in the requirements for the various business information technology systems used in the procurement process. 8.

Utilize critical thinking skills to explore new or innovative contracting approaches to arrive at an equitable contract arrangement that is fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the government.

Performs contracting work through the use of negotiation techniques. 9. Keeps management and program officials informed of anticipated workload demands.

Anticipates problems and provides advice to program personnel on effective implementation and time frames required.

Mandatory training is required which must be successfully completed and other training may occur as necessary for success in the position. A.

Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) Professional. New hires without certification shall follow the FAC-C (Professional) requirements.

Detailed information on core curricula courses is available at Contracting Certification Course Web Series - Defense Acquisition University (dau.edu) within three years of entry into the position.