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Position Title
CONTRACT SPECIALIST
Agency
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Announcement Number
IMP-10894604-20-KDF Opens in new window
Open Period
Thursday, August 20, 2020 to Wednesday, January 13, 2021
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Are you currently employed as a permanent competitive service employee in the Department of the Navy, Major Command listed in the 'This job is open to' section at the top of the job opportunity announcement?

If you are:
  • Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 will show the Major Command in block 46 (e.g.  "Major Command Name [NVXX]") AND
  • Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 will reflect career or career-conditional: Tenure 1 or 2 in box 24 AND
  • Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 must reflect your status in the competitive service: Position Occupied is 1 in box 34 (Unless you are on a permanent VRA appointment then it will show a 2 in box 34).

If you answer yes to this question, you are required to submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 showing you are employed at this major command in the competitive service AND the SF-50 reflecting the highest grade held if not reflected on your most recent SF-50. Failure to submit this documentation with your application will result in a rating of ineligible. If you are serving on an excepted service veterans recruitment appointment (VRA) you must ALSO submit an SF-50 showing your conversion or appointment to the excepted service VRA appointment (Authority code in block 5-C will be J8M).

PLEASE NOTE: If you are applying for a higher grade than the grade that you currently hold and the SF-50 you submit to support your eligibility claim has an effective date within the past year, it will not clearly show that you meet the one-year time-in-grade requirement. Be sure to provide an additional SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within Rate/Grade Increases (WRI/WGI), and appointment/conversion SF-50s with an effective date more than one-year old).

If you are a DoD employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF- 50(s) from MyBiz. Failure to provide documentation that fully supports your claim will result in a rating of ineligible.
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2. Are you the spouse of a relocating Armed Forces member?  If yes, please confirm the following:

I am a military spouse who is currently married to my active duty sponsor. I am exercising my preference eligibility for positions within the local commuting area of my sponsor's current duty station.  I certify that I have not accepted nor declined a permanent, continuing Federal or non-appropriated fund position in the local commuting area of our current duty location. 

NOTE 1:  Military spouses are eligible for one permanent noncompetitive appointment using their preference eligibility for the duration of the active duty sponsor's assignment to a permanent duty station, as long as the military spouse has not declined or accepted a permanent Federal or non-appropriated fund position in the commuting area of the sponsor's current duty location.  If you certify that you have not used your preference at your sponsor's current duty location and it is discovered to be untrue, you may be subject to loss of MSP and possible disciplinary action. 

NOTE 2:  You must include a completed copy of the UPDATED Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist found here along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility for MSP. Acceptable documentation of your preference eligibility includes at a minimum: A copy of the PCS orders, and your marriage certificate or license.

Failure to provide this documentation will result in a rating of ineligible.
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Preferences
1. Select the locations you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location. (limit characters)
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2. Would you accept a temporary appointment? (limit characters)
3. Where did you hear about this job? We know you saw this announcement on USAJOBS, but did you hear about it somewhere else first?

Please tell us where you first heard about this job.
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4. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. A recent or former political appointee is defined as someone who held a political appointment covered by OPM's policy within the previous 5-year period. If you are currently employed, or have been employed within the last 5 years, in any one of the categories below, you must disclose this information. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.

Are you a current or former political appointee as described under 5 U.S.C. sections 5312 through 5316 (relating to the Executive Schedule)?
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Are you a current or former Schedule A, Schedule C, or appointee who serves/served in a political capacity under agency-specific authority in the Executive Branch?
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Are you a current or former non-career SES, Limited Term SES, or Limited Emergency SES in the Executive Branch?
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Are you a current or former political appointee in the Executive Branch?

For more information see https://www.chcoc.gov/content/political-appointees-and-career-civil-service-positions-3
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Assessment 1
1. This position is 100% TDY to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa. Are you willing to serve in this TDY position in South Africa for at least 1 Year? (limit characters)
2. Please select one response that best describes how you meet the basic education requirement for the GS-1102, Contracting Series. (limit characters)
3. Please select one response that best describes how you meet the minimum qualifications for a GS-1102-12, CONTRACT SPECIALIST. (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
4. Conduct price and cost analysis to determine reasonableness of price to make recommendations for the award. (limit characters)
5. Execute modifications to change contract requirements and administer contracts after award. (limit characters)
6. Manage pre-award functions for procurements involving contracts of specialized services, systems, or facilities construction. (limit characters)
7. Administer orders or contracts by monitoring contract performance, preparing modifications, and determining the necessary course of action to comply with terms and conditions or resolve issues impacting contract performance. (limit characters)
8. Monitor contract performance to ensure conformance with contract terms and conditions. (limit characters)
9. Oversee contracts by monitoring contract performance, preparing modifications, and determining the necessary course of action to comply with terms. (limit characters)
10. Conduct procurement or contract negotiations or procurement/contract discussions that result in mutually acceptable outcomes (e.g., contract modifications, supplementary agreements, and settlements form change orders). (limit characters)
11. Determine pre-negotiation position and preparing for negotiations or discussion by reviewing audits and technical reports. (limit characters)
12. Evaluate responses to solicitations to determine the probability of meeting requirements. (limit characters)
13. Prepare price negotiation memoranda and reports. (limit characters)
14. Analyze contract prices or cost including the proposal to determine reasonableness in accordance with the scope of the work. (limit characters)
15. Evaluate price and cost data for assessments of contractor responsibility and contractor performance. (limit characters)
16. Review specifications, previous contract actions, proposals, and other documentation to estimate probable contract award, performance timeframes, labor, and costs. (limit characters)
17. Attend pre-solicitation conferences and site visits with potential contractors to clarify requirements. (limit characters)
18. Conduct solicitation and analyze contractor proposals by comparing them against previous expenditures and established rates. (limit characters)
19. Develop procurement planning documentation, statements of work, or solicitations for a variety of contracts types. (limit characters)
20. Perform pre-award contract activities (e.g., market research, solicitation for competitive bids, reviewing justification for sole source, evaluation of offers, evaluating sealed bids and awarding contract to responsible bidder) to support procurement program goals and objectives. (limit characters)
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21. Do you certify that all of your responses to this questionnaire are true and accurate; and do you accept that if your supporting documentation does not support one or more of your responses to the questionnaire that your application may be rated lower or you may be removed from further consideration? (limit characters)