[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54723-54725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27314]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4386-D-01]
Revocation and Redelegation of Procurement Authority
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of revocation and redelegation of procurement authority.
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SUMMARY: In this Notice, the Chief Procurement Officer revokes all
current redelegations of procurement authority and redelegates
procurement authority to the Director, Office of Procurement and
Contracts. The Director, Office of Procurement and Contracts further
redelegates certain procurement authority to each Director, Field
Contracting Operations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 6, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward L. Girovasi, Jr., Director,
Policy and Field Operations Division, Office of Procurement and
Contracts, Room 5262, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-0294 (this is
not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech-impaired individuals may
access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information
Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD is implementing a major agency-wide
improvement effort. The details of this reform effort are set forth in
the HUD 2020 Management Reform Plan, which was published in the Federal
Register on August 12, 1997 (62 FR 43204). The reforms are directed
toward: (1) empowering people and communities to improve themselves;
and (2) restoring the public trust in the Department's programs and
operations.
In an accompanying Notice published elsewhere in today's Federal
Register, the Secretary of HUD transfers the designation of Senior
Procurement Executive from the Assistant Secretary for Administration
to the Chief Procurement Officer, and transfers all Departmental
procurement authority to
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the Chief Procurement Officer. In this Notice, the Chief Procurement
Officer revokes all existing procurement authority previously
redelegated, including the Notice of Revocation and Redelegation of
Procurement Authority published in the Federal Register on August 4,
1995 (60 FR 39963), and with respect to the Government National
Mortgage Association (GNMA), the Notice of Redelegation of Procurement
Authority, published in the Federal Register on April 15, 1994 (59 FR
18277). The Chief Procurement Officer then redelegates this authority
to the Director, Office of Procurement and Contracts, with authority to
make further redelegations to qualified headquarters and field staff.
The Director, Office of Procurement and Contracts further redelegates
certain authority to each Director, Field Contracting Operations.
While this Notice revokes GNMA's procurement authority with respect
to GNMA's programmatic functions, this Notice does not preclude or
limit the authority of GNMA to enter into and enforce its non-
procurement agreements with the issuers of mortgage-backed securities,
to guarantee such securities and to exercise its ownership rights in
the mortgages constituting the trust or pool against which the
securities are issued, as authorized under section 306(g) of the
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1721) and 24 CFR part 300 et seq.
As a result of these changes, all operational contracting
activities, except simplified acquisitions and contract ordering, will
be performed by Office of Procurement and Contracts staff in
headquarters and field offices. Consolidating all operational activity
within a single office, which reports directly to the Chief Procurement
Officer, will assure that the Department's procurement reform
initiatives and policies are implemented in a consistent manner.
Accordingly, the Chief Procurement Officer revokes and redelegates
authority, and the Director, Office of Procurement and Contracts
further redelegates authority as follows:
Section A. Authority Revoked
This document revokes the Notice of Revocation and Redelegation of
Procurement Authority published in the Federal Register on August 4,
1995 (60 FR 39963), which had previously redelegated all Departmental
procurement authority. Included within the authority revoked by the
present document is procurement authority with respect to GNMA's
programmatic functions, which had been redelegated to the President of
GNMA in the Notice of Redelegation of Procurement Authority, published
in the Federal Register on April 15, 1994 (59 FR 18277), and was left
unchanged by the August 4, 1995 Federal Register notice.
Section B. Authority Redelegated
The Chief Procurement Officer, designated as the Department's
Senior Procurement Executive, redelegates to the Director, Office of
Procurement and Contracts, designated as the Department's principal
Contracting Officer, the power and authority to:
1. Enter into, administer, and/or terminate all procurement
contracts and interagency agreements for property and services required
by the Department (including the placement of paid advertisements in
newspapers) and make related determinations and findings;
2. Order debarment, suspension, and/or limited denial of
participation sanctions, pursuant to HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 24;
and
3. Further redelegate the following authority which has been
redelegated in this notice, to the headquarters and field personnel
identified below, provided they meet experience, education, and
training requirements established by the Chief Procurement Officer:
(a) The authority identified in Section B.1. above, to qualified
headquarters Office of Procurement and Contracts personnel by way of
Certificates of Appointment;
(b) The authority identified in Section B.1. above, and the
authority to order limited denial of participation sanctions identified
in Section B.2. above, to the Directors, Field Contracting Operations;
and
(c) To qualified Departmental employees, the authority to engage in
the following purchasing procedures:
(i) Simplified acquisitions (FAR Part 13);
(ii) Issuance of orders under contracts established by other
Government sources (FAR Part 8, e.g., GSA Federal Supply Schedules) or
under pre-priced indefinite-delivery contracts established by the
Department; and
(iii) Purchases using the Governmentwide Commercial Credit Card
system in accordance with the Department's directives governing credit
card purchasing. Authority redelegated to the Commercial Credit Card
Program Administrator may be further redelegated by the Program
Administrator to qualified headquarters employees for purchases within
the micropurchase threshold established in FAR Part 13.
Section C. Authority Further Redelegated
The Director, Office of Procurement and Contracts, hereby
designates each Director, Field Contracting Operations as a Contracting
Officer and redelegates to each Director, Field Contracting Operations
the power and authority, subject to any limitations imposed by the
Chief Procurement Officer, to:
1. Enter into, administer, and/or terminate all procurement
contracts and interagency agreements for property and services required
by the Department (including the placement of paid advertisements in
newspapers) and make related determinations and findings with regard
to: activities within his or her Field Contracting Operations service
area; or, activities which may be national in scope or which cover more
than one Field Contracting Operations service area when specifically
delegated by the Director, Office of Procurement and Contracts;
2. Order a limited denial of participation sanction, pursuant to
HUD regulations at 24 CFR 24.700;
3. Further redelegate the award and administration of an individual
or class of procurement contracts or interagency agreements to another
Director, Field Contracting Operations, with the concurrence of the
Director, Office of Procurement and Contracts;
4. Further redelegate, by way of Certificates of Appointment, the
authority redelegated in paragraph C.1., above, to Field Contracting
Operations personnel, provided that they meet experience, education,
and training requirements established by the Chief Procurement Officer;
and
5. Further redelegate the following authority which has been
redelegated in this notice, to qualified Departmental employees within
the service area of the Field Contracting Operations:
(a) Simplified acquisitions (FAR Part 13);
(b) Issuance of orders under contracts established by other
Government sources (FAR Part 8, e.g. GSA Federal Supply Schedules) or
under pre-priced indefinite-delivery contracts established by the
Department; and
(c) Purchases using the Governmentwide Commercial Credit Card
system, in accordance with the Department's directives governing credit
card purchasing. Authority redelegated to the Director, Administrative
Service Center, and Director, Administrative Resources Division may be
further redelegated by those Directors to qualified field personnel
within the service area for purchases within the micropurchase
threshold established in FAR Part 13.
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Section D. No Authority To Further Redelegate
Except as provided above, the authority redelegated in Sections B
and C, above, do not include the authority to further redelegate.
Authority: Sec. 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).
Dated: October 6, 1998.
V. Stephen Carberry,
Chief Procurement Officer.
Craig E. Durkin,
Director, Office of Procurement and Contracts.
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