94-25837. Federal Procurement Reform  

  • [Federal Register Volume 59, Number 199 (Monday, October 17, 1994)]
    [Presidential Documents]
    [Pages 52387-52388]
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    [FR Doc No: 94-25837]
    
    
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    [Federal Register: October 17, 1994]
    
    
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    Part IV
    
    
    
    
    
    The President
    
    
    
    
    
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    Executive Order 12931--
    Federal Procurement Reform
    
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    Presidential Determination No. 94-56
    
    Presidential Determination No. 94-58
    
    Presidential Determination No. 95-1
    
    Memorandum of October 7, 1994
    
    Memorandum of October 13, 1994
    
    
                            Presidential Documents 
    
    
    Federal Register
    Vol. 59, No. 199
    Monday, October 17, 1994
    
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    Title 3--
    The President
                    Executive Order 12931 of October 13, 1994
    
     
    Federal Procurement Reform
    
                    By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                    Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                    America, and in order to ensure effective and efficient 
                    spending of public funds through fundamental reforms in 
                    Government procurement, it is hereby ordered as 
                    follows:
    
                    Section 1. To make procurement more effective in 
                    support of mission accomplishment and consistent with 
                    recommendations of the National Performance Review, 
                    heads of executive agencies engaged in the procurement 
                    of supplies and services shall:
    
                        (a) Review agency procurement rules, reporting 
                    requirements, contractual requirements, certification 
                    procedures, and other administrative procedures over 
                    and above those required by statute, and, where 
                    practicable, replace them with guiding principles that 
                    encourage and reward innovation;
                        (b) Review existing and planned agency programs to 
                    assure that such programs meet agency mission needs;
                        (c) Ensure that procurement organizations focus on 
                    measurable results and on increased attention to 
                    understanding and meeting customer needs;
                        (d) Increase the use of commercially available 
                    items where practicable, place more emphasis on past 
                    contractor performance, and promote best value rather 
                    than simply low cost in selecting sources for supplies 
                    and services;
                        (e) Ensure that simplified acquisition procedures 
                    are used, to the maximum extent practicable, for 
                    procurements under the simplified acquisition threshold 
                    in order to reduce administrative burdens and more 
                    effectively support the accomplishment of agency 
                    missions;
                        (f) Expand the use of the Government purchase card 
                    by the agency and take maximum advantage of the micro-
                    purchase authority provided in the Federal Acquisition 
                    Streamlining Act of 1994 by delegating the authority, 
                    to the maximum extent practicable, to the offices that 
                    will be using the supplies or services to be purchased;
                        (g) Establish clear lines of contracting authority 
                    and accountability;
                        (h) Establish career education programs for 
                    procurement professionals, including requirements for 
                    successful completion of educational requirements or 
                    mandatory training for entry level positions and for 
                    promotion to higher level positions, in order to ensure 
                    a highly qualified procurement work force;
                        (i) Designate a Procurement Executive with agency-
                    wide responsibility to oversee development of 
                    procurement goals, guidelines, and innovation, measure 
                    and evaluate procurement office performance against 
                    stated goals, enhance career development of the 
                    procurement work force, and advise the agency heads 
                    whether goals are being achieved; and
                        (j) Review existing and planned information 
                    technology acquisitions and contracts to ensure that 
                    the agency receives the best value with regard to price 
                    and technology, and consider alternatives in cases 
                    where best value is not being obtained.
    
                    Sec. 2. The Director of the Office of Personnel 
                    Management, in consultation with the heads of executive 
                    agencies, shall ensure that personnel policies and 
                    classification standards meet the needs of executive 
                    agencies for a professional procurement work force.
    
                    Sec. 3. The Administrator of the Office of Federal 
                    Procurement Policy, after consultation with the 
                    Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall 
                    work jointly with the heads of executive agencies to 
                    provide broad policy guidance and overall leadership 
                    necessary to achieve procurement reform, including, but 
                    not limited to:
    
                        (a) Coordinating Government-wide efforts;
                        (b) Assisting executive agencies in streamlining 
                    guidance for procurement processes;
                        (c) Identifying desirable Government-wide 
                    procurement system criteria; and
                        (d) Identifying major inconsistencies in law and 
                    policies relating to procurement that impose 
                    unnecessary burdens on the private sector and Federal 
                    procurement officials, and, following coordination with 
                    executive agencies, submitting necessary legislative 
                    initiatives to the Office of Management and Budget for 
                    the resolution of such inconsistencies.
    
                    Sec. 4. Executive Order No. 12352 is revoked.
    
                        (Presidential Sig.)>
    
    
                    THE WHITE HOUSE,
    
                        October 13, 1994.
    
    [FR Doc. 94-25837
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Document Information

Published:
10/17/1994
Department:
Executive Office of the President
Entry Type:
Presidential Document
Document Type:
Executive Order
Document Number:
94-25837
Pages:
52387-52388 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: October 17, 1994
EOCitation:
of 1994-10-13
EONotes:
Revokes: EO 12352, March 17, 1982