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Acquisition Utilization Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 8 days ago
On-site Battle Creek, MI $75K – $97K Apply by Jun 30, 2026 General Business And Industry ENTJESTJINTJISTJ Transportation
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The Battle Creek VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Acquisition Utilization Specialist. The Acquisition Utilization Specialist will function under the Supply Chain Management Service.
What You'll Do
- →The duties of the position may include but, are not limited to: Develops procedures, policies, and supporting artifacts to ensure procurement activities are consistent with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), VA Acquisitions Regulations (VAAR) and other federal procurement laws and regulations.
- →Coordinates with Network Contracting Activity (NCA) and VA HCS leadership, clinical service customers, Contracting Officers Representatives (CORs), logistics staff, and other stakeholders to develop and execute acquisition strategies.
- →Conducts analyses and recommends courses of actions to ensure that various clinical and administrative service requirements have addressed considerations such as construction, budgeting, supporting manpower and other factors.
- →When established guidelines are unclear or conflicting, develops local policies, procedures, SOPs and associating training materials ensuring they align with federal procurement laws and regulations.
- →Provides training to facility CORs on procurement policies and new processes procedures related to procurement within the Federal government.
- →Establishes, expedites, and reviews consolidation of all procurement packages including unique emergent, and complex, requirements to meet timely and technical needs of assigned acquisitions.
- →Independently develops performance work statements and objectives, cost benefit analysis, gap analysis, sole source justifications, past performance, quality assurance surveillance plans (QASP), market research, independent government estimates, evaluation criterial, options funding, delivery schedules, lead times, and reporting requirements.
- →Reviews procurement documents for accuracy, adequacy, and completeness and assists service line managers as needed to ensure the final documents are acceptable.
- →Develops sole source justifications in relation to cost, limited availability or unusual nature, when the health care resource need is either unique in the medial community, or is subject to maximum utilization only through health care resources contracting and identifies other alternative sources that exist within the local, regional or national geographical areas.
- →Develops and implements processes and procedures as changes are made to the VHA Procurement manual.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Position Description/PD#: Acquisition Utilization Specialist/PD99810S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Personality Fit
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