Supervisory Contract Specialist

Supervisory 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 05/13/2026 to 05/28/2026 Salary $74,678 - $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Locion Pollock, LA 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 11 Job family (Series) 1102 Contracting Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Other Drug test Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

SCR-2026-0249

Control number 869204100 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 •

THIS IS A DELEGATED EXAMINING ANNOUNCEMENT OPEN TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS.

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Duty Locion:

FCC Pollock, LA Duties Help Charged with the overall operional and managerial responsibility for the property management, procurement, and contracting program for the institution. Independently executes and administers contracts for supplies, services, or construction. Provides legal interpretion, counseling, training, and guidance in all areas of contract and procurement, including analysis. Analyzes requirements for supplies, equipment, and services for adequacy and obtains additional da from requisitioning activity, as approprie. Determines the most suitable method of procurement and tries to find new ways to improve production while ensuring th all requirements of law, governing regulions, and security policies have been met. Serves as the Administrive Contracting Officer (ACO) to monitor a contractor's performance in relion to the terms and conditions of the contract. 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.

Selective Service Requirement:

http://www.sss.gov Career Transition Programs ( CTAP or ICTAP ): 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 or ICTAP 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 or ICTAP 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 or ICTAP 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.

Note:

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.

Exceptions:

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 meet the basic requirements for other GS-1102 positions up to and including those classified 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 Prisons and former Bureau of Prisons' 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. AND In addition to the basic requirements, you must have one of the following:

Educion:

Three (3) full academic years of progressively higher level gradue educion or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

Gradue Educion:

To qualify for this position 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.

OR Experience:

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 this qualifying experience are: Experience conducting a pre-solicition conference with contractor, and program staff. Experience developing Standard opering procedures for the procurement office to implement procurement policies. Experience conducting pre-award reviews of solicitions and pre-award reviews of contracts to identify deficiencies. 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 . 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. If you are above the maximum entry age and have prior federal law enforcement coverage, you MUST submit an SF-50 to verify prior coverage. Qualified Preference Eligible Veterans may be exempt from meeting the maximum age. Please refer to the Required Documents Section for the approprie documention to submit to valide veteran eligibility.

Special Conditions of Employment Section:

Initial appointment to a supervisory/managerial position requires a one-year probionary period. The incumbent is subject to geographic relocion to meet the needs of the agency. Appointment is subject to sisfactory completion of a pre-employment and panel interview, urinalysis, physical, and background investigion. All applicants are subject to, and must sisfactorily pass all screening requirements in relion to Nional Crime Informion Center (NCIC) and credit check. 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. 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. Your applicion evalued and red under DOJ's Cegory Ring and Selection Procedures. Based upon your responses to the assessment questions during the applicion process, your applicion placed into one of three cegories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified . Applicions reviewed from the top quality cegory. Your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed in this announcement. If you are found qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to the responses you provided on the online assessment.

NOTE:

Candides within the top quality cegory and who are eligible for veterans preference will receive selection priority over non-veteran preference eligibles. If you are entitled to veterans preference, you should indice the type of veterans preference you are claiming on your resume. Although veterans preference points are not assigned under the cegory ring procedures described under "How You Will Be Evalued", veterans preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-veterans within each cegory for which they are qualified. Preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualificion requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of least 10 percent must be listed in the highest quality cegory (except in the case of scientific or professional positions the GS-9 level or higher). As noted above, an agency may not select a non-preference eligible in lieu of a preference eligible in the same cegory unless there are grounds for a passover and the agency has complied with the passover procedures 5 U.S.C. § 3318(b). Wh Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities are Required for this Position? The following Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's) are required: Ability to communice orally. Ability to communice in writing. Ability to interpret and apply procurement regulions. Knowledge of procurement techniques and contract formulion/administrive procedures. Ability to make decisions regarding contracts. Ability to assign responsibility and delege Authority. 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.

Veterans' Preference Documention:

Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility. DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge). SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit: A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the

SF-15 . NOTE

A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here . If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; (2) and the character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and (3) any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals. 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.

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. SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable. Proof of

ICTAP/CTAP

eligibility , Click Here , if applicable. 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 Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the applicion process and upload documention to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documention may result in you not receiving approprie considerion during the assessment process. 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. Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion. The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement. Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an Inquiry as to Availability (Optional Form - 5) via e-mail, mail or a telephone inquiry from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST complete the OF-5 form and return it to the Human Resource Management Office. Applicants MUST also telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department will result in a loss of considerion for the position. 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.

Veterans' Preference Documention:

Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility. DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge). SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit: A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the

SF-15 . NOTE

A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here . If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; (2) and the character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and (3) any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals. 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.

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. SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable. Proof of

ICTAP/CTAP

eligibility , Click Here , if applicable. 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 Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the applicion process and upload documention to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documention may result in you not receiving approprie considerion during the assessment process. 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. Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion. The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement. Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an Inquiry as to Availability (Optional Form - 5) via e-mail, mail or a telephone inquiry from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST complete the OF-5 form and return it to the Human Resource Management Office. Applicants MUST also telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department will result in a loss of considerion for the position. 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 05/13/2026 to 05/28/2026 Salary $74,678 - $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Locion Pollock, LA 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 11 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

SCR-2026-0249

Control number 869204100