6e 1102
Emelia Lute
At least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitativemethods, or organization and management.
Graduate Education. To qualify for GS-1102 positions on the basis of graduate education, graduate education in one or a combination of the following fields is required: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management.
Note - For positions at GS-7 through GS-12, applicants who are qualifying based on experience must possess at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to work at the next lower level, that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the work of the position, in addition to meeting the basic requirements in paragraph A or B, above.
Exceptions: Employees in GS-1102 positions will be considered to have met the standard for positions they occupy on January 1, 2000. Employees who occupy GS-1102 positions at grades 5 through 12 will be considered to meet the basic requirements for other GS-1102 positions up to and including those classified at GS-12. This includes positions at other agencies and promotions up through grade 12. However, employees must meet specialized experience requirements when seeking another position.
Completion of all mandatory training prescribed by the head of the agency for progression to GS-13 or higher level contracting positions, including at least 4-years experience in contracting or related positions. At least 1 year of that experience must have been specialized experience at or equivalent to work at the next lower level of the position, and must have provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the work of the position.
A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management.
Exceptions: Employees in GS-1102 positions will be considered to have met the standard for positions they occupy on January 1, 2000. This also applies to positions at the same grade in the same agency or other agencies if the specialized experience requirements are met. However, they will have to meet the basic requirements and specialized experience requirements in order to qualify for promotion to a higher grade, unless granted a waiver under Paragraph D.
Waiver: When filling a specific vacant position, the senior procurement executive of the selecting agency, at his or her discretion, may waive any or all of the requirements of Paragraphs A and B above if the senior procurement executive certifies that the applicant possesses significant potential for advancement to levels of greater responsibility and authority, based on demonstrated analytical and decision making capabilities, job performance, and qualifying experience. With respect to each waiver granted under this Paragraph D, the senior procurement executive must document for the record the basis of the waiver. If an individual is placed in a position in an agency on the basis of a waiver, the agency may later reassign that individual to another position at the same grade within that agency without additional waiver action.
I've been in the 1102 field for a few years and it has not been what I expected. I expected to be a business + regulatory advisor and save the government money...the reality for me has been completely different. Thus, I am looking to transition out of the field. Anyone have recommendations? I have FAC-C cert, some business experience, and a law degree.
If I were you I would search for the kind of job you like rather than just be disillusioned about your 1102 experience thus far. The 341 and 343 job series has similar pitfalls - some are glorified clerical duties while others are exciting
Contract specialist, entry FAC-C cert. Working on FAC-C 2 and will be a CO in the near future. My experience has been working on awards between 10k-250k, and also have some experience with awards over the SAT 250k (below the 7.5 million limit for commercial items).
I'm frustrated with my current position because it seems people just wants me to make awards as fast as possible. We get spammed with a ton of last minute acquisitions whenever a funding deadline is approaching so they can use up their funds...seemingly disregarding the Bona Fide Needs Rule.
Nobody seems to care that I save the money a few thousand on a contract here and there. People are more likely to get annoyed that I do a full and open competition (slightly delaying the acquisition and risking an award to their non-preferred vendor) to save them money rather than quickly spend more money on the restricted competition acquisitions that they wanted with their poorly written/poorly justified justifications/JOFOCs.
And in performance evaluations, the metric always seems to be revolving around how fast we can make the awards/get stuff out the door to please the program office. How much $$$ I save is not remotely considered whatsoever.
My sentiments are similar to @formerfed. If I had believed that my first position as an 1102 was representative of 1102 work in general, I would not have stayed in the field. I moved a few times and ended up doing and seeing some cool stuff.
From my experience, DoD is in general a better place for 1102s than the civilian side because DoD acquisition is vital to its mission. DoD also has acquisition curriculum, systems and processes in place that have been developed over several decades as well as a respect for basic stuff like the chain of command. The civilian side is a politically-driven money-wasting machine more concerned about where something is procured than what is procured.
Work experiences and job satisfaction can very considerably not only between agencies and individual offices but even within an office. I once worked at a DoD office doing major R&D contracting. It was a wonderful experience where program offices treated 1102s with much respect. We were empowered by management to work mostly independently and make our own decisions. Minimal review of work products took place. But within the same office was a counterpart group that did mostly complex services and supplies. It was the exact opposite for them with supervisors micromanaging everything.
Yeah formerfed I agree every experience is different but based on my experience in 25 agencies in all 3 branches of government, DoD is the place to be as an 1102. Why else does every civilian agency copy DoD to the point of teaching the proper use of WPN funding (!) in their 'training classes'? Civilian agencies definitely have fewer rules and regs but I also know of at least 2 agencies who believe that task orders are cost-type and delivery orders are FFP (I'm not making that up).
Have you considered a Grants Managment Specialist (1109)? The ones you mention are also good ideas. I transition to the 0301 series (Miscellaneous Administration and Program) and have a role as a Chief of Staff, albeit in an acquisition organization.
I'm not sure how many different contracting offices you've worked in or roles that you have but I would suggest looking at other agencies/offices. I know our agency values good business advisors in acquisitions.
As far as 0343 and 0431, be careful. In my experience, those jobs don't have common characteristics so you may have no idea what you're walking into. At least with 1102, the job series is well understood. That's not to say 0343 and 0431 can't be fabulous jobs, just ask a lot of questions about what you'll be working on if you're offered one. I've seen them range from doing budget work to writing the office telework policy. They often have COR duties. (Noting here that I'm an 1102; I haven't worked as a 0343.)
Section 1102(a) of the House amendment adopts a compromise between the House bill and Senate amendment requiring appointment of a committee of creditors holding unsecured claims by the court; the alternative of creditor committee election is rejected.
Section 1102(b) of the House amendment represents a compromise between the House bill and the Senate amendment by preventing the appointment of creditors who are unwilling to serve on a creditors committee.
This section provides for the election and appointment of committees. Subsection (c) provides that this section does not apply in case of a public company, as to which a trustee, appointed under section 1104(a) will have responsibility to administer the estate and to formulate a plan as provided in section 1106(a).
There is no need for the election or appointment of committees for which the appointment of a trustee is mandatory. In the case of a public company there are likely to be several committees, each representing a different class of security holders and seeking authority to retain accountants, lawyers, and other experts, who will expect to be paid. If in the case of a public company creditors or stockholders wish to organize committees, they may do so, as authorized under section 1109(a). Compensation and reimbursement will be allowed for contributions to the reorganization pursuant to section 503(b) (3) and (4).
Subsection (a) requires the court to appoint at least one committee. That committee is to be composed of creditors holding unsecured claims. The court is authorized to appoint such additional committees as are necessary to assure adequate representation of creditors and equity security holders. The provision will be relied upon in cases in which the debtor proposes to affect several classes of debt or equity holders under the plan, and in which they need representation.