USAJOBS · 9 hours ago
Supervisory Contracting Officer
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$144K/yr - $187K/yr
5+ years expThe Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is seeking a Supervisory Contracting Officer who will oversee full pre- and post-award duties as the agency's procurement expert. The role involves coordinating with teams, reviewing specifications, resolving issues, and managing complex contracts while providing advisory services to senior agency officials.
ConsultingGovernmentHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyInternetStaffing Agency
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Supervises a staff of a contracting specialist and oversee contract support staff
Performs all aspects of contracting transactions for procurements that include a wide array of complex professional and technical services or products where there is a lack of precedent and experience, such as for the production of prototype equipment or systems, or for research and development functions
Maintains complete authority for all contractual actions and phases of the program including initial planning, requirements definition, advanced and engineering development, testing, prototype procurement, initial production, full production, technical data, and training equipment and materials
Serves as a lead negotiator and principal expert on complex and unique contract types, terms, and conditions
Provides guidance and interprets contract terms and conditions, modifications, requests for equitable adjustments and claims, and contract administration remedies
Assists in strategic planning/organizational performance assessments by working on agency-wide task forces, workgroups, and committees
Oversees the development and recommendations of contracting policies in a functional area of procurement, e.g., pre-award or price/cost analysis, including responsibility for formulating guidelines, implementing new developments, and providing policy interpretation to subordinate contracting activities
Develop and publish Directive and Operating Procedures (SOP) and ensures that they are current and comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs), executive Orders (EOs) and recent policies
Provides management and oversight in issuing procurement policy books, directives, and other documents
Advises management and contracting officers on matters pertaining to contracting actions, including contracting procedures and policy interpretation in day-to-day contact and through formal correspondence
Serves as the agency-wide expert in a functional area of procurement, e.g., pre-award issues or price/cost analysis and post award issues, responsible for providing expert technical advice and guidance, staff coordination, and consultation
Performs work associated with the analysis of automated contracting systems, or with providing advice and guidance on contracting and procurement issues including procurement using small/disadvantaged businesses
Qualification
Required
US Citizenship is required
Suitable for Federal employment, determined by background investigation
Must pass a pre-employment drug screening
Direct Deposit of pay is required
Selective Service registration required for male applicants, unless exempt
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 of 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
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 4
When filling a specific vacant position, the senior procurement executive of the selecting agency, at his or her discretion, may waive any or all of the requirements of Paragraphs 1 and 2 above if the senior procurement executive certifies that the applicant possesses significant potential for advancement to levels of greater responsibility and authority, based on demonstrated analytical and decision-making capabilities, job performance, and qualifying experience
At the GS-14 level, you must meet the following qualification: One (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-13) in the Federal Service that has given you the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties the position
Specialized experience for this position defined as: Applied contracting principles, laws, regulations and procedures sufficient to plan, develop, implement, and maintain all aspects of one or more major systems contracts; Provided expert technical leadership, staff coordination, and consultation by applied knowledge of a procurement functional area; Formulated guidelines, implementing new developments, and providing policy interpretation; Performed in-depth evaluations of acquisition data and technical capabilities, or the performance, of the contractor anticipating problems and providing advice to project personnel on effective implementation and time frames required
Directly related experience must have involved applying contracting principles, laws, regulations and procedures sufficient to plan, develop, implement, and maintain all aspects of contracting
Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b)
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications
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