Acquisitions Specialist

**Duties**:
**The mission of the Energy Department** is to ensure America's security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.
**The 1102 Acquisitions series includes positions that manage, supervise, perform, or develop policies and procedures for professional work involving the procurement of supplies, services, construction, or research and development using formal advertising or negotiation procedures; the evaluation of contract price proposals; and the administration or termination and close out of contracts. The work requires knowledge of the legislation, regulations, and methods used in contracting; and knowledge of business and industry practices, sources of supply, cost factors, and requirements characteristics.**

**In an 1102 Acquisitions series position, you may be responsible for one or more of the following**:

- Solicit, evaluate, negotiate, and award contracts with commercial organizations, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and State, local or foreign governments for furnishing products, services, construction or research and development to the Federal Government
- Administer contracts by assuring compliance with the terms and conditions of contracts, including resolution of problems concerning the obligations of the parties
- Terminate contracts by analyzing, negotiating, and settling claims and proposals
- Analyze and evaluate cost or price proposals and accounting systems data
- Plan, establish, or review contracts, programs, policies, or procedures
- Formulate and administer policies and procedures to ensure achievement of Federal socioeconomic goals, such as those affecting small business, labor surplus areas, and disadvantaged business firms
- Develop acquisition strategies and direct or manage procurement
- Provide staff advisory services in one or more of the specializations in this occupation

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
- This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
- Subject to satisfactory security and suitability requirements.
- May be required to successfully complete a 1-year probationary period.
- Positions are located agency-wide and may be filled as permanent, term, or temporary with a full-time or part-time work schedule. Pay will vary by geographic location.
- Appointments made with this authority may be processed as a new appointment into the Civil Service.
- The vacancies filled through these appointments have varying levels of background investigative requirements, up to a Top Secret - DOE "Q" clearance.
- Positions may be covered by a bargaining unit. Bargaining unit will vary by departmental element, grade, and/or location.
- Must successfully complete all mandatory training for 1102 series positions within 24 months of hire, failure to do so may result in removal.
- Positions may require submittal of a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of entering the position and annually.
- This position is eligible for full-time remote work. If selected, you will be required to sign a remote work agreement that details remote working conditions and expectations for the position. Work may only be performed from a location in the U.S.

**Qualifications**:
**You must meet both the Basic Requirement and the Specialized Experience to qualify for this series as described below.**

**GS-11**: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-09). Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting **at least 2 of 4** of the following:

- Assisting with conducting necessary pre-award activities such as ensuring that the bid schedule is properly structured, preparing the solicitation, determining sources to be solicited, conducting prebid conferences, processing protests, determining the responsiveness of bids and determining the responsibility of the apparent low bidder based on an analysis of financial and technical information gained during the preaward survey, and awarding or recommending award of the contract;
- Preparing determinations and findings of fact relative to negotiations and pricing actions;
- Analyzing problem situations relating to acquisitions such as incomplete specifications, deficient property, material shortages, or terminations for convenience;
- Reviewing completed official contract files to determine that all contractual actions are satisfied, that there are no pending administrative actions to be resolved, that all file documents are signed, that there are no litigation actions pending, and that the contract is complete in every respect and ready to be closed.

**OR**

3 full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; your