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Position Title
PURCHASING AGENT
Agency
Army National Guard Units
Announcement Number
WY-10456608-AR-19-046 Opens in new window
Open Period
Friday, March 22, 2019 to Friday, June 21, 2019
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Eligibilities
1. Current nationwide military/prior members willing and eligible to become National Guard members.  Are you a current military or prior member willing and eligible to become a National Guard member? (limit characters)
2. Are you a current National Guard member within the state for which this position is being advertised? (limit characters)
3. Are you a current Permanent full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Permanent full-time status with the state National Guard.
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4. Are you a current Temporary Indefinite full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Indefinite full-time status with the state National Guard.
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5. Are you a current Temporary full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Temporary full-time status with the state National Guard.
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Preferences
1. Do you understand this a Title 32 Dual Status Excepted Service position that requires dual status membership in a compatible military assignment within the military grade specified? (limit characters)
2. Is your military rank between the grades of E4/SPC and E6/SSG? (limit characters)
3. Do you currently possess a SECRET or are you able to receive a SECRET security clearance within one year of appointment? (limit characters)
4. Do you possess a valid state driver's license? (limit characters)
5. Annotate the response that corresponds to your current military status: (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in completing the Occupational Questionnaire. Your responses to this questionnaire, in conjunction with the other portions of your completed application, will be evaluated in making preliminary screening decisions for this position. Do not overstate or understate your level of experience and capability. You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. Particularly, your resume must support the response to the questions in the Occupational Questionnaire. Additional steps in the selections process are designed to verify your stated level of experience and capability. It is important to note that all of your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire are subject to review and verification. If after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation a determination is made that you have overstated your qualifications and/or experience, you will be rated ineligible. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
1. Do you possess experience education or training in clerical, administrative or technical work which demonstrated knowledge of purchasing procedures, practices, or regulations; or experience which demonstrates ability to meet and deal satisfactorily with others? (limit characters)
2. Do you possess at least 12 months experience, education or training using a variety of purchasing procedures to acquire supplies, services, furniture and equipment; experience with awarding and signing routine purchase contracts; and experience applying previously acquired procurement training to make open market awards for supplies and services AND have at least 32 semester hours of undergraduate credit work with emphasis in business? (limit characters)
Respond to all the questions below. For each question, choose the response below that best describes your experience and/or training. Mark only one response for each question. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provide in your resume or application and information your references provided. For each of the following tasks, chose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or training. Darken the oval corresponding to that statement. Please select only one response for each question. (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
3. Broad knowledge of a body of purchasing regulations, methods, procedures, and business practices to make purchases involving specialized requirements and/or commercial requirements with complicating factors such as hard-to-locate sources, unstable price or product characteristics, many critical characteristics, or urgently needed items, etc. (limit characters)
4. Knowledge of solicitation or purchasing methods to make competitive or sole source small purchases that involve, for example, collecting data to determine price reasonableness for new items, preparing detailed written solicitations, tailoring special terms and conditions, or other matters of similar complexity. (limit characters)
5. Broad knowledge of price evaluation techniques to evaluate prices or costs for requirements with inadequate price history or to evaluate allowable charges for requirements involving special cost features (e.g., per diem, lodging rates, and airfare for purchases that require on-site repair service by nonlocal vendors). (limit characters)
6. Broad knowledge of market sources for a wide range of specialized items or services and typical vendor modes of operation and ways of doing business. (limit characters)
7. Knowledge of various acquisition clauses, such as those pertaining to inspection, acceptance, packaging, or testing to select or tailor clauses for purchases that involve special handling. (limit characters)
8. Knowledge of post award procedures to discuss equitable price adjustments for modifications to a purchase order, determine whether to recommend termination of an accepted purchase order for convenience, or perform similar actions. (limit characters)
9. Knowledge of solicitation or purchasing methods, such as would be acquired through extended training or experience, to make competitive or sole source small purchases that involve collecting data to determine price reasonableness for new items, preparing detailed written solicitations, tailoring special terms and conditions, or other matters of similar complexity. (limit characters)
10. Knowledge of price analysis techniques to evaluate prices or costs for requirements with inadequate price history or evaluate allowable charges for requirements involving special cost features (e.g., per diem, lodging rates, and airfare for purchases that require on-site repair service by nonlocal vendors). (limit characters)
11. Knowledge of various acquisition clauses, such as those pertaining to inspection, acceptance, packaging, or testing to select or tailor clauses for purchases that involve special handling. (limit characters)
12. Knowledge of post award procedures to discuss equitable price adjustments for modifications to a purchase order, determine whether to recommend termination of an accepted purchase order for convenience, or perform similar actions. (limit characters)
Your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification using your resume. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information will be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. If you fail to answer this question, you will be disqualified from consideration for this position. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
13. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be canceled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position. (limit characters)