Contract Specialist

Contract Specialist Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Summary The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) is looking for a highly qualified and motived individual to serve as a Contract Specialist. This announcement may be used to fill other equivalent positions within the FRTIB in the same geographical locion with the same qualificions and specialized experience. Learn more about this agency Summary The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) is looking for a highly qualified and motived individual to serve as a Contract Specialist. This announcement may be used to fill other equivalent positions within the FRTIB in the same geographical locion with the same qualificions and specialized experience. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/07/2026 to 05/18/2026 This job will close when we have received 185 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Learn more Salary $121,785 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 1102 Contracting Supervisory stus No Security clearance Not Required Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

FRTIB-26-DH-07-12950968-KC

Control number 868225800 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Clarificion from the agency All U.S. Citizens - No prior federal experience is required. This position is being filled under the government-wide Direct-Hire Authority for STEM Positions (GW-007). Duties Help Serve as the Agency's subject mter expert on federal acquisition regulions, policies, and contracting best practices. Lead all phases of complex procurements, including negotiing, cost and price analysis, award, and post-award administrion. Advise senior leadership on complex contracting issues with agency-wide impact and high visibility. Resolve complex procurement problems by interpreting regulions, case law, and business risk. Partner with program, legal, and finance teams to develop sound negotiion stregies and acquisition approaches. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position. All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement. Selectees may be required to serve a one-year probionary period. Selective Service registrion is required, if applicable. This position requires completion of a background investigion and meeting federal suitability or clearance requirements. Qualificions To qualify for this position applicants must meet the Basic Experience requirement and the Specialized Experience as described below.

Basic Experience :

Completion of all mandory training prescribed by the head of the agency for progression to GS-13 or higher level contracting positions, including least 4-years experience in contracting or reled positions. At least 1 year of th experience must have been specialized experience or equivalent to work the next lower level of the position, and must have provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the work of the position. AND A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, th included or was supplemented by least 24 semester hours in any combinion of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitive methods, or organizion and management. OR Employees in GS-1102 positions considered to have met the standard for positions they occupy on January 1, 2000. This also applies to positions the same grade in the same agency or other agencies if the specialized experience requirements are met. However, they will have to meet the basic requirements and specialized experience requirements in order to qualify for promotion to a higher grade, unless granted a waiver under Paragraph D.

Specialized Experience :

GS-13 : Applicants must have least one year of full-time specialized work experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the next lower level, GS-12 , in the federal government. Specialized experience is defined as : Developing acquisition stregies and solicition documents to support the planning, competition, and award of contracts for services, or professional support requirements. Evaluing technical and price proposals to determine responsiveness, assess cost and price reasonableness, and support sound award recommendions. Negotiing contract terms, conditions, and pricing to reach agreements th reflect program requirements and ensure best-value outcomes for the organizion. Administering awarded contracts--including monitoring performance, identifying issues, recommending modificions, and closing out contracts upon successful completion of the contract and payment of all outstanding obligions--to ensure contractor compliance with requirements, schedules, and performance standards. Selective Placement Factor Federal Acquisition Certificion in Contracting (FAC-C) (Professional) Applicants must possess an active FAC-C (Professional) the time of applicion. Applicants who do not meet this requirement found ineligible for further considerion. Experience may include paid or unpaid work, including volunteer service, if it demonstres the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. Credit is given based on relevance and amount of experience. A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience credited on the basis of time actually spent in approprie activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indice clearly the nure of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Educion If educion is used to meet qualificion requirements, you must submit transcripts from an accredited U.S. institution or documention showing foreign educion equivalency. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable the time of applicion. Foreign Educion. If you are using educion completed foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in the interpretion of foreign educion programs. Foreign educion must be deemed equivalent to th gained an accredited U.S. educion program. For further informion the U.S. Department of Educion's website concerning foreign qualificions. Additional informion FRTIB offers a comprehensive federal benefits package, including paid leave, health and life insurance, retirement benefits, and work-life flexibility. Additional informion is available : FRTIB Employee Benefits . The FRTIB offices are conveniently loced within a few blocks of the Union Stion metro stion. In addition, prive parking is available in the building the posted daily and monthly res. Relocion expenses are not authorized for this position; however, other recruitment incentives may be authorized. Reasonable Accommodion (RA)

Requests:

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended th would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online applicion. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency-Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualificions of the position, after notificion of the adjudicion of your request, you will receive an email invition to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudicion decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodion for Online Assessments . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. This announcement is using Direct-Hire Authority (DHA) to fill positions where there is a critical hiring need. Under DHA, agencies may hire qualified candides quickly and without using some of the usual competitive hiring procedures. Appointments made under this announcement career or career-conditional appointments in the competitive service. Selectees may be required to serve a one-year probionary period, if applicable. Applicants who meet the basic qualificion requirements for the position may be referred directly to the selecting official for considerion. Under Direct-Hire Authority, the following do not apply: Veterans' preference, and Traditional ring and ranking or cegory ring procedures (such as the "rule of three"). To preview the applicion questionnaire, click on the following link https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12950968 . You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the applicion questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiing Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Contracting/Procurement Cost Estimion and Analysis Problem Solving Negotiion Writing Oral Communicion Planning and Evaluing The USA Hire Assessments includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on an assessment may also result in your removal from considerion. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): Eligible displaced federal competitive service employees may receive selection priority if this vacancy is within their ICTAP eligibility, they apply as instructed and are found Well Qualified . Well Qualified means meeting all basic qualificion requirements and the specialized experience described above. Proof of ICTAP eligibility must be submitted with the applicion. Additional informion is available on OPM's Career Transition website. Fair Chance to

Compete Act:

FRTIB will not request an applicant's criminal history before a conditional offer of employment, except for positions exempt under law. Applicants who believe their rights under the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act were violed may submit a complaint to HumanResourcesDivision@frtib.gov . When a sufficient pool of qualified candides is identified, only those candides referred to the selecting official for further considerion. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Please be advised, the following documents are required even if you are already a current federal employee or employee of the

FRTIB:

1.

Federal Resume Informion:

Your resume may be longer than two pages; however, only the first two pages reviewed when we evalue your qualificions. Anything beyond page two will not be Be sure the first two pages of your resume clearly show the relevant experience you want us to consider, including the start and end des for each job (month, day, and year) and the number of hours you worked each week (for example, 40 hours/week). If your resume does not include this informion, we may not be able to determine whether you qualify, and you may not be considered for this position. If you submit more than one resume, only the most recent version used to evalue your applicion. 2. Responses to the occupional questionnaire. 3. You must submit supporting documents verifying your selection priority eligibility along with your applicion package. Omitting these documents may result in no preference being adjudiced for you. These documents may include, but are not limited to: ICTAP documention. RIF separion notice along with your last performance ring or appraisal. Schedule A documention . A qualifying letter from a doctor's or vocional rehabilition office indicing you are eligible for hire under the Schedule A hiring authority . VA Disability Letter. A letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) confirming th you have a service-connected disability red 30% or more. 4. College transcripts. Transcripts must be legible and possess the school name imprinted on the transcript or be on school letterhead; you may be asked to submit official transcripts upon selection. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources. You may upde your applicion documents and some questions reled to your personal informion any time during the announcement open period. However, you will not be able to make changes to questions reled to assessing the minimum qualificions and competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics) mentioned in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section above. To make an allowed upde to your applicion, return to your USAJOBS account (https://usajobs.gov). There you will find a record of your applicion, the applicion stus, and an option to Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Agency contact informion HR Operions Phone 202-942-1600 hroperions@frtib.gov Address Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board 77 K STREET NE, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20002 US Next steps Once your applicion package is received you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. If your final ring places you among the top candides, your applicion referred to the selecting official for further review. If your name is referred to the selecting official, you may be contacted directly by the office for a possible interview. You may also check the stus of your applicion through your USAJOBS profile. When the entire vacancy announcement process has been completed you will receive notice via email (or by mail if no email address was provided during the applicion process). Please allow least 4-6 weeks after the vacancy has closed to inquire about the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Please be advised, the following documents are required even if you are already a current federal employee or employee of the

FRTIB:

1.

Federal Resume Informion:

Your resume may be longer than two pages; however, only the first two pages reviewed when we evalue your qualificions. Anything beyond page two will not be Be sure the first two pages of your resume clearly show the relevant experience you want us to consider, including the start and end des for each job (month, day, and year) and the number of hours you worked each week (for example, 40 hours/week). If your resume does not include this informion, we may not be able to determine whether you qualify, and you may not be considered for this position. If you submit more than one resume, only the most recent version used to evalue your applicion. 2. Responses to the occupional questionnaire. 3. You must submit supporting documents verifying your selection priority eligibility along with your applicion package. Omitting these documents may result in no preference being adjudiced for you. These documents may include, but are not limited to: ICTAP documention. RIF separion notice along with your last performance ring or appraisal. Schedule A documention . A qualifying letter from a doctor's or vocional rehabilition office indicing you are eligible for hire under the Schedule A hiring authority . VA Disability Letter. A letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) confirming th you have a service-connected disability red 30% or more. 4. College transcripts. Transcripts must be legible and possess the school name imprinted on the transcript or be on school letterhead; you may be asked to submit official transcripts upon selection. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources. You may upde your applicion documents and some questions reled to your personal informion any time during the announcement open period. However, you will not be able to make changes to questions reled to assessing the minimum qualificions and competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics) mentioned in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section above. To make an allowed upde to your applicion, return to your USAJOBS account (https://usajobs.gov). There you will find a record of your applicion, the applicion stus, and an option to Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion HR Operions Phone 202-942-1600 hroperions@frtib.gov Address Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board 77 K STREET NE, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20002 US Next steps Once your applicion package is received you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. If your final ring places you among the top candides, your applicion referred to the selecting official for further review. If your name is referred to the selecting official, you may be contacted directly by the office for a possible interview. You may also check the stus of your applicion through your USAJOBS profile. When the entire vacancy announcement process has been completed you will receive notice via email (or by mail if no email address was provided during the applicion process). Please allow least 4-6 weeks after the vacancy has closed to inquire about the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/07/2026 to 05/18/2026 This job will close when we have received 185 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Salary $121,785 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

FRTIB-26-DH-07-12950968-KC

Control number 868225800