Duties

Serves as the Contract Specialist in a Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) location. The primary purpose of this position is responsible for a full range of pre and post award contracting actions in support of DeCA's Mission.

Position responsibilities include:

• Perform duties of contract specialist responsible for pre-award and post-award contracting functions, including acquisition planning market surveys, price/cost analysis, negotiation, and administration of contracts.
• Review requests for procurement of complex items, analyzes the requirement, determines the most suitable method of acquisition, prepares acquisition plans, and associated documentation.
• Interpret contract provisions for contractors and for officials of the agency, and provides appropriate advice and guidance, negotiates contract modifications, prepares supplemental agreements, novation agreements, and other contractual documents.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. National.
• Must meet minimum age requirement. See the Additional Information section for more information.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must be registered with the Selective Service System by the announcement closing date or exempt from registration.
• May be subject to successful E-Verify check. See more information at https://www.e-verify.gov/.
• May be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, based on a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance eligibility based on an appropriate background investigation.
• May be subject to a probationary/trial period.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Physical Requirements: None.

Qualifications

In accordance with Contracting Series Positions, https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1100/contracting-series-1102/ , to qualify for this position you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11 grade level that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and is directly in or related to this position. To be creditable, specialized experience must be at GS-11 or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.

AND

A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a major in any field.

Volunteer Experience: Your experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, and 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.

Examples of qualifying specialized experience:

• Apply the application of Federal laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and general business practices to buy and sell goods and services in support of the mission.
• Use innovative techniques to develop contractual arrangements.
• Negotiate acquisitions and ensuring all special requirements and clauses are included within the award.

You must also meet the following requirements by the announcement closing date:

• Current and former federal employees in either the competitive or excepted service and current federal employees applying under VEOA eligibility are subject to time-in-grade . You must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade level to be eligible for promotion. You must submit SF50s with your application package to verify you held the next lower grade level for at least 52 weeks. You may need to submit two (2) or more SF50s. Examples of appropriate SF 50s include Promotion, Reg WRI, and SF 50s effective more than 52 weeks ago. The next lower grade level for this position is GS-11.
• Current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment . For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens."

Education

Education used to qualify for this position must be from an accredited school or educational institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and a copy of your transcript is required as part of your application package. For the application process, unofficial transcripts are acceptable if they contain the applicant's name, the name of the school, the date and degree that was awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. If selected, you must provide an official transcript before we set your entrance on duty date.

Foreign Education . If using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign education programs has deemed the foreign education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program or show that a U.S. accredited college or university has given full credit for the foreign courses.

You may not use education to qualify.

Additional information

• We encourage you to review the Safer Federal Workplace information regarding COVID-19.
• To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to E.O. 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.
• Applicants with a Permanent Resident Card (aka Green Card) are authorized to live and work in the U.S. but are not eligible for employment in positions requiring U.S. citizenship. This position requires U.S. citizenship.
• The minimum age requirement is generally 18 years of age. Employing those under 18 may be possible under certain circumstances. If under 18 years of age, ensure you provide documentation showing how you are eligible.
• Subject to occasional overtime.
• Position is Exempt from Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
• Position Is Not covered by a bargaining unit.
• Position Is not obligated.
• Financial Difficulty does not automatically remove you from consideration for a position.
• Position does not meet the DoD criteria for re-employing former Federal employees who retired under either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).
• Deliberate attempts to falsify your application information, such as copying portions of this job announcement into your resume, may result in you being removed from consideration for this position.
• PCS Is Authorized: Most civilian PCS entitlements are now taxable. The Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) reimburses eligible employees for additional Federal, State, and local income taxes incurred as a result of receiving taxable travel income. More information is available at Civilian Relocation/PCS Tax Changes .
• Position requires access to or control over private/sensitive but unclassified, controlled information and requires access to ADP IT Level II systems. Therefore, the incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance eligibility based on appropriate background investigation.
• This is an Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics (AT&L) position in the contracting career field.
• This is an Acquisition Workforce (AWF) position and is subject to the requirements of the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). This position requires a Contracting Professional Certification. The incumbent must complete this certification within 36 months of appointment to this position, as a condition of employment.
• Temporary duty (TDY) and travel by military and commercial aircraft or land transportation may be required in the performance of official assigned duties.