Procurement Officer III
Job Location:
Baltimore, MD - USA
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Job Summary
- Research and develop contract specifications for a wide range of goods and services.
- Develop and prepare written procurement determinations for all procurements in accordance with COMAR requirements.
- Develop and prepare solicitations including Invitations for Bids (IFBs) Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and other procurement vehicles.
- Conduct public bid openings and evaluate bids for responsiveness and responsibility.
- Oversee and authorize invoice payments ensuring accuracy and compliance with contract terms.
- Provide procurement technical interpretation instruction training guidance and assistance to agency staff in accordance with State laws and regulations.
- Prepare quarterly and annual reports for SBR PPN MBE and VSBE.
- Attend State procurement training and meetings.
- Purchase supplies and equipment.
- Create Blanket Purchase Orders Purchase Orders and Change Orders in FMIS.
- Establish proper agency procedures policies and processes to ensure a premier procurement program and practice at the OAG.
Procurement Officer III- Option 1
Experience:Eight years of experience four years of experience in ensuring appropriate and consistent enterprise-wide interpretation of and compliance with enterprise level procurement laws regulations policies and procedures and an additional four years of professional public sector procurement or private sector contracting experience which included activities such as soliciting evaluating negotiating and awarding contracts advertising procurement opportunities distributing specifications tovendors coordinating bidder evaluation committees conducting vendor debriefings monitoring contract performance eProcurement management professionals certification or procurement business operations.
Procurement Officer III- Option 2
Experience: Seven years of experience three years of experience in ensuring appropriate and consistent enterprise-wide interpretation of and compliance with enterprise level procurement laws regulations policies and procedures and an additional four years of professional public sector procurement or private sector contracting experiencewhich included activities such as soliciting evaluating negotiating and awarding contracts advertising procurement opportunities distributing specifications tovendors coordinating bidder evaluation committees conducting vendor debriefings monitoring contract performance eProcurement management professionals certification or procurement business operations.
Notes:
1. Candidates may substitute one year of experience in ensuring appropriate and consistent enterprise-wide interpretation of and compliance with enterprise level procurement laws regulations policies and procedures for the additional four years of the required experience.
2. Candidates may substitute certification as a Certified Public Manager from the National Association of Purchasing Management; Certified Professional Contracts Manager from the National Contract Management Association; Certified Public Purchasing Officer or Certified Professional Public Buyer from the Universal Public Purchasing Certification Council (National Institute of Governmental Purchasing Inc. or National Association of State Purchasing Officers) for the additional four years of the required experience.
3. Candidates for Option 1 positions may substitute the possession of a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and four years of experience in ensuring appropriate and consistent enterprise-wide interpretation of and compliance with enterprise level procurement laws regulations policies and procedures for the required experience of experience.
4. Candidates for Option 2 positions may substitute the possession of a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and three years of experience in ensuring appropriate and consistent enterprise-wide interpretation of and compliance with enterprise level procurement laws regulations policies and procedures for the required experience.
5. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Doctorate of Jurisprudence degree or a Masters degree in Business Administration for six years of the required experience.
6. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Contracting Industrial Management or logistics specialist classifications or administrative support specialty codes in the procurement or financial management fields of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
- At least three years of experience performing State of Maryland procurement work including preparing procurement determinations compliant with COMAR Title 21.
- Experience developing and managing solicitations such as IFBs RFPs and other formal procurement documents.
- Experience conducting public bid openings and evaluating bids for responsiveness and responsibility.
- Hands-on experience using FMIS to create Purchase Orders Blanket Purchase Orders and Change Orders.
- Demonstrated experience preparing required State procurement reports such as SBR MBE VSBE and PPN submissions.
1. Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require theoperation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operators license valid in the State of Maryland.
2. Employees in this classification who have not already done so must obtaincertification as a Procurement Professional Certification from the MarylandDepartment of General Services within one year of appointment.
Required Experience:
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