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Contract Specialist

Offices, Boards and Divisions · Posted 58 days ago

On-site Washington, DC $102K – $133K Apply by Aug 19, 2026 Contracting ENTJESTJINTJISTJ
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About the Role

This position is located in the Office of the Comptroller, Energy and Natural Resources Division. The Comptroller oversees and directs all aspects of the Division's financial management, budget formulation, contract, and procurement programs. The incumbent serves as a Contracting Officer for the Division and must hold or be able to obtain a Contracting Officer's warrant.

What You'll Do

  • →As a Contracting Officer, your typical work assignments may include the following: Develops, interprets, and performs procurement of goods and services using formal advertising or negotiation procedures; evaluates contract price proposals; and administers or close out of contracts.
  • →Provides advice and guidance to procurement customers regarding all aspects of the acquisition process, including acquisition plans, market research, and statements of work.
  • →Manages a buying workload of purchase requests within the Simplified Acquisition Threshold.
  • →Uses contracting writing program to generate Purchase Orders (PO's) or GSA Schedule Task or Delivery Orders.
  • →Negotiates contract modifications and the terms and cost of changes to contracts.
  • →Engages management and contracting officers on contracting actions, procedures, and policy matters.
  • →Performs the full range of contract specialist duties necessary to award, administer, and close out a variety of contract types, including fixed-price, cost, time and materials, and labor hours.
  • →Prepares pre-award and post-award documents, responsibility determinations, waivers, justification, and approvals for other than full and open competition, determinations, and findings.
  • →Generates a variety of procurement actions via GSA federal supply schedules, UNICOR, GWAC, agency BPA's and commercial sources in the open market while also applying Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Socioeconomic Programs where appropriate.

Requirements

  • ✓All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S.
  • ✓Department of Education.
  • ✓For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see www.ed.gov Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.
  • ✓It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials.
  • ✓More information may be found at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html All documentation must be in English or include an English translation. https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Personality Fit

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