Assistant Contract Specialist/Contract Specialist (Level I and Level II)

Assistant Contract Specialist - With education and SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year of experience that provided an understanding of the basic principles and concepts of procurement business and/or contracting program requirements.

Contract Specialist Level I - With education and SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year of contracting experience (government or private sector) at the assistant contracting level, that provided the candidate to demonstrate the ability to execute a majority of the following: negotiate and award large purchase requirements; prepare and issue request for proposals; demonstrate knowledge of competitive range determinations; evaluate proposals and prepare contract action clearance documentation; present case to award large purchases; debrief unsuccessful offerors or prepare appropriate documentation to provide debriefing information.

Contract Specialist Level II - With education and SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Two years of progressive contracting experience (government or private sector) which provided the candidate to demonstrate the ability execute a majority of the following independently: independently negotiate and award technical or complex purchase requirements; independently prepare and issue request for proposals; independently conduct negotiations with offeror; independently prepare appropriate correspondence; first-hand knowledge and experience with competitive range determinations; independently evaluate proposals and prepare contract action/contract review board memorandums; present case to award large purchases to contract review board; debrief unsuccessful offeror and/or independently prepare appropriate documentation to provide debriefing information to unsuccessful offeror. Candidates in 1102 series positions for at least 2 years will be considered to have met the education requirements for this position.