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Contract Specialist (Public Notice Flyer)

Employer
USAJobs
Location
Washington, D.C
Closing date
Oct 24, 2021
Duties

Summary

Do you have a passion for public service? The United States Secret Service (USSS) is looking for you! The USSS is a premier law enforcement organization with two (2) critical national security missions: protect our nation's leaders and to conduct criminal investigations. In the USSS we serve the country with duty, loyalty, justice, integrity, and courage.

Learn more about this agency

Responsibilities

  • Researches applicable regulations and incorporates the required Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to insure that general provisions are in conformance with statutory requirements and other governmental regulations and policies.
  • Manages complex requirements that require extensive negotiations involving cost or pricing data and/or unusual contract terms needed to support the contracting issues and determines recommended course of action.
  • Identifies large-scale sub-systems, components, equipment, and services to be acquired by contract; develops procurement objectives for the program in terms of competition and price range; constructs the contractual design, and prepares and maintains current acquisition plans, project timeline/milestone plans.
  • Plans, coordinates, and leads the negotiations, which are conducted with contractors to develop the contract prices and terms.


Travel Required

Not required

Supervisory status
No

Promotion Potential
13

Requirements

Conditions of Employment



As required by Executive Order 14043 , Federal employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 regardless of the employee's duty location or work arrangement (e.g., telework, remote work, etc.), subject to such exceptions as required by law. If selected, you will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit documentation of proof of vaccination by November 22, 2021 or before appointment or onboarding with the agency, if after November 22, 2021. We will provide additional information regarding which forms of documentation will be accepted to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination and how you can request a legally required accommodation from this requirement.

Due to COVID-19, U.S. Secret Service is currently in an expanded telework posture. If selected, you may be expected to temporarily telework, even if your home is located outside the local commuting area. Once employees are permitted to return to the office, you will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this announcement within 30 days. At that time, you may be eligible to request to continue to telework one or more days a pay period depending upon the terms of the agency's telework policy.

If selected for this position, you must:
  • Obtain and maintain a Tier 5 Top Secret.
  • Pass a drug test (urinalysis)


Qualifications

You must demonstrate at least one (1) year of the defined specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade and meet the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR).

Specialized experience is defined as:

GS-9: performing duties such as reviewing acquisition documents and recommending appropriate methods of procurement; preparing and issuing solicitation documents; and with supervision, drafting final pre-/post award contract documents and files for Contracting Officer's review and approval or A master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related

GS-11: performing duties such as interpreting and applying contracting policies, compiling acquisition information, reviewing requisitions for adequacy of the statement of work; soliciting pricing proposal or quotations, awarding purchase orders and/or contracts; and preparing necessary documentation to support award decisions and resolving any contractor performance issues or three (3) full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education; or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or a combination of education and experience.

GS-12: performing duties such as interpreting and applying contracting policies, compiling acquisition information, reviewing requisitions for adequacy of the statement of work; soliciting pricing proposal or quotations, awarding purchase orders and/or contracts; and preparing necessary documentation to support award decisions and resolving any contractor performance issues.

GS-13: performing duties such as developing preparing, and presenting terms and conditions in proposals related to the award of contracts: negotiating and awarding contracts, analyzing proposed price or costs; and formulating procurement strategies for the acquisition of supplies or services.

AND

OPMs Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) is defined as:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1100/contracting-series-1102/

Certifications Required: At the grades GS-9 and GS-11 must obtain the FAC-C Level II certificate within 18 month after hire. At the grade GS-12 requires a FAC-C Level II certification. At the grade GS-13 requires a FAC-C Level III certification. Proof of certifications must be submitted with resume.

Education

See Qualifications section

Additional information

Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy https://www.opm.gov/about-us/our-people-organization/support-functions/equal-employment-opportunity/

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

See Qualifications section

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Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Top Secret

Drug test required
Yes

Required Documents

COVID-19 Vaccination Document - Please submit one of the required proofs of vaccination documents with your application: copy of the record of immunization from a health care provider or pharmacy; a copy of the COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card; a copy of medical records documenting the vaccination; a copy of immunization records from a public health or state immunization information system; or a copy of any other official documentation containing required data points (type of vaccine administered, date(s) of administration, and the name of the health care professional(s) or clinic site(s) administering the vaccine(s)). Please note that if you fail to provide proof of vaccination by the time of appointment and fail to request an accommodation from the vaccine, you will not receive consideration for employment. The agency will provide additional information regarding how you can request of the agency a legally required accommodation.

See How To Apply section

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

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. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

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