95-19224. Revocation and Delegation of Procurement Authority  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 150 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 39963-39964]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-19224]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
    [Docket No. FR-3876-D-01]
    
    
    Revocation and Delegation of Procurement Authority
    
    AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, HUD.
    
    ACTION: Notice of revocation and redelegation of procurement authority.
    
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    SUMMARY: This notice revokes current redelegations of procurement 
    authority to the Field and Headquarters staff. It implements the final 
    phase of the field reorganization of procurement authority for the 
    Office of Administration. In this phase, procurement authority in the 
    Field is consolidated under three Administrative Service Centers. This 
    document makes no changes to the procurement authority redelegated to 
    the President of the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA).
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 1995.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Edward L. Girovasi, Jr., Director, Policy and Evaluation Division, 
    Office of Procurement and Contracts, Room 5262, 451 7th Street S.W., 
    Washington, D.C. 20410, (202) 708-0294. A telecommunications device for 
    the hearing impaired (TDD) is available at 202-708-1112. (These are not 
    toll-free numbers.)
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In November of 1993, the Secretary announced 
    the reorganization of HUD's field structure to improve HUD's 
    performance and provide HUD's customers (members of the public and 
    program beneficiaries) more efficient service and less bureaucracy by 
    empowering HUD employees to serve HUD's customers more effectively. In 
    implementing this objective, the Secretary decided to remove the 
    Regional organizational layer and provide officials at lower 
    organizational levels full authority to carry out program functions, 
    with these Field Office officials reporting directly to program 
    officials in Headquarters..
    
        In a delegation of authority, published on April 15, 1994 at 59 FR 
    18276, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development revoked all 
    delegations of procurement authority, and issued a new delegation which 
    consolidated into a single document all delegations of procurement 
    authority to the Assistant Secretary for Administration (the 
    Department's Senior Procurement Executive.) On that same day, the 
    Assistant Secretary for Administration published a redelegation of 
    procurement authority, at 59 FR 18277, implementing the initial phase 
    of the field reorganization of procurement authority for the Office of 
    Administration. In that redelegation, the Assistant Secretary for 
    Administration revoked all redelegations of procurement authority, and 
    issued a new redelegation consolidating into one document all 
    redelegations of procurement authority to HUD Headquarters and Field 
    staff.
        In this phase of HUD's Field reorganization, Administrative Service 
    Centers (ASCs) will be established to consolidate and expedite 
    contracting, personnel, accounting, facilities, management information, 
    and other common administrative support functions. On October 27, 1994, 
    the Assistant Secretary for Administration announced the selection of 
    three ASCs: New York, Atlanta and Denver. Accordingly, in this notice, 
    the Assistant Secretary for Administration is revoking the redelegation 
    issued on April 15, 1994, including all procurement authority 
    redelegated to Regional and Field Office officials. In this new 
    redelegation reflecting the changed Field organizational structure, 
    authority is redelegated to each ASC Director and ASC Contracting 
    Division Director. In addition, this document gives HUD procurement 
    officials increased flexibility: The Director, Office of Procurement 
    and Contracts (OPC), at the Headquarters Office, has the authority to 
    award and administer contracts which are national in scope or which may 
    cover more than one ASC service area; and ASC contracting officials 
    have the authority to meet changing workload demands by further 
    redelegating certain procurement authority to qualified HUD field 
    personnel, as specified.
        Lastly, in this document, the redelegations to the Field staff and 
    to the Director, OPC, at the Headquarters Office, are revised to 
    streamline the Department's management of the Governmentwide Commercial 
    Credit Card Program. However, this redelegation does not address the 
    Government Travel Card Program. American Express or other credit cards 
    issued under the Government Travel Card Program may only be used to pay 
    for authorized travel-related services for which the individual 
    traveler is responsible.
        Accordingly, the Assistant Secreatry for Administration revokes and 
    redelegates authority as follows:
    
    Section A. Redelegation of Authority
    
        The Assistant Secretary for Administration, designated as the 
    Department's Senior Procurement Executive, redelegatees the following 
    power and authority:
        1. The Director, Office of Procurement and Contracts, designated as 
    the Department's principal Contracting Officer, is authorized to:
        a. Enter into and administer all procurement contracts and 
    interagency agreements for property and services required by the 
    Department (including the placement of paid advertisements in 
    newspapers;)
        b. Enter into and administer grants and cooperative agreements in 
    support of the Department's discretionary assistance programs;
        c. Make determinations and findings regarding the use of advance 
    payments under FAR Subpart 32.4 and HUDAR 2432.402; and,
        d. 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 Senior Procurement Executive:
        (i) The authority identified in Sections 1.a. and 1.b., above, to 
    qualified Office of Procurement and Contracts personnel;
        (ii) The authority identified in Sections 1.a. and 1.b., above, to 
    the Directors, Administrative Service Center Contracting Divisions for 
    purposes of awarding and adminsitering contracts or other agreements 
    which are national in scope or which cover more than one Administrative 
    Service Center service area;
        (iii) To qualified Departmental employees, the authority to engage 
    in the following purchasing procedures:
        1. Small purchases (FAR Part 13);
        2. Issuance of delivery orders under contracts established by other 
    Government sources (FAR Part 8, e.g., GSA Federal Supply Schedules) or 
    
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    under pre-priced indefinite-delivery contracts established by the 
    Department; and,
        3. Purchases using the Government-wide 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 micro-purchase threshold established in FAR Part 13.
        2. The President of the Government National Mortgage Association 
    (GNMA) is authorized to exercise procurement authority with respect to 
    requirements related to GNMA's programmatic functions. The President of 
    GNMA is authorized to redelegate any of the powers or authority 
    redelegated to him or her to qualified GNMA employees.
        3. Each Director, Administrative Service Center (ASC), and 
    Director, ASC Contracting Division, is designated as a Contracting 
    Officer and is authorized to, subject to any limitations imposed by the 
    Senior Procurement Executive:
        a. Enter into and administer all procurement contracts and 
    interagency agreements for property and services required by the 
    Department (including the placement of paid advertisements in 
    newspapers) with regard to: Activities within his or her ASC service 
    area; or, activities which may be national in scope or which cover more 
    than one ASC service area when specifically delegated by the Director, 
    Office of Procurement and Contracts. However, any purchase of Federal 
    Information Processing (FIP) supplies or services (i.e., ADP-related 
    contract actions) requires the prior approval of the Director, Office 
    of Information Policies and Systems;
        b. Order a Limited Denial of Participation sanction, pursuant to 
    HUD regulations at 24 CFR 24.700;
        c. Make determinations and findings regarding the use of advance 
    payments under FAR Subpart 32.4 and HUDAR 2432.402;
        d. Further redelegate the award and administration of an individual 
    or class of procurement contracts or interagency agreements to another 
    director, ASC Contracting Division, with the concurrence of the Senior 
    Procurement Executive; and,
        e. Further redelegate the authority redelegated in paragraph 3.a., 
    above, to any of the following personnel, provided that they meet 
    experience, education, and training requirements established by the 
    Senior Procurement Executive and provided that any other requirements 
    listed below are met:
        (i) To ASC Contracting Division personnel;
        (ii) To Office of Housing personnel in State or Area Offices within 
    the ASC service area for procurement contracts which concern 
    programmatic functions and which are funded by the FHA Fund. At a 
    minimum, this authority shall be delegated to a specific Office of 
    Housing management official designated by the Assistant Secretary for 
    Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner in each State and Area Office for 
    the following purposes:
        1. Emergency procurement authority;
        2. Small purchase authority (FAR Part 13) in offices without full-
    time contracting personnel.
        The Office of Housing will be given 30 days advance notice if any 
    of the above authority in paragraph 3.e.(ii) will be withdrawn and 
    subsequently redelegated to ASC personnel.
        (iii) To Administration personnel within the ASC service area for 
    the following purposes:
        1. Small purchases (FAR Part 13); and,
        2. Issuance of delivery 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.
        (iv) To Departmental personnel within the ASC service area, for 
    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 
    Resources Division may be further redelegated by that Director to 
    qualified field personnel within the service area for purchases within 
    the micro-purchase threshold established in FAR Part 13.
    
    Section B. Authority Revoked
    
        All power and authority redelegated at Section A. of the Notice of 
    Redelegation of Authority, published on April 15, 1994 at 59 FR 18277, 
    is revoked.
    
        Authority: Sec. 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban 
    Development Act [42 U.S.C. 3535(d)].
    
        Dated: July 28, 1995.
    Marilynn A. Davis,
    Assistant Secretary for Administration.
    [FR Doc. 95-19224 Filed 8-3-95; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
7/28/1995
Published:
08/04/1995
Department:
Housing and Urban Development Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of revocation and redelegation of procurement authority.
Document Number:
95-19224
Dates:
July 28, 1995.
Pages:
39963-39964 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. FR-3876-D-01
PDF File:
95-19224.pdf