CONTRACT SPECIALIST - TITLE 5

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***THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.*** This position is for a Contract Specialist, Position Description Number T0047000 located in the USPFO at the Clay National Guard Center, with duty at Fort Stewart, GA.

This is a full-time, Excepted Permanent, position which DOES NOT require a National Guard commitment. Area of Consideration: Current on-board Federal Employees.

General Experience: Must have experience in positions supporting competencies in business, finance, risk management, project management, or supply chain management.

Experience must include competencies such as skill in collecting and analyzing data and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively and other professional competencies in procurement administration or purchase card management.

Specialized Experience - Must have specific experiences, training, and competencies (Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities) that prepared the applicant to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities required (Advanced Level) - Must have one year of contracting experience at the GS-11 level.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: (1) Performing acquisition planning including market research and knowledge of a wide variety of contracting methods that satisfy mission needs and meet customer requirements, (2) Advising Contracting Officer Representatives and advising customers on procurement preparation and development of contractually acceptable specifications, work statements, and quality assurance criteria, (3) Reviewing procurement requests to assure clarity, adequacy, and completeness, and (4) Reviewing contract terms and technical specifications to identify any special requirements.

Must have Level 1, DAWIA Foundational Certification (or equivalent, see Certifications Issued by Federal (non-DoD) Organizations).

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; religions; 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:

As a Contract Specialist, GS-1102-12, you will: Plan the overall approach to meet contracting program objectives for a variety of requirements with multiple complexities.

Analyzes difficult/controversial contracting issues, determines, recommends and/or implements course of action which may depart from previous approaches for long-term contract performance or short-term contracts with extremely stringent time frames.

Provides business advice and assistance to technical personnel involved in the development of the performance work statement/statement of work/statement of objectives or data requirements.

Reviews a diverse variety of requisition packages for adequacy and compliance with administrative, regulatory, and procedural requirements and consistency with current market practices and conditions.

Serves as a contracting authority and advisor to management, customers, and contractors in assignment area relative to the market, the industry, specifications, socioeconomic concerns, and similar matters.

Performs acquisition planning, along with the program manager/customer, technical, legal, and finance personnel to develop market research, acquisition strategy, milestones, evaluation/source selection criteria, and/or incentive or award fee provisions, as applicable.

Exercises experienced judgment, initiative, and resourcefulness to identify regulations and laws which do or do not apply to the particular procurement, to consider financial arrangements and incentives, and to develop justifications for adopting a contractual posture.

Prepares required documents to support solicitation issuance and reviews and advises less experienced specialists in the preparation of documents.

Determines appropriate method of procurement, contract type, and financing arrangements to fit special circumstances.

Reviews and evaluates requisitions for which previous experience and historical data are not usually directly available or applicable such as complex services, architect and engineering services or environmental related construction.

Oversee the procurement of a wide variety of services, supplies, construction and architect and engineering.

Researches, interprets, analyzes, and applies all regulations, business and industry practices, market trends, Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Comptroller General decisions, public law, case law, and precedents.

Devises special terms, provisions, clauses, and conditions applicable to the solicitation and contract as required.

Ensures that the price schedule is properly structured and determines sources to be solicited.

Prepares solicitation, amendment, and contract documents incorporating applicable terms, conditions, provisions and clauses.

Receives and performs oversight of quotes/bids/proposals evaluations and determines the acceptability of offers based on an analysis of financial and technical information gained.

Conducts price or cost analysis as needed. Recommends or determines the competitive range.

Formulates negotiation strategies and identifies areas subject to negotiation (e.g., price, quantity discounts, packaging, payment discounts, transportation, and delivery).

Prepares pre-negotiation positions and memoranda based on audit and/or technical recommendations.

Conducts any necessary conferences to discuss offers received; performs price or cost analysis; plans and conducts negotiations on price, technical requirements, and/or terms and conditions of the contract.

Obtains and reviews subcontracting plans as required. Determines the need for final proposal revisions. Execute post-award contract performance management actions on assigned contracts.

Appoints Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) within delegated authority and manages the COR program as required.

Evaluates contractor performance for compliance with terms and conditions of contracts and ensures timely submission of contract deliverables and performance metrics.

Makes field site visits, if necessary, detecting and correcting labor standards violations, taking appropriate action to expedite delivery or performance when required by mission changes, monitoring the contractor's use of government-furnished property inventories, and issuing change orders as necessary.

Obtains additional funds or de-obligates funds as necessary.

Analyzes a variety of unusual conditions, questions, or issues including complex contract administration problems, e.g., disputes, labor violations, and claims, and identifies alternative courses of action which may depart from previous approaches.

Determines the reasonableness of claims. Researches and recommends appropriate action for resolution of difficult problems or claims through interpretation of contract requirements.

Negotiates and prepares contract modifications including those caused by changes in technical requirements, in quantities, ordering unpriced options, and similar issues.

Perform other duties as assigned.