- Position Title
- CONTRACT SPECIALIST - DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY
- Agency
- Export-Import Bank of the United States
- Announcement Number
- D23-SB-11862737-ADS Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, March 2, 2023 to Thursday, March 16, 2023
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Eligibilities
1.
US Citizen - Are you a US citizen (either by birth or naturalization) or national of the United States?
2.
Current or Former Political Appointees - The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. 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?
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Are you a current or former Schedule A or Schedule C political appointee, or an 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 political appointee or non-career SES Executive Branch employee?
Are you a current or former political appointee as described under 5 U.S.C. sections 5312 through 5316?
-OR-
Are you a current or former Schedule A or Schedule C political appointee, or an appointee who serves/served in a political capacity under agency-specific authority in the Executive Branch?
-OR-
Are you a current or former political appointee or non-career SES Executive Branch employee?
Assessment 1
Your resume and other supporting documents must support the responses you select (Failure to provide a response below may result in further lack of consideration for this announcement).
1.
Choose the one answer that best describes how you meet the basic education requirement for the Contract Specialist, GS-1102-13
2.
Do you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service or other equivalent pay system that has equipped you to perform the major duties of this position? Examples of specialized experience includes:
• Experience overseeing pre- and post- award procurement and contract actions for a various supplies, services, and equipment of a Federal agency;
• Experience implementing processes and policy improvements for contract operations, administration of various contract types, monitoring and evaluating contract performance;
• Experience negotiating and administering contract while ensuring contracts are in compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), federal laws, guidelines, executive orders; AND
• Experience evaluating bids and proposals, recommending contract awards, preparing award documents, and negotiating contract modifications.
• Experience overseeing pre- and post- award procurement and contract actions for a various supplies, services, and equipment of a Federal agency;
• Experience implementing processes and policy improvements for contract operations, administration of various contract types, monitoring and evaluating contract performance;
• Experience negotiating and administering contract while ensuring contracts are in compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), federal laws, guidelines, executive orders; AND
• Experience evaluating bids and proposals, recommending contract awards, preparing award documents, and negotiating contract modifications.
3.
Please indicate which position(s) on your resume supports this response (include title, agency/organization, dates of experience (month/year to month/year) DO NOT COPY AND PASTE RESUME or state 'REFER TO RESUME'.
4.
Have you served as a warranted Contracting Officer? If yes, please include a copy of the warrant with your application materials to be considered.
5.
Do you currently possess a FAC-C (Professional) certification OR Level II FAC-C, Level II DAWIA Contracting or acceptable equivalent required, and must obtain Level III FAC-C within 12 months. If yes, please include the certificate with your application materials to be considered.
6.
Select the one statement that most accurately reflects your experience with respect to Federal contracting or procurement.
7.
Select the one statement that most accurately reflects your experience with respect to determining procurement methods.
8.
Have you established technical tradeoffs to cost/price or other factors as part of a negotiated contracting process?
9.
Have you had experience working with and overseeing CORs?
10.
Have you had experience overseeing the work of lower-level contract specialists, reviewed their work product for contract requests of supplies, equipment, and services?
11.
Have you established recommendations in response to a contract protest or claim?
12.
Select the one statement that most accurately reflects your experience with respect to contracting trend analysis.
13.
Select the one statement that most accurately reflects your experience with respect to customer service.
14.
Select the one statement that most accurately reflects your experience using electronic contract writing, award reporting, financial systems inputs, and their interfaces.
15.
Select the one statement that most accurately reflects your experience with electronic reporting, contractor performance reporting, electronic records, and metrics tracking systems.
16.
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 all supporting materials, including my resume, 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 cancelled; 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 I will not be considered for employment if I do not respond "Yes" to this certification item.