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LEAD CONTRACT SPECIALIST
U.S. Pacific Fleet · Posted 36 days ago
About the Role
You will serve as a LEAD CONTRACT SPECIALIST in the Contracting Department (Code 400) of PSNS and IMF, located in Bremerton, WA.
What You'll Do
- →You will perform a full range of contracting functions including awarding, administering, negotiating, terminating and closing out various types of cost and fixed price contracts.
- →You will perform or direct in-depth evaluations of financial and technical capabilities or performance of potential contractors.
- →You will oversee and perform the contracting actions necessary for the successful completion of projects or availabilities.
- →You will prepare solicitations in the Standard Procurement System (SPS) or in other procurement systems as may be authorized.
- →You will serve as lead contracting specialist and negotiator.
- →You will plan and execute the negotiation strategy, coordinate contract execution with program and technical analysis teams, and lead negotiations through to conclusion.
- →You will monitor contractor technical performance over the life of the contracts.
- →You will serve as a Team Lead in a senior technical specialist role as a non-management, non-supervisory employee.
- →You will receive work assignments or packages from Supervisory Contract Specialist, review work packages for completeness, and make further workload assignments with their assigned team of contract specialists.
- →You will perform extensive and routine on-the-job training to new employees, interns, and lower level staff members in accordance with established procedures and practices.
- →You will be required to travel to various off-station locations.
Requirements
- ✓Applicants must meet the following Basic Education Requirement of the Department of Defense Qualification Standard for Contracting Positions for GS-13 and above: A.
- ✓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 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.
- ✓Exceptions: Employees in GS-1102 positions will be considered to have met the standard for positions they occupy on January 1, 2000.
- ✓This also applies to positions at the same grade in the same agency or other agencies if the specialized experience requirements are met.
- ✓However, they will have to meet the basic requirements and specialized experience requirements in order to qualify for promotion to a higher grade, unless granted a waiver under Paragraph D.
- ✓With respect to each waiver granted under this Paragraph D, the senior procurement executive must document for the record the basis of the waiver.
- ✓If an individual is placed in a position in an agency on the basis of a waiver, the agency may later reassign that individual to another position at the same grade within that agency without additional waiver action.
Personality Fit
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