Contract Specialist
Company: Department of Veterans Affairs
Location: Montrose
Posted on: June 8, 2021
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Job Description:
Help Duties Summary Tour of Duty: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Position Description Title/PD#: Contract Specialist /
PD#11009-A Compressed/Flexible Schedules: May Be Authorized Telework: May Be Authorized Virtual Position: No Learn more about this agency Responsibilities This recruitment is for four positions with the VHA Regional
Procurement Office East, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 2 located
at Albany, NY; Lyons, NJ; Bath, NY; Bronx, NY; Brooklyn, NY;
Buffalo, NY; Canandaigua, NY; Montrose, NY; New York, NY;
Northport, NY; Queens, NY; East Orange, NJ; Syracuse, NY. Please
indicate which duty station you are interested in. Vacancies can be
filled at any of the duty locations listed. Contract Specialist/ PD# 11009-A Responsibility for performing professional work involving the
procurement of supplies and services using procedures outlined in
the Federal Acquisition Regulations, VA Acquisition Regulations,
Public Laws, and Agency policy. Assists the Acquisition Team
Supervisors in coordinating contracting activities, performs
contract reviews and provides guidance regarding complex contracts
administered by other contract specialists, identifies special
training needs, and conducts mentoring and contract training. Aids
requiring activities in performing market research, reviewing
specifications and statements of work, and approving acquisition
milestone plans. Performs a complete review of recommended
sole-source requirements and conducts necessary market analyses to
test the noncompetitive assumptions of requisitions. Conducts
public bid openings, reviews bids and determines responsiveness and
responsibility of low bidder in accordance with applicable
regulatory requirements when using sealed bidding. Conducts
negotiations for competitive and noncompetitive procurements.
Conducts cost and/or price analysis of offerors' proposals, reviews
auditors' reports for adequacy of analysis and conclusions, and
considers all information in developing an overall pricing
negotiation strategy. Prepares detailed price negotiation
memoranda, outlining in writing the details of negotiations with
contractors in competitive and noncompetitive negotiations.
Provides signatory authority and executes contract awards within
warrant authority, as requested by supervisor. Conducts post-award
conferences with Contractor and Government personnel to provide
information and to clarify standard and special contractual
provisions of the contract. Negotiates required changes to contract
conditions to protect the agency. Performs cost/price analysis on
change order proposals and analysis of delivery requirements.
Negotiates prices and/or additional time required for performance
and consideration on behalf of the Government. Shall fully utilize
contract writing system (i.e., Electronic Contract Management
System (eCMS)), contract reporting system (i.e., Federal
Procurement Data System (FPDS)), financial management system (i.e.,
Integrated Funds Distribution, Control Point Activity, Accounting,
and Procurement (IFCAP)) and prosthetics application suite (i.e.,
Graphical User Interface (GUI) (when applicable), in accordance
with Agency policies. Performs other related duties as
assigned. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this
position 1-5 nights per month. Supervisory status No Promotion Potential None 1102 Contracting Help Requirements Conditions of Employment Conditions of Employment: You must be a US Citizen to apply for this job. Subject to a background/suitability investigation. Selective Service Registration is required for all males born
after 12/31/1959. Position requires filing a Financial Disclosure Report. Physical Requirements: The subject position is primarily of an
administrative nature in an office setting, however where travel to
work sites is required there may be light physical work required,
such as walking over uneven surfaces or assisting technical
personnel in taking measurements or elevations. Government travel
for training, meetings, or customer interactions will be required
in this position. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all
requirements by the closing date of this announcement,
06/01/2021. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal
employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks
must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of
this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52
weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but
must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows
your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your
application materials. Basic Requirements: A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a
major in any field; OR 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. NOTE: The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) does not grant
Academic degrees; therefore courses completed at the DAU are not
creditable towards meeting the 24 semester hour requirement, in the
fields identified above, unless the coursework has been evaluated
by an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education, and appears on a college or university transcript Exceptions: Employees in GS-1102 positions will be considered to
have met the standard for positions they occupy on January 1, 2000.
This also applies to positions at the same grade in the same agency
or other agencies if the specialized experience requirements are
met. However, they will have to meet the basic requirements and
specialized experience requirements in order to qualify for
promotion to a higher grade, unless granted a waiver under
Paragraph D. Specialized Experience GS-12: Applicants must have One year of specialized experience
equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal
line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are
not limited to: Experience with interpreting of Federal Acquisition
Regulations, contract law, and procedures applicable to acquisition
and contract administration including change orders, supplemental
agreements, terminations, claims, and close out of contracts.
Experience with negotiation techniques sufficient to negotiate
prices, terms and conditions, contract modifications and
settlements. Experience with various types of contracts, including
firm-fixed price, firm-fixed price with economic price adjustments,
and cost reimbursement; and contract methods to include simplified
acquisitions, sealed bidding, negotiations, cost sharing, multiple
awards, commercial items and special provisions. Knowledge of
cost/price analysis techniques used in evaluation of contractor
proposals, change order proposals and to conduct negotiations.
Experience and proficiency with contract writing systems (i.e.,
eCMS) and ability to fully solicit, award, and administer
contracts. There is no educational substitution for experience for the
GS-12 level. Preferred Requirement: Federal Acquisition Certification in
Contracting. FAC link
www.fai.gov/drupal/certification/contracting-fac-c Additional information on the qualification requirements are
outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General
Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's
website at
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/classifying-general-schedule-positions/. Education APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an
accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications
(particularly positions with a positive education requirement).
Therefore, applicants must report attendance and/or degrees from
only these schools. Applicants can verify accreditation at the
following websites: www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html and
http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed
outside the United States, you must show proof that the education
has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in
the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such
education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in
conventional U.S. education programs.
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