Total 4 pr agent job vacancies in Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory category in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania

• Manages the day-to-day operation of the Government-wide Purchase Card (GPC) program at the installation/organization.
• Establishes, maintains, and terminates cardholders (CHs) and billing officials (BOs) accounts within the servicing bank’s electronic access system (EAS).
• Develops and implements local Government-wide Purchase Card (GPC) program procedures.
• Addresses deficiencies and discrepancies within bank transaction reports that impact program effectiveness or efficiencies.
• Provides stakeholders acquisition milestone information routinely per agency regulations.
• Prepares memoranda for file, determinations and findings, justifications restricting competition, and other documents.
• Ensures contract files are complete per regulations and agency policies
• Negotiates and prepares contract modifications and supporting documentation.
• Terminates contracts through completion, default, or convenience.

• Performs technical level purchasing support adhering to the FAR, V AAR, VHA, and Prosthetics Directives and Handbooks, VISN policy and station memorandums to acquire patient specific medical equipment, supplies and services.
• Submits Acquisition Plans and Procurement Packages for stock and Veteran specific needs to the Network Contracting Office and uploads quotes, bids, invoices, consults, and other important documents to the Electronic Contract Management System( eCMS).
• Verifies Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) and Bradstreet information and ensures each vendor is in the System for Award Management (SAM) and in good standing to do business with the government.
• Verifies accountability of all prosthetics expenditures in both the purchase menu and the prosthetics program and associates all obligations to the individual Veteran.
• Ensures the services provided are documented as the type of service and duration. Verifies adherence to training and other contractual agreements. Follow up action on the status of all these orders is required weekly until purchased and direct patient care is completed.
• Provides patient care and support services to an adult population and serves as the point of contact for external customer service inventory needs and support.
• Select the most appropriate cost-effective source to deliver the items/service in the most reliable manner. Using various sub-accounts of funds maintained by the incumbent, he/she chooses to obligate and authorize payments.
• Initiate action on "stat" requests within 24 hours, or five ( 5) working days for routine requests. Obligates purchase order for equipment and/or supplies, or the rental of services within 30 working days.
• Monitors to ensure the completion of requests in less than a 90-day period. Action taken must explain why actions could not be completed within the established timeframe.
• Monitors, receives, tracks, interprets, and analyzes Prosthetic Consults, and prescriptions (V AF 10-2431) for items, services and home medical equipment from physicians, therapists, medical center personnel, patients or their representatives.
• Reviews requests for completeness, comparing disability or diagnosis to equipment and/or services normally provided for the condition for which they are requested, and/or proper documentation has been provided to justify the issuance.
• Examines clinical health records and claims folders to determine eligibility and entitlement for items and services based on adopted criteria and advises Veteran of the same.
• Purchases specialized equipment or services that have an unstable price or product characteristic, hard-to-locate sources, have critical characteristics, or similar complicating factors .
• Responsible for successfully completing the mandatory purchase card training, allowing the incumbent to be a government purchase card holder and obligate funds on behalf of the government.
• Documents the services required per the contractual agreement and monitors, tracks and trends contractor performance.
• Reports any detected non-contractual findings to the Contracting Official Representative (COR).

• Performs technical level purchasing support adhering to the FAR, V AAR, VHA, and Prosthetics Directives and Handbooks, VISN policy and station memorandums to acquire patient specific medical equipment, supplies and services.
• Submits Acquisition Plans and Procurement Packages for stock and Veteran specific needs to the Network Contracting Office and uploads quotes, bids, invoices, consults, and other important documents to the Electronic Contract Management System( eCMS).
• Verifies Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) and Bradstreet information and ensures each vendor is in the System for Award Management (SAM) and in good standing to do business with the government.
• Verifies accountability of all prosthetics expenditures in both the purchase menu and the prosthetics program and associates all obligations to the individual Veteran.
• Ensures the services provided are documented as the type of service and duration. Verifies adherence to training and other contractual agreements. Follow up action on the status of all these orders is required weekly until purchased and direct patient care is completed.
• Provides patient care and support services to an adult population and serves as the point of contact for external customer service inventory needs and support.
• Select the most appropriate cost-effective source to deliver the items/service in the most reliable manner. Using various sub-accounts of funds maintained by the incumbent, he/she chooses to obligate and authorize payments.
• Initiate action on "stat" requests within 24 hours, or five ( 5) working days for routine requests. Obligates purchase order for equipment and/or supplies, or the rental of services within 30 working days.
• Monitors to ensure the completion of requests in less than a 90-day period. Action taken must explain why actions could not be completed within the established timeframe.
• Monitors, receives, tracks, interprets, and analyzes Prosthetic Consults, and prescriptions (V AF 10-2431) for items, services and home medical equipment from physicians, therapists, medical center personnel, patients or their representatives.
• Reviews requests for completeness, comparing disability or diagnosis to equipment and/or services normally provided for the condition for which they are requested, and/or proper documentation has been provided to justify the issuance.
• Examines clinical health records and claims folders to determine eligibility and entitlement for items and services based on adopted criteria and advises Veteran of the same.
• Purchases specialized equipment or services that have an unstable price or product characteristic, hard-to-locate sources, have critical characteristics, or similar complicating factors .
• Responsible for successfully completing the mandatory purchase card training, allowing the incumbent to be a government purchase card holder and obligate funds on behalf of the government.
• Documents the services required per the contractual agreement and monitors, tracks and trends contractor performance.
• Reports any detected non-contractual findings to the Contracting Official Representative (COR).

Major duties include, but may not be limited to:

• Advises approving officials and purchase card holders on purchase card program, procurement procedures and responsibilities.
• Plans and coordinates actions to prevent, correct, or resolve delays or misunderstandings in the purchasing process.
• Conducts follow up action on undelivered orders and aged purchase card transactions to close our purchase orders.
• Provides clerical support and coordination to approving officials and administrators.
• Conducts purchasing under the micro purchase threshold.
• Makes purchases involving specialized requirements and/or commercial requirements.
• Examines incoming procurement requests for completeness.
• Collects data to determine price reasonableness.
• Maintains accountable procurement records and auditing information.
• Maintains inventory of supplies or equipment.
• Monitors purchases and reconciles credit card billing statements.
• Applies conventional practices to solve problems in procurement transactions.