CONTRACT SPECIALIST

About the company

You will serve as a CONTRACT SPECIALIST in the NUCLEAR & SHOP SUPPORT BRANCH (CODE 410.0), CONTRACTING DIVISION of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Your tasks

• You will review requests for the procurement of complex equipment and/or services.
• You will prepare solicitation documents.
• You will incorporate provisions such as cost accounting standards, requirements for technical proposals with appropriate weighting factors, testing procedures, cost escalation factors, cost data requirements, and socioeconomic programs.
• You will award contracts within delegated contracting officer authority or recommend award to the contracting officer outside delegated authority.
• You will assist contract administration offices in the administration of contracts including performance of termination actions, until final delivery and payments are completed and the contract is closed and retired.
• You will negotiate contract modifications.
• You will close out the contract or issue termination notices and review settlement proposals.
• You will serve as the principal contact for the contract and represent the command in conferences with industry, and State and local government pertaining to the procurement.

Requirements

GS-09: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience interpreting and applying Federal, departmental or agency, and local contract laws, regulations and procedures applicable to acquisition and contract administration; Experience analyzing the cost/technical/risk tradeoffs of proposals. Experience using negotiation techniques with potential contractors. Experience with varied automated systems, including Procurement Desktop Defense System (SPS), web based Federal Procurement Data System - Next Generation (FPDS-NG), Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel sufficient to support making and documenting buys.

GS-07: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience interpreting and applying Federal, departmental or agency, and local contract laws, regulations and procedures applicable to acquisition and contract administration; Experience assisting with analyzing the cost/technical/risk tradeoffs of proposals. Experience using negotiation techniques with potential contractors. Experience with varied automated systems, including Procurement Desktop Defense System (SPS), web based Federal Procurement Data System - Next Generation (FPDS-NG), Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel sufficient to support making and documenting buys.

Applicant must meet the following Department of Defense qualification requirements for 1102 contracting positions: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/DoD_Qualification_Standard_For_GS-1102.pdf And the title 10 requirements found here: http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1724&num=0&edition=prelim

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Applicants must meet the following Basic Education Requirement of the Department of Defense Qualification Standard for Contracting Positions: A bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees. NOTE: The education requirement listed above applies only to individuals entering DoD GS-1102 positions on or after October 1, 2000. Current civilian personnel in DoD who occupied GS-1102 positions or contracting positions with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold in an Executive Department on or before September 30, 2000 are exempt from meeting this requirement. Current military members who occupied a similar occupational specialty to the GS (or equivalent) 1102 or before September 30, 2000 are also exempt from meeting this requirement. Applicants may substitute the following education for the required experience, provided it demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the position: GS-09: Completion of 2 full academic years of progressively higher level education or completion of a Master's or equivalent graduate degree or LL.B. or J.D. GS-07: Completion of 1 full academic year of graduate education or completion of 1 full year of law school or completion of a bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement. COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be combined to meet the total qualification requirements. Are you using your education to qualify? For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned). Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications