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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF DECEMBER 20,1999 PSA#2499NATO-SACLANT REQUESTS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST -- ASSISTANT CONTRACTING
OFFICER (1) NATO -- SACLANT requests expressions of interest for a one
year position with two one year extension options of a Assistant
Contracting Officer. Beginning 01 April 2000. PE POST NO. HN-8221; Job
Title: Administrator (Purchasing and Contracting); Authorised
Rank/Grade: A-2 Location: Norfolk, VA. (2) Principal Duties: (a)
Develops, manages, supervises or performs policies and procedures
involving the procurement of supplies, services, research and
development, cost and price analysis, selection and solicitation,
negotiation and award of contracts through invitations to tender or
negotiation. (b) Requires knowledge of the uniform commercial code,
knowledge of business and industry practices, sources of supply, cost
factors, cost and price analysis and price analysis techniques. (c)
Performs duties as the Assistant Purchasing and Contracting Officer in
accordance with the NATO Financial Regulations, Nato Financial Rules
and Procedures and the ACLANT Financial Manual. (d) Perform duties of
the Assistant Contracting Officer. Perform all necessary actions for
effective contracting ensuring compliance with the terms of the
contracts, and safeguarding the interest of the Nations in Contractual
relationships. (e) Develop, co-ordinate, negotiate and administer the
following documents for the command; Memorandum of Agreement (MOA),
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Foreign Military Sales (FMS)
contracts, Cooperative Research and Development and Agreements. (f)
Extract details for financial documents and enter them into automated
finance and accounting system. (g) Act as the Secretary of the
Headquarters' Contract Awards Board in lieu of the Purchasing and
Contracting Officer. (h) Act as the Headquarters' Property Accounting
Officer if assigned. QUALIFICATIONS: (a) Essential Qualifications --
(1) Professional (a) 10 years experience as a government or
international organisation contracting professional with job titles
such as contract specialist, contract administrator, cost and/or price
analyst, contractingofficer or procurement analyst. (b) Practical
experience of modern office automation applications, e.g. MS office and
automated contracting systems such as Oracle or SAP. (c)International
contracting experience working with contracts in foreign currencies,
various intellectual property rights clauses, a variety of cost
estimating techniques. (d) Demonstrated ability to formulate, negotiate
and administer contracts from simple supply purchase orders to foreign
military sales contracts and various forms of agreements. (2)
Education/Training (a) University degree in accounting, business
finance, law, contracts, economics, business management or similar
field. (b) Specialised training in management of contracts, economic,
statistical and/or financial analysis. (c) Formal training in tender
offer development, pre-award terms and condition development, contract
negotiations, contract administration, business law or similar
courses. (3) Security Clearance (a) NATO SECRET. (4) Remarks; (a)
Attends training courses/seminars to maintain functional and
professional competence. (b) Must be able to travel within NATO and in
support of out of area operations up to 50 percent of the time.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING RESPONSES: (a) Submit all correspondence
via MAIL ONLY to: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Supreme Allied
Commander, Atlantic 7857 Blandy Road, Suite 100 Attn: LT Diana Carsten
Norfolk, VA 23551-2490 (b) EXPRESSION OF INTEREST RESPONSES REQUIRED
NO LATER THAN 01 FEBRUARY, 2000, 2PM Eastern Standard Time. Posted
12/16/99 (W-SN409185). Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0443 19991220\SP-0006.MSC)
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