Summary
As a Supervisory Contract Specialist, you will be responsible for supervising the procurement of services supporting new buildings; repairs, alterations, leases, and improvements to existing real property. Location: Public Buildings Service, Office of Acquisition Management, in Kansas City, MO and Washington, DC. We are currently filling one vacancy in Kansas City, MO and one in Washington, DC, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed.
Duties
Directs and oversees complex acquisition and procurement operations for professional, administrative, operations, and maintenance services, including large and complex contracts and orders. Establishes branch priorities, assigns workload among Contracting Officers/Specialists, and ensures procurement actions support organizational goals and acquisition requirements. Serves as Supervisory Contracting Officer with unlimited warrant authority, providing oversight for highly complex contracts and orders. Ensures legal sufficiency, contractual adequacy, proper bidder selection, and effective negotiation of complex contracts using advanced procurement methods, procedures, and techniques. Administers and resolves contract management actions, including bid openings, bid and market analyses, protests, change orders, price determinations, time extensions, claims, penalties, corrective actions, and contract terminations. Determines contractor compliance with contract terms, specifications, and performance requirements. Provides expert contracting guidance and coordination to senior leadership, program offices, other business lines, GSA divisions, outside organizations, vendors, and contractors. Resolves complex procurement issues, negotiates changes, establishes standard practices, enforces regulations, and contributes to long-range acquisition planning, policy development, budget estimates, and operational improvement. Performs full supervisory and branch management responsibilities over Contracting Officers/Specialists and other staff, including planning and assigning work, reviewing performance, approving leave, preparing performance plans and ratings, resolving employee issues, taking disciplinary actions, identifying training needs, approving overtime/travel, recommending awards, and implementing process improvements to increase efficiency and quality.
Requirements
If selected, you must meet the following conditions: Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or NonCareer SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service. Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 4 investigation level). Complete a financial disclosure report to verify that no conflict, or an appearance of conflict, exists between your financial interest and this position. Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee. We will use the Department of Homeland Security's e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment. Serve a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period, if required
Education
Note: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/
How you will be evaluated
Here's how it will work: Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), and responses you provide on the application questionnaire. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. You will not be considered for the position if you fail to complete the assessment. You will be assessed on the following competencies: Oral Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Customer Service, Leadership, Planning & Evaluating, Influencing/Negotiating, Strategic Thinking, Human Capital Management Additional hurdle assessments, such as narrative responses or other assessments, may be administered to applicants who meet the requirements of the first hurdle. If additional assessments are used, you will be provided with further instructions. If you are eligible under Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan or GSA's Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP/CTAP), you must receive a score of 85 or higher to receive priority. You may preview questions for this vacancy.