So then yeah, that doesn’t count as experience for a federal contracting position. But a bachelors qualifies you for a GS 7 and you have work experience that should make you look good for a contracting and procurement early career position.

Some of those are clearly fake and some of those are in rough neighborhoods

3 years in purchasing - does that mean 3 years in federal procurement?

Do you have a college degree/working on one? Because that ladder SUCKS and you should be looking at 7/9/11/12 ladders. Or at least 7/9. Single digit ladder that ends at a 7 sounds like a dead end.