Purchasing Agent

include but are not limited to:

• Purchases various equipment supplies and services using the government purchase card for micro purchases.
• Knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) VA Acquisition Regulations (VAAR) and other federal procurement laws.
• Ensures all information has been provided and the request is consistent with legal requirements ensuring all product information is obtained.
• Provides administration and oversight into orders and services while representing the VA in discussions with vendors/contractors to obtain agreement on micro purchases and compliance.
• Monitor vendor performance through personal contact review progress reports and discuss reasons for delays failures and price changes.
• Tracks obligations/commitments and monitors expenditures to support recurring budget forecast and identify potential fraud waste and abuse on procurement history and purchase history.
• Conducts open-market research for purchases of routine equipment supplies and services; prepare and issue contract modifications for changes in delivery schedule and send formal correspondence to a variety of customers.
• Performs a variety of administrative duties using Outlook Mail features to respond to Medical Center inquiries and calendar set up manage and organize meetings and provide clerical support and coordination to the approving officials and administrators.
• Reviews policies and regulations related to time and leave prepares staffing and overtime reports creates edits and aggregate data necessary for expense tracking and Supply Management reporting.
• Utilizes a variety of automated systems to enter update revise sort and calculate data and develop reports and spreadsheets organizes files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 02/11/2026.

Drivers License: A current valid state-issued Drivers License is required for this position. NOTE: We cannot accept photographs therefore; please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package. If an interview is requested you will be required to provide a copy of your current valid state-issued Drivers License.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade as required by the this instance you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

Language: Proficient in English and Spanish

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to: Purchase various equipment supplies and services using the government purchase card for micro purchases; reviews and edits purchase requests; obtain necessary product information price information and procedures for written or verbal purchase orders; orders track and monitor procurement transactions; reviews Fund Control Points and verify the running balances to ensure procurement obligations are complete and approved prior to placing orders; monitor vendor performance through personal contact review progress reports and discuss reasons for delays failures or price changes; procures supplies and services to meet the purchase rental or lease needs of the organization; monitors purchase and reconcile credit card billing statements purchase requests process receipts and monitors active and delinquent invoices; provides administration and oversights into orders and services as well as timekeeping and record keeping; utilizes a variety of automated systems to enter update revise sort calculate data; and provides excellent customer service to both internal and external customers across various methods of communication.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Customer Service (Clerical/Technical)
• Decision Making
• Manages and Organizes Information
• Manages Resources
• Reasoning (Clerical/Technical)
• Technical Competence