Purchasing Agent

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing detailed reviews of purchase requests and purchasing supplies and/or equipment.This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

OR Education: A half year (i.e., 9 semester hours) of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as Business or Management. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 9. Add the two percentages.

Perform detailed reviews of purchase requests for specialized supplies, equipment, and commercial requirements.,Review customer specifications to ensure that performance periods, contractor obligations, expected products, and other requirements are clear and adequate.,Contact requesters to resolve discrepancies, ambiguities, and unusual problems.,Determine appropriate procurement sources and methods for commercial, specialized, and urgent requirements.,Solicit and obtain oral or written quotations using open market procedures.,Receive and evaluate formal bids and quotations to determine price reasonableness, compliance with competition requirements, and the offer most advantageous to the Government.