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Government
Law Student
$40,684-$58,428/year
Contract Specialist Duties: The candidate assists the requiring activities by serving as a member of acquisition planning teams. Aids requiring activities in performing market research, reviewing specifications and statements of work, and approving acquisition milestone plans. Ensures that specifications and statements of work are prepared in a manner which adequately describes the Government's requirements without restricting competition. Advises technical personnel as to inadequate, ambiguous or vague specifications to avoid Government liability. Performs a complete review of recommended sole-source requirements and conducts necessary market analyses to test the noncompetitive assumptions of requisitions. Recommends the appropriate method of procurement i.e. simplified acquisition procedures, sealed-bidding, negotiations. Advertises all applicable requirements and prepares the solicitation document using agency contract writing systems for issuance, ensuring regulatory and legal sufficiency, and promoting maximum competition. Conducts public bid openings, reviews bids and determines responsiveness and responsibility of low bidder in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements when using sealed bidding. Conducts cost and/or price analysis of offerors' proposals, and considers all information in developing an overall pricing negotiation strategy. Serves as contract administrator on awarded contracts. Resolves problems of delivery, production, quality, inspection, and other pertinent matters. Administers payment provisions of the contract for partial payments, progress and final payments.
Qualification and Experience
Qualifications: For GS-07: The candidate must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05 level. Basic Requirement: Must meet the basic requirement of a four-year course of study leading to a Bachelor's degree with a major in any field OR 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. AND Specialized Experience: Must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-05) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include: Interpret and apply contracting rules, regulations, laws and policies. Prepares required findings and sufficiently documents determinations in this regard. Identifies appropriate negotiation team members; formulates pre-negotiation objectives; and facilitates the negotiation as the chief negotiator. Ensures that specifications and statements of work are prepared in a manner in which adequately describes the Government's requirements without restricting competition. Recommends the appropriate method of procurement i.e simplified acquisition procedures, seal-bidding, negotiations. OR One full academic year of graduate education or law school or superior academic achievement. May substitute education for the experience required for the GS-07 level. OR May also combine education and experience to qualify at the GS-07 level. Note: This job is open to federal employees; current or former competitive service employees that includes merit promotion, CTAP, ICTAP, transfer, and internal to the agency positions; and current employees of agency. Application Deadline: August 29, 2017.
Job Announcement Number: SAOE5-JB-17-VO1997562BU. Apply online. No emails. Visit website for more information.
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