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CONTRACT SPECIALIST (Title 5)
Army National Guard Units · Posted today
About the Role
This position is located within the USPFO at Camp Mabry in Austin, TX. The primary purpose of this position is to ensure successful market research, acquisition planning, contract award, contract performance management, and interpretation of contract law in order to provide the best, most efficient contracting strategies in support of the organization's vision, mission, goals, and objectives. Texas is one of 9 states with NO state income tax.
What You'll Do
- →As a Contract Specialist with the Texas National Guard, your duties will include, but will not be limited to: Plans the overall approach to meet contracting program objectives for a variety of requirements with multiple complexities.
- →Analyzes difficult/controversial contracting issues, determines, recommends and/or implements course of action which may depart from previous approaches for long-term contract performance or short-term contracts with extremely stringent time frames.
- →Provides business advice and assistance to technical personnel involved in the development of the performance work statement/statement of work/statement of objectives or data requirements.
- →Reviews a diverse variety of requisition packages for adequacy and compliance with administrative, regulatory, and procedural requirements and consistency with current market practices and conditions.
- →Serves as a contracting authority and advisor to management, customers, and contractors in assignment area relative to the market, the industry, specifications, socioeconomic concerns, and similar matters.
- →Performs acquisition planning, along with the program manager/customer, technical, legal, and finance personnel to develop market research, acquisition strategy, milestones, evaluation/source selection criteria, and/or incentive or award fee provisions, as applicable.
- →Exercises experienced judgment, initiative, and resourcefulness to identify regulations and laws which do or do not apply to the particular procurement, to consider financial arrangements and incentives, and to develop justifications for adopting a contractual posture.
- →Oversees the procurement of a wide variety of services, supplies, construction and architect and engineering.
- →Researches, interprets, analyzes, and applies all regulations, business and industry practices, market trends, Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Comptroller General decisions, public law, case law, and precedents.
- →Devises special terms, provisions, clauses, and conditions applicable to the solicitation and contract as required.
- →Ensures that the price schedule is properly structured and determines sources to be solicited.
- →Prepares solicitation, amendment, and contract documents incorporating applicable terms, conditions, provisions and clauses.
- →Receives and performs oversight of quotes/bids/proposals evaluations and determines the acceptability of offers based on an analysis of financial and technical information gained.
- →Executes post-award contract performance management actions on assigned contracts.
Requirements
- ✓Appointment Factor(s): This is a Title 5 Excepted Service position.
- ✓Applicants who meet one of the DoD Priority Placement Program categories below are eligible to apply with this preference.
- ✓The Texas Military Department is an Equal Opportunity employer.
- ✓Direct deposit is mandatory.
- ✓Veterans' preference is applicable to this position.
- ✓Trial period required (see additional information) CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT & NOTES: 1.
- ✓May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments. 2.
- ✓Irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours may be required to support operational requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day. 3.
- ✓Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise. 4.
- ✓The incumbent must meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position. 5.
- ✓The incumbent must meet the continuing acquisition education, training and experience requirements IAW DoDI 5000.66. 6.
- ✓In accordance with the Ethics in Government Act, 1978, incumbent is required to file an OGE Form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, upon appointment and will be required to file annually. 7.
- ✓The incumbent must obtain and maintain secret security clearance. 8.
- ✓Will be required to pass the Contracting Officer Review Board (CORB) and hold a warrant. 9.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 241706c1-adb3-4400-a561-6f198f8e5b61
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