CONTRACT SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

You will serve as a CONTRACT SPECIALIST in the NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND of NAVAL FACILITIES ENG COMMAND MARIANAS.

In addition to the Basic Education Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Performing the full range of pre and post award contractual actions required in the procurement of services, construction, architect/engineering services, or facility support services, utilizing sealed bid, negotiation, and small purchase negotiation procedures;2) Interpreting and ensuring that contract actions are in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, policies, standards or procedures;3) Reviewing procurement requests to assure clarity, adequacy, and completeness;4) Serving as contractual authority on the acceptability and applicability of contractual matters on contract actions, and provides advice, training, guidance, and interpretation to the team on procurement regulations, policies, and procedures; and 5) Advising on and conducting the procurement process from solicitation to award and through all post award phases of contracting, including modifications, processing payments, final invoicing, final evaluation, and closeout.

Applicant must meet the following Department of Defense qualification requirements for 1102 contracting positions: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/DoD_Qualification_Standard_For_GS-1102.pdf And the title 10 requirements found here: http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1724&num=0&edition=prelim Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Continued from Additional Information: Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ).

A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. Major Duties:

• You will serve as technical authority on the acceptability of contractual matters related to the program.
• You will review procurement requests to assure clarity, adequacy and completeness.
• You will prepare contracts and contract specifications for development, demonstration models, and / or preliminary design when new or untried concepts or techniques are involved.
• You will review contract terms and technical specifications to identify any special requirements.
• You will perform a variety of computations relative to item costs, packing, packaging, specification requirements, delivery charges and transportation costs.