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Contract Specialist (Direct Hire)
Headquarters, NASA · Posted 9 days ago
About the Role
The NASA Office of Procurement seeks Contract Specialists to perform procurement planning, negotiation, and contract administration in support of NASA programs. The Office of Procurement is structured to provide support to our mission partners regardless of location. This announcement may fill positions at all NASA facilities and for the IT Procurement Office. The IT office is located in Greenbelt, MD, but supports IT acquisition activity with employees located at multiple NASA Centers.
What You'll Do
- →Serves as a lead negotiator and business advisor responsible for all pre-award and/or post award functions for a variety of supply, service, research, and/or construction contracts.
- →Performs all aspects of contracting for procurements that may be complex in nature and require extensive contract and subcontract administration.
- →Develops contract-related documentation to include incremental funding modifications, preparation of rate and cost adjustments, redirection of effort, coordination of contract extensions.
- →This includes, the incorporation of change orders, evaluating contractor performance, reviewing and analyzing contractor financial reports and other submittals.
- →Develops contract instruments representing sound judgement and business acumen (e.g. proper contract type, pricing/other contract provisions, source selection, acquisition method, determination/findings, documentation, and propriety of cited funds).
- →Coordinates with mission partners to develop overarching procurement objectives for program and construct contractual instruments accordingly including use of pricing arrangements, subcontracting goals, set-aside policies, and similar considerations.
- →Plans the negotiation strategy, coordinates strategy with negotiation team, and conducts the negotiations with contractors to develop the contract prices and terms.
Requirements
- ✓Basic Requirement: 1.
- ✓Completion of all mandatory training prescribed by the head of the agency for progression to GS-13 or higher-level contracting positions, including at least 4-years' experience in contracting or related positions.
- ✓At least 1 year of that experience must have been specialized experience at or equivalent to work at the next lower level of the position, and must have provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the work of the position.
- ✓A 4-year course of study leading to a minimum of a bachelor's degree, that included or was supplemented by 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: Employees in GS-1102 positions will be considered to have met the basic education requirements for positions they occupied on January 1, 2000; only including positions at the same grade.
- ✓U.S. degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations.
- ✓For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs.
- ✓These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
- ✓All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 10993314-d4ad-4394-9a33-aa7b5355f5ef
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