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 Supervisory Branch Chief and Senior (unlimited warrant) Contracting Officer accomplishing both pre-award and post-award contracting functions to support District, Division and agency-wide missions through contracts for specialized procurement programs.
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: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees. 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. Minimum Qualifications for the GS-14: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience which includes: (1) pre-award actions, acquisition management and price/cost analysis sufficient to execute pre-award (or post-award) procurement actions; AND (2) evaluating bids, proposals, quotations and contract administration; AND (3) experience in leading teams/units/directorate or organization(s).This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13). 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.
Provides both technical and administrative supervision over assigned civilian and military personnel; Section Chiefs, Technical Leads, Contracting Officers, and Contract Specialists.
Advises acquisition personnel, Contracting Officers, Contract Specialists, primary customers, agency-wide stakeholders, and other pertinent personnel in all phases of the acquisition process.
Reviews/approves negotiation position, the determination of types of contracts and negotiation authority to be used, and justification for negotiation position and other requirements.
Ensures coordination with the engineering and technical departments, legal counsel, audit, and subordinate activities.
Executes all approval levels within assigned contracting authority.
Supports, participates and provides technical assistance to project management teams when necessary.