Contract Specialist

If selected, you will serve as a Contract Specialist in the Administrative Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Duties include:

• Reviews requisitions and determines appropriate contract type, competition requirements, and FAR authorities.
• Review market conditions, specifications, technical requirements, and conduct market research.
• Develop procurement plans for the district.
• Prepare all solicitation documents necessary for a variety of contract actions.
• Evaluates offers, performs detailed analysis of offers, and prepares necessary documentation for the contract file.
• Performs complex post-award functions to include resolving protests, issuing final decisions, and processing terminations for convenience or default/cause.
• Review and analyze settlement proposals.
• Negotiate settlements for changes and approve contract payments.
• Analyze contract fund status reports and review expenditures.
• Process travel authorizations, foreign travel packages, and travel vouchers/claims.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

To be qualified for this position, you must meet BOTH the Basic Requirements AND the Minimum Qualifications.

Basic Requirements:

A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a major in any field.
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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.
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You occupy and have occupied a GS-1102, Contract Specialist position in the Federal Government on January 1, 2000, in one of the following grade levels GS-5, GS-7, GS-9, GS-11 or GS-12.

Minimum Qualifications:

GS-11: To be eligible at the GS-11 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized Experience, Education, OR a combination of Education and Experience.

Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level in federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience providing acquisition guidance and assistance regarding procurement requirements, contracting procedures, and acquisition planning, conducting market research, preparing solicitations, requests for quotations, and requests for proposals, reviewing and analyzing audit reports, negotiating with contractors, and reviewing completed official contracts.

Education: 3 full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in one or a combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management.

Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of the first two years.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP):The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.