§ 2801.670 - Department of Justice Procurement Career Management Program.

(a) Each Bureau Procurement Chief shall develop a procurement career management program for contracting personnel in his or her component.

(b) The program shall cover all contracting personnel with less than seven year experience in the categories described below:

(1) Occupational series 1102;

(2) Contracting officers with contracting authority above the simplified acquisition threshold;

(3) Occupational series 1105, other individuals performing purchasing duties and individuals with contracting authority at or under the simplified acquisition threshold.

(c)(1) The program shall include:

(i) An individual assessment by a supervisor of each covered employee's state of competence to perform the full range of potential duties of his or his job; and

(ii) An individual development plan to schedule classroom, on-the-job training, or other training to develop the employee's skill level to an appropriate level in each area of competence necessary to perform his or her job.

(2) Individual assessments and development plans should be designed to fit the needs of the component, but they should build upon the units of competence and instruction prepared by the Federal Acquisition Institute wherever feasible. Individual development plans should attempt to bring the employee to an appropriate level of skill in all necessary competencies by the time the employee has obtained seven years of experience in the field of procurement. In general, a proficiency skill level of 3, as defined in Attachment 1 to OFPP Policy Letter 92-3, shall be attained for any contracting duty that is actually required to be performed on the job.

(3) Employees who perform only purchasing duties, regardless of occupational series, shall be required to obtain the requisite level of skill only in competencies involving small purchases. If the employee's duties are expanded to include contracting duties, then skill in procurement competencies must be assessed and developed.

(4) Individual assessments of covered employee skills shall be completed by June 27, 1995, or within 90 days of the employee's entry on duty.