Contract Specialist GS 7-9
This position is part of the Office of Environmental Management - Headquarters, Department of Energy. As a Contract Specialist, you will be assigned to any Unit, Branch or Office within DOE to provide professional contracting support to procurements for DOE programs, projects or initiatives.
As a GS-07 Contract Specialist, you will:
- Serve as a professional contract specialist and performs contracting work of limited scope and complexity in support of DOE projects assigned to higher grade contract specialists.
- Perform assignments designed to provide experience and knowledge in all phases of award, administration and termination of contracts.
- Plan work procedures and selects standard practices and data to be applied to each contracting assignment and identified problems. Conducts a variety of routine, limited analyses requiring professional knowledge of contract management.
- Assist in developing appropriate solicitation packages that meet all legal, regulatory, and policy requirements in response to the needs of DOE.
- As a GS-09 Contract Specialist, you will:Serve as a contract specialist processing requisitions and determining the appropriate method of procurement.
- Utilize the DOE contract writing system to process requisitions and contract actions.
- Collaborate with a senior specialist or supervisor to determine the adequacy and completeness of description of the work, which involves research of various manuals and catalogs, or discussions with manufacturer's representatives or requisitioning sources to identify and initiate corrective actions.
- Work with a senior specialist to ensure compliance with the specifications on advertised procurements and recommends award in accordance with the evaluation factors established in the solicitation, lowest priced technically acceptable proposal, for example. For negotiated procurements, (generally following FAR Part 15 procedures), the incumbent contacts offerors or contractors to negotiate with the offeror based on the submitted proposal the terms and conditions of the contract.