CONTRACT SPECIALIST

CONTRACT SPECIALIST

Department of the Army Army Nional Guard Units

MA ARNG, G6

Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

CONTRACT

SPECIALIST, Position Description Number T5349P02 and is part of the

MA ARNG USPFO

Purchasing and Contracting, Nional Guard. This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position. The unit point of contact and contact phone for this position is: Isao Htori isao.htori.civ@army.mil Learn more about this agency Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

CONTRACT

SPECIALIST, Position Description Number T5349P02 and is part of the

MA ARNG USPFO

Purchasing and Contracting, Nional Guard. This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position. The unit point of contact and contact phone for this position is: Isao Htori isao.htori.civ@army.mil Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/06/2026 to 05/16/2026 Salary $101,375 - $131,790 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Hanscom

AFB, MA 1

vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 1102 Contracting Supervisory stus No Security clearance Secret Drug test No Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

MA-12947687-AR-T5-26-004

Control number 868086400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency Nionwide - Open to all US Citizens Duties Help 1. Plans the overall approach to meet contracting program objectives for a variety of requirements with multiple complexities. Analyzes difficult/controversial contracting issues, determines, recommends and/or implements course of action which may depart from previous approaches for long-term contract performance or short-term contracts with extremely stringent time frames. Provides business advice and assistance to technical personnel involved in the development of the performance work stement/stement of work/stement of objectives or da requirements. Reviews a diverse variety of requisition packages for adequacy and compliance with administrive, regulory, and procedural requirements and consistency with current market practices and conditions. Serves as a contracting authority and advisor to management, customers, and contractors in assignment area relive to the market, the industry, specificions, socioeconomic concerns, and similar mters. Performs acquisition planning, along with the program manager/customer, technical, legal, and finance personnel to develop market research, acquisition stregy, milestones, evaluion/source selection criteria, and/or incentive or award fee provisions, as applicable. Exercises experienced judgment, initiive, and resourcefulness to identify regulions and laws which do or do not apply to the particular procurement, to consider financial arrangements and incentives, and to develop justificions for adopting a contractual posture. Prepares required documents to support solicition issuance and reviews and advises less experienced specialists in the preparion of documents. Determines approprie method of procurement, contract type, and financing arrangements to fit special circumstances. Reviews and evalues requisitions for which previous experience and historical da are not usually directly available or applicable such as complex services, architect and engineering services or environmental reled construction. Reviews procurement requests to determine whether, based on market analysis, the requirement can be performed by and should be set aside for small businesses; actively solicits Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business, HUB Zone Small Business, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business participion. Reviews and may sign justificion for limiting competition procurements. Procurements usually involve a variety of complexities such as socioeconomic considerions, source selections, and special handling provisions or other specialized terms and conditions, unfavorable market conditions, complex contracts, and limited competition, difficult-to-define scopes of work, legal conditions, and rigid deadlines causing additional complicions. Resolves problems which limit competition and discourage potential offering parties in order to increase small business participion. Obtains required business clearances and/or approvals as necessary. Conducts site s/pre-proposal/pre-bid conferences. Serves as point of contact for assigned procurements. This position may be required to perform supervisory personnel functions including the assignment of duties, participes in the interviews and selection of employees, schedules and approves leave, provides training, evalues performance, inities action to upgrade positions, and resolves disciplinary problems. Supports and takes affirmive action with considerion of Equal Employment Opportunity in all aspects of personnel actions. (30%) 2. Oversees the procurement of a wide variety of services, supplies, construction and architect and engineering. Researches, interprets, analyzes, and applies all regulions, business and industry practices, market trends, Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Comptroller General decisions, public law, case law, and precedents. Devises special terms, provisions, clauses, and conditions applicable to the solicition and contract as required. Ensures th the price schedule is properly structured and determines sources to be solicited. Prepares solicition, amendment, and contract documents incorporing applicable terms, conditions, provisions and clauses. Receives and performs oversight of quotes/bids/proposals evaluions and determines the acceptability of offers based on an analysis of financial and technical informion gained. Conducts price or cost analysis as needed. Recommends or determines the competitive range. Formules negotiion stregies and identifies areas subject to negotiion (e.g., price, quantity discounts, packaging, payment discounts, transportion, and delivery). Prepares pre-negotiion positions and memoranda based on audit and/or technical recommendions. Performs other duties as assigned. The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description. For more details, please contact the POC listed above. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. Favorable background check is required. Position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program. PCS expenses will not be paid. Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov. Veteran's Preference will apply. DD Form 214's are required for Veteran's Preference. If claiming Veteran's Preference for disability a Disability VA letter and SF-15 must also be submitted. Visit help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/unique-hiring-phs/veterans to learn more about Veteran's Preference. The incumbent must obtain and maintain secret security clearance. The incumbent must meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position. The incumbent must meet the continuing acquisition educion, training and experience requirements IAW DoDI 5000.66. In accordance with the Ethics in Government Act, 1978, incumbent is required to file an OGE Form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, upon appointment and required to file annually. Must meet certificion requirements, DAWIA Professional certificion, within 36 months of placement in the 1102 series. Qualificions

AREA OF CONSIDERATION

: Nionwide - Open to all US Citizens

MANDATORY EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

Must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited educional institution authorized to grant baccalauree degrees.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

: Must have experience in positions supporting competencies in business, finance, risk management, project management, or supply chain management. Experience must include competencies such as skill in collecting and analyzing da and the ability to communice clearly and effectively and other professional competencies in procurement administrion or purchase card management.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

: Must have least one year of contracting experience the GS-11 level. Must have specialized experience demonstring the following: (1) Performing acquisition planning including market research and knowledge of a wide variety of contracting methods th sisfy mission needs and meet customer requirements, (2) Advising Contracting Officer Representives and advising customers on procurement preparion and development of contractually acceptable specificions, work stements, and quality assurance criteria, (3) Reviewing procurement requests to assure clarity, adequacy, and completeness, and (4) Reviewing contract terms and technical specificions to identify any special requirements.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE

: Credit given for approprie unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of months/years.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE

: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills th can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion Must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited educional institution authorized to grant baccalauree degrees. Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ). To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nionwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vaced, depending on the course of ongoing litigion, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the

COVID-19

vaccinion requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccinion for Federal Employees. Federal agencies may request informion regarding the vaccinion stus of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols reled to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 An employee of an agency may not request, in oral or written form, th an applicant for an appointment to a position in the civil service disclose criminal history record informion regarding the applicant before the appointing authority extends a conditional offer to the applicant. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other informion, to an agency within 30 calendar days of the de of the alleged non-compliance by an employee of an agency. To file a complaint please click this link and scroll to the bottom of the page for more informion. 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. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. Once the applicion process is complete, a review of resume and supporting documention made and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and/or experience, you may lose considerion for this position. 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 Resume must be submitted with the following informion: Your name and contact informion. Work Experience section of your resume must include: Name of the organizion you worked . Job title you held the organizion. Start and end des for the position (des must have month and year) . Bulleted stements regarding duties you performed in the position. Be clear and concise in sting your duties, we will not make any assumptions regarding your experience. Your bulleted stements should reflect th you have the required specialized experience described in this announcement. If your position was in the civil service, include the grade and series for the position. If applicable, include

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experience. Enter your MOS, bulleted stements of duties, and start and end des (des must have month and year) . Educion and certifices if applicable. Include name of school, degree, or certifice, start and end des. Part-Time, unpaid, volunteer work if applicable. Include duties and responsibilities and start and end des ( des must have month and year)

IMPORTANT

Resumes th exceed 2 pages cannot be For additional informion regarding resume requirements : https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/applicion/documents/resume/page-limit Unofficial Transcripts - Must upload a transcript indicing a Bachelor's Degree was achieved. (An official transcript may be required before being hired.) Veteran's Preference - If applicable and claiming Veteran's Preference, you must upload documention to support your Veteran's Preference claim to include your DD-214 indicing the type of discharge. If claiming Veteran's Preference for a disability, you must submit a VA Disability letter and SF-15 supporting your disability claim. Priority Placement Program (PPP) Applicants - If claiming PPP stus you must submit required documention as sted below: DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG)

Technicians:

A copy of the "Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received showing you are no longer eligible for military or NG membership (through no fault of your own) and th you have completed least 15 years of technician service and a minimum of 20 years of service creditable for non-regular retirement. Priority Placement Program DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG)

Preference Eligible Technician Receiving Disability Retirement:

A copy of the "Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician Disability PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received th stes you are no longer eligible for Reserve membership due to a service-connected disability. Priority Placement Program (PPP)

DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible:

A copy of the "Retained Grade PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as a RIF change-to-lower-grade notice, and an SF-50 reflecting your RIF change to lower grade. 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 To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12947687 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package.

IMPORTANT

Your resume cannot exceed 2 pages. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion Pricia Fields pricia.fields3.civ@army.mil Address

MA ARNG USPFO

Purchasing and Contracting 2 Randolph Road Hanscom

AFB, MA 01731 US

Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding 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 Resume must be submitted with the following informion: Your name and contact informion. Work Experience section of your resume must include: Name of the organizion you worked . Job title you held the organizion. Start and end des for the position (des must have month and year) . Bulleted stements regarding duties you performed in the position. Be clear and concise in sting your duties, we will not make any assumptions regarding your experience. Your bulleted stements should reflect th you have the required specialized experience described in this announcement. If your position was in the civil service, include the grade and series for the position. If applicable, include

TRADITIONAL GUARDSMEN

experience. Enter your MOS, bulleted stements of duties, and start and end des (des must have month and year) . Educion and certifices if applicable. Include name of school, degree, or certifice, start and end des. Part-Time, unpaid, volunteer work if applicable. Include duties and responsibilities and start and end des ( des must have month and year)

IMPORTANT

Resumes th exceed 2 pages cannot be For additional informion regarding resume requirements : https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/applicion/documents/resume/page-limit Unofficial Transcripts - Must upload a transcript indicing a Bachelor's Degree was achieved. (An official transcript may be required before being hired.) Veteran's Preference - If applicable and claiming Veteran's Preference, you must upload documention to support your Veteran's Preference claim to include your DD-214 indicing the type of discharge. If claiming Veteran's Preference for a disability, you must submit a VA Disability letter and SF-15 supporting your disability claim. Priority Placement Program (PPP) Applicants - If claiming PPP stus you must submit required documention as sted below: DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG)

Technicians:

A copy of the "Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received showing you are no longer eligible for military or NG membership (through no fault of your own) and th you have completed least 15 years of technician service and a minimum of 20 years of service creditable for non-regular retirement. Priority Placement Program DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG)

Preference Eligible Technician Receiving Disability Retirement:

A copy of the "Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician Disability PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received th stes you are no longer eligible for Reserve membership due to a service-connected disability. Priority Placement Program (PPP)

DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible:

A copy of the "Retained Grade PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as a RIF change-to-lower-grade notice, and an SF-50 reflecting your RIF change to lower grade. 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 To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12947687 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package.

IMPORTANT

Your resume cannot exceed 2 pages. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Pricia Fields pricia.fields3.civ@army.mil Address

MA ARNG USPFO

Purchasing and Contracting 2 Randolph Road Hanscom

AFB, MA 01731 US

Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding 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 05/06/2026 to 05/16/2026 Salary $101,375 - $131,790 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Hanscom

AFB, MA 1

vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

MA-12947687-AR-T5-26-004

Control number 868086400