Purchasing Agent

The Building People; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Building People, LLC is seeking a full-time Purchasing Agent to support government contracting activities. This role involves placing orders under established contracts (BPAs, IDIQs, FSS schedules), handling pre-award and post-award actions, and ensuring compliance with FAR and SAT thresholds.

Based in part in Tampa, FL, the role requires knowledge of purchasing methods, regulation basics, and familiarity with procurement software and tools listed in job postings.

Qualifications

• Two or more years of contract purchasing or similar experience.
• Understanding of procurement regulations and required sources.
• Ability to evaluate price reasonableness using standard references.

Responsibilities

• Place government orders against established contracts (BPAs, IDIQs, FSS).
• Perform pre-award and post-award contracting actions.
• Ensure compliance with FAR, SAT, and agency policies.

Skills

Government contracts knowledge

Purchasing methods

Regulatory compliance

Price evaluation basics

Software proficiency (FPDS-NG, ECF, FA

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

FPDS-NG

ECF

FBO

E-buy

eSRS

EASi

Job description

The Building People, LLC, has a position open for a full-time Purchasing Agent. This position would have to report to one of the following locations: Atlanta, GA, Birmingham, AL, Charlotte NC, Tampa, FL, or Nashville, TN. The Purchasing Agent serves customer needs through the placement of Government orders against established contracts (i.e. purchase orders and/or calls against BPAs or other FSS schedules, PBS regional/national IDIQs or other Government sources of supply. Contractor will perform Pre-award and Post-award contracting actions. All procurement actions are at or under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT). The contractor will be expected to use a variety of purchasing procedures to acquire supplies, services and construction. All work is governed by the FAR and supplemented by additional regulations, legal precedents and agency policy and procedures.

Required Experience & Skills

• Knowledge of solicitation or purchasing methods such as oral solicitations, calls against BPAs, delivery orders or priced purchase orders to make noncompetitive open market purchases, purchases under established contracts or competitive open market purchases when specifications or statements of work are standardized, price and product characteristics are stable and repeat vendors are used.
• Knowledge of frequently used and easily understood regulations such as those related to required sources, use of mandatory schedules or ordering and documentation procedures for routine purchases to ensure regulatory compliance throughout the purchasing process.
• Knowledge of basic price evaluation techniques to assess price reasonableness using well established references such as price lists, Govt estimates and previous history.
• Knowledge of basic arithmetic used in business to make comparisons of price
• Knowledge of current software and media applications to facilitate the efficient exchange of information via email, spreadsheets, Webex, Federal Procurement Data System - Next Generation (FPDS-NG), Electronic Contract File Viewer (ECF), Federal Business Opportunities (FBO), E-buy, Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) Procurement Processing System (EASi) and other software programs.

Preferred Experience & Skills

• Federal Government experience is a plus

Required Education

• High School Diploma
• At least two (2) years experience in contract purchasing or similar position.
• Requires 20 Hours of Professional Acquisition Related Training (Annually)