Contract Specialist

Contract Specialist Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System Summary Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. Learn more about this agency Summary Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/01/2026 to 05/08/2026 Salary $64,771

• $93,213 per year Pay scale & grade GL 07
• 09 Locion Fort Devens, MA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
• Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 09 Job family (Series) 1102 Contracting Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

DEV-2026-0060

Control number 867616100 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency

• BOP Reassignment Eligible nionwide are those who are not required to "compete". The full performance level of this position determines your eligibility.
• DOJ Surplus and Displaced (CTAP) Employees in the local commuting area.

Duty Locion:

FMC Devens, MA Duties Help Responsible for performing all aspects of procurement transactions up to and including awards. Primary responsibility involves the administrion and execution of personal service contracts, non-personal service contracts, formally advertised and negotied procurement involving a wide range of merials, services and equipment. Responsible for meeting with contractor's representives to negotie formal contracts. Prepares and submits various procurement reports required by General Services Administrion, Department of Justice, etc. Responsible for developing new sources of supply by stimuling interest in the bidding. Prepares, evalues and administers complex procurement actions such as the following: firm fixed price with redeterminion or escalion provisions, cost sharing, fixed price incentive, etc. Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with the responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is Required. See Special Conditions of Employment Section. Career Transition Programs ( CTAP ): These programs apply to Federal and/or DOJ employees who meet the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1. Meet CTAP eligibility criteria; 2. Be red well-qualified for the position, scoring least half of the total possible points for the vacancy KSAs or competencies; and 3. Submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP eligibility: A copy of the agency notice (i.e., separion notice or agency RIF letter), Most recent performance appraisal, and Most recent SF-50 showing current/former position, grade, promotion potential, and duty locion. See USAJOBS' Career Transition Programs for more informion.

NOTE:

Applicants claiming CTAP eligibility must complete all assessment questions to be red under the established ranking criteria.

EEO Stement/Policy:

The United Stes government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service or other non-merit factor. More informion can be found here: https://www.justice.gov/jmd/media/1425556/dl?inline. Qualificions To be considered for the position, you must meet the following:

Basic Requirements:

A. A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a major in any field. A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is defined as possession of a bachelor's degree conferred or approved by an accredited U.S. college or university based on a 4 year course of study. Simply being enrolled and working toward a degree does not meet the qualificion standard. OR B. At 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. AND In addition to the basic requirements, you must have one of the following:

Educion:

GL-07: One (1) full academic year of gradue educion or law school or superior academic achievement. GL-09 Two (2) full academic years of progressively higher level gradue educion or masters or equivalent gradue degree or LL.B. or J.D.

Gradue Educion:

To qualify for GS-1102 positions on the basis of gradue educion, gradue educion in one or a combinion of the following fields is required: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitive methods, or organizion and management.

Acceptability of Higher Educion:

Educion such as foreign educion, home study and correspondence courses, academic credit for work experience, military educion, continuing educion units, life experience, etc, is acceptable to the extent th it is determined to be equivalent to conventional higher educion program of U.S. institutions. Such educion must be accepted for college level credit by an accredited U.S. college or university. Exception to

Mandory Educion Requirement:

Employees in GS-1102 positions considered to have met the standard for positions they occupy on January 1, 2000. Employees who occupy GS-1102 positions grades 5 through 12 considered to have met the basic requirements for other GS-1102 positions up to and including those classified the GS-12. This includes positions other agencies and promotions up through grade 12. However, employees must meet specialized experience requirements when seeking another position.

NOTE:

Current federal employees not employed by the Bureau of Prison and former Bureau of Prison Employees MUST submit documention (i.e., SF-50(s) covering the period from January 1, 2000) for verificion of the above referenced exception criteria to receive considerion. Failure to provide these documents will result in non-considerion for this vacancy.

OR Experience:

GL-07 and GL-09: You must have least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualificions to perform successfully the duties of the position and must typically be in or reled to the position to be filled. Some examples of qualifying experience are: GL-07: Experience procuring supplies or services primarily through formal advertising, or through limited use of negotiion techniques. Experience reviewing requisitions to determine proper specificions or purchase descriptions are included in solicition documents. Experience evaluing bids or proposals for compliance with specificions or purchase descriptions and applicable clauses. Experience meeting with commercial representives to discuss procurement needs, quality of items or services, current market prices, or delivery schedules. Experience in coordining contracting activities, obtaining wage informion, requesting audit reports or pre-award surveys, and obtaining clearances. GL-09: Experience reviewing requisitions and determining approprie method of procurement, i.e. formal advertising or negotiion. This includes citing the authority in determinions and findings reports. Experience developing procurement plans by reviewing previous history, market conditions, and specificions or technical da packages. Experience in preparing and issuing solicition documents, selecting approprie clauses to complete specificions. Experience performing detailed analysis of bids or proposals received including insuring strict compliance with specificions on advertised procurement, and recommending award to lowest bidder providing such compliance. Experience drafting final contract including specificions, packing and shipping requirements, inspection instruction, and all other special and standard clauses.

OR Combinion of Educion and Experience:

GL-07 and GL-09: Have a combinion of educion and experience. This experience must have equipped you with the qualificions to perform the major duties of this position as described above. If applicable, credit given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

• Your eligibility for considerion based on your responses to the questions in the applicion.
• Educion See Qualificions Section for educion requirements, if applicable .

ONLY if educion is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verificion of educional requirement. Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS the time you apply and MUST include identifying informion to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and De Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed a college or university th has obtained accredition or pre-accredition stus from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools th meet this criteria, Click Here .

Foreign Educion:

For informion regarding foreign educion requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition the U.S.

Department of Educion website:

Recognition of Foreign Qualificions . Superior Academic Achievement. (S.A.A.) applicants MUST provide a transcript in order to be considered under

S.A.A. S.A.A.

is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average, or (3) honor society membership. Class standing

• Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduing class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administrion, based on completed courses. Grade-point average (G.P.A.)
• Applicants must have a grade-point average of: 3.

0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of educion, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum. Election to membership in a nional scholastic honor society

• Applicants can be considered eligible based on membership in one of the nional scholastic honor societies recognized by the Associion of College Honor Societies In order to be creditable under this provision, superior academic achievement must have been gained in a curriculum th is qualifying for the position to be filled.

If you are selected for this position and qualified based on educion (i.e. basic educion requirement and/or substitution of educion), you required to provide an

OFFICIAL

transcript prior to your first day on duty. Additional informion In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3307, a maximum entry age of 36 has been established for original appointment to a position in a Bureau of Prisons institution. The representive re for this position is $79,228 per annum ($37.96 per hour).

Special Conditions of Employment Section:

Appointment is subject to sisfactory completion of a urinalysis, physical, and background investigion. All applicants are subject to Nional Crime Informion Center (NCIC) and credit checks. All applicants not currently working in an institution required to complete a qualificion inquiry regarding convictions of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence in order to be authorized to carry a firearm. Successful completion of the "Introduction to Correctional Techniques," three-week training course Glynco, Georgia is required. The addresses listed on the USAJOBS account/resume must be the primary residence the time of applicion. You may be required to provide proof of residence. Additional selections may be made if vacancies occur within the life of the certifice. 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 . 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. If your composite score exceeds the average score for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to your online assessment responses and utilized to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed in this announcement. If your selections are not supported by your applicion merials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this job. If you are found to be among the top candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. There are several parts of the applicion process th affect the overall evaluion of your applicion: Your resume, which is part of your USAJOBS profile; Your responses to the eligibility questions; Your responses to the online assessment; Your supporting documention, if required.

Time-in-Grade:

Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements for considerion. You must meet all qualificion requirements upon the closing de of this announcement. If you applied to more than one grade level, BE ADVISED th you may be selected ANY grade level for which you applied and are found qualified (i.e., if the job is announced the 9/11 grade levels and you apply for the GS/GL-9 and the GS-11,and you are found qualified BOTH grade levels, you may be selected either grade level). Wh Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities are Required for this Position? The following Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's) are required: GL-07 and GL-09: Ability to communice orally. Ability to communice in writing. Knowledge of procurement techniques and contract formulion/administrive procedures. Ability to interpret and apply procurement regulions. You may preview questions for this vacancy. 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 . 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 Failure to provide legible required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD-214, or Transcripts. Resume (limited to 2 pages) must include your name, contact informion, and relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, MOU, etc.). If providing a memorandum, it must follow the form below AND clearly cite the duties performed. To receive credit for experience, your resume and/or any sisfactory evidence must include: Start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND Number of hours worked per week. SF-50: Current or former Federal employees NOT employed by the Bureau of Prisons MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment, tenure group, and salary. If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. If you are applying for a higher grade, and your experience was gained a Federal agency other than the Bureau of Prisons, you MUST provide the SF-50 Form which verifies the length of time you have been in your highest grade and supports your claim for time in grade. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. Current federal employees NOT employed by the BOP and former federal employees MUST submit a copy of their lest yearly performance appraisal/evaluion. Proof of CTAP eligibility , Click Here , if applicable.

College transcript:

includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).

NOTE :

If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day. For more help, USAJOBS Help Center

• Wh should I include in my resume?

We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc. 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 You must apply through the online applicion system www.

USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents. Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your applicion is ineligible for further considerion. Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. USAJOBS Help Center

• How to add a resume to your profile Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded).

All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement. You MUST include the vacancy announcement number on your supporting documention. Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.

Paper applicions:

If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure. If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants . Contact for Assistance in

Applying On-Line:

DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons Consolided Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, TX 75051

E-Mail:

BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov

Phone:

972-352-4200 Agency contact informion CSU Phone 972-352-4200 BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov Address

JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS

Consolided Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 United Stes Next steps We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed. Normally, Selecting Officials will make a selection within 90-days. When deemed necessary, the selection process may be extended up to 180-days from the de the certifice(s) of eligibles (Exception Lists) is genered to make a selection. 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 Failure to provide legible required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD-214, or Transcripts. Resume (limited to 2 pages) must include your name, contact informion, and relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, MOU, etc.). If providing a memorandum, it must follow the form below AND clearly cite the duties performed. To receive credit for experience, your resume and/or any sisfactory evidence must include: Start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND Number of hours worked per week. SF-50: Current or former Federal employees NOT employed by the Bureau of Prisons MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment, tenure group, and salary. If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. If you are applying for a higher grade, and your experience was gained a Federal agency other than the Bureau of Prisons, you MUST provide the SF-50 Form which verifies the length of time you have been in your highest grade and supports your claim for time in grade. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. Current federal employees NOT employed by the BOP and former federal employees MUST submit a copy of their lest yearly performance appraisal/evaluion. Proof of CTAP eligibility , Click Here , if applicable.

College transcript:

includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).

NOTE :

If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day. For more help, USAJOBS Help Center

• Wh should I include in my resume?

We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc. 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 You must apply through the online applicion system www.

USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents. Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your applicion is ineligible for further considerion. Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. USAJOBS Help Center

• How to add a resume to your profile Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded).

All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement. You MUST include the vacancy announcement number on your supporting documention. Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.

Paper applicions:

If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure. If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants . Contact for Assistance in

Applying On-Line:

DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons Consolided Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, TX 75051

E-Mail:

BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov

Phone:

972-352-4200 Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion CSU Phone 972-352-4200 BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov Address

JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS

Consolided Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 United Stes Next steps We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed. Normally, Selecting Officials will make a selection within 90-days. When deemed necessary, the selection process may be extended up to 180-days from the de the certifice(s) of eligibles (Exception Lists) is genered to make a selection. 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 05/01/2026 to 05/08/2026 Salary $64,771

• $93,213 per year Pay scale & grade GL 07
• 09 Locion Fort Devens, MA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
• Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 09 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

DEV-2026-0060

Control number 867616100