Bid and Rotation Procedures. A. Before the annual fiscal year Bid and Rotation, on or about July 1, each CBP Center will solicit employee seniority dates based on the seniority definitions of this Article. These dates will be provided to the Center Bid and Rotation B. In subsequent years, the list created in Section 3.A. will be supplemented by the seniority dates of the new Senior Import Specialists the new GS-12 Entry Specialists and the new journeyman Import Specialists and Entry Specialists. C. On or about September 1st of each year, each Center will make available the number of Senior Import Specialist positions, GS-12 Entry Specialist positions, Journeyman Import Specialist positions and Entry Specialist positions assigned to each work unit. Each Center will make available a Center-wide seniority list based on the processes described in Section 3.A and 3.B. D. The first Bid and Rotation will begin in September of 2017 for Senior and Journeyman Import Specialists and in September of 2018 for GS-12 Entry Specialists and Journeyman Entry Specialists. For the first Bid and Rotation, all Import Specialists and Entry Specialists will be considered eligible to participate. E. CBP will provide NTEU National a copy of the Center standardized bid announcements at least two (2) weeks before they are made available to employees. F. Within ten (10) work days of advertising available bids, Import Specialists and Entry Specialists will submit bids for the Center work units, in priority order to the Center management personnel designated in the Bid announcement. Included with the bids, the employee will self-certify his/her seniority. By mutual agreement, the parties may extend or adopt a longer bidding period. G. For the purpose of providing transparency of process, Center bid and rotation committees consisting of four (4) representatives from NTEU and four (4) representatives from CBP Center management shall review and process employee submissions. By mutual agreement the committee may be a different size. To ensure the committee is prepared to implement these procedures each year, it will review the procedures, seniority lists and the employee bids prior to processing submissions. H. Upon request by the Bid and Rotation Committee, an employee may be required to provide proof of his/her seniority. Requests will be made only when necessary, as determined by at least one (1) member of the committee. In the event proof is not provided, the employee’s bid request will be removed from consideration. I. Bids will be granted in seniority order. When processing a bid, the employee will be placed in his/her highest priority bid.
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