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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
[Docket No. D-94-1059; FR-3697-D-01]

 

Delegation of Procurement Authority

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation of procurement authority.

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SUMMARY: This Notice revokes all current delegations of procurement 
authority and consolidates into a single document all procurement 
authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary for Administration (the 
Department's Senior Procurement Executive).

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 12, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward L. Girovasi, Jr., Director, 
Policy and Evaluation Division, Office of Procurement and Contracts, 
room 5262, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, (202) 708-0294. 
(This is not a toll-free number.)

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 
order to provide more efficient service, this Notice revokes all 
current delegations of procurement authority and consolidates into a 
single document all procurement authority delegated to the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration (the Department's Senior Procurement 
Executive). The Department's current delegations of procurement 
authority have been amended several times in the past ten years to 
reflect changes in HUD's organizational structure and are badly 
fragmented. This delegation consolidates and updates all procurement 
authority and, in addition, provides the Assistant Secretary for 
Administration (the Senior Procurement Executive) with the flexibility 
needed to further implement streamlined procurement operations in 
headquarters and the field, while assuring that necessary internal 
controls are maintained. Also appearing in today's Federal Register is 
a Notice of Redelegation of Authority revoking procurement authority 
currently redelegated to Regional Administrators and redelegating all 
procurement authority to appropriate contracting officials in the 
field, and otherwise consolidating the redelegation of procurement 
authority.
    Accordingly, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development hereby 
delegates as follows:

Section A. Delegation of Authority

    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, designated as the 
Department's Senior Procurement Executive, is authorized to exercise 
all duties, responsibilities, and powers of the Secretary with respect 
to Departmental procurement. The authority delegated to the Senior 
Procurement Executive includes the following duties, responsibilities 
and powers:
    1. Authority to enter into and administer all procurement contracts 
within the Department and make related determinations.
    2. Responsibility for procurement program development, including:
    a. Implementation of procurement initiatives, best practices, and 
reforms;
    b. In coordination with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, 
determination of specific areas where Government-wide performance 
standards should be established and applied, and development of 
Government-wide procurement policies, regulations, and standards;
    c. Establishment and maintenance of an evaluation program for all 
procurement activities within the Department;
    d. Development of programs to enhance the professionalism of the 
Department's procurement work force, including the establishment of 
educational, training and experience requirements for procurement 
personnel; and,
    e. Development of all Departmental procurement policy, regulations 
and procedures.
    3. Responsibility for developing policies to assure greater 
uniformity and consistency in the administrative aspects of the 
Department's award and management of grants and cooperative agreements, 
including:
    a. Effective implementation of uniform administrative requirements 
relating to grants and cooperative agreements, such as Office of 
Management and Budget (``OMB'') Circulars and OMB Policy Letters;
    b. Departmental policy and guidance related to the award and 
administration of discretionary grants and cooperative agreements; and
    c. Enter into and administer grants and cooperative agreements in 
support of the Department's discretionary assistance programs.

Section B. Authority To Issue Rules and Regulations

    The Senior Procurement Executive is authorized to issue such rules 
and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the authority 
delegated under Section A.

Section C. Authority to Redelegate

    The Senior Procurement Executive is authorized to redelegate to 
qualified employees of the Department any of the authority delegated 
under Section A.

Section D. Delegations Revoked

    All delegations of authority concerning procurement are hereby 
revoked including the following:
    1. The delegation of authority published on April 8, 1992 at 57 FR 
11962;
    2. The delegation of authority published on October 17, 1985 at 50 
FR 42097.

    Authority: 41 U.S.C. Sec. 414(2); sec. 7(d), Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 3535(d)).

    Dated: April 12, 1994.
Henry G. Cisneros,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
[FR Doc. 94-9233 Filed 4-14-94; 8:45 am]
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