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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
[Docket No. D-94-1059; FR-3697-D-02]

 

Redelegation of Procurement Authority

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of redelegation of procurement authority.

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SUMMARY: This notice implements the initial phase of the field 
reorganization for the Office of Administration by revoking all current 
redelegations of procurement authority and consolidating all 
procurement authority redelegated to HUD headquarters and field staff.

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 
implementing this objective, the Secretary determined 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 a Delegation of Authority published in today's Federal Register, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development revoked all current 
delegations of procurement authority and consolidated into a single 
document all procurement authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary 
for Administration (the Department's Senior Procurement Executive). 
This notice implements the initial phase of field reorganization for 
the Office of Administration by revoking all current redelegations of 
procurement authority and consolidating all procurement authority 
redelegated to HUD headquarters and field staff.
    Administrative Service Centers (ASCs) will be established over the 
next two years to consolidate and expedite contracting, personnel, 
accounting, facilities, management information, and other common 
administrative support functions. Of those functions, only contracting 
authority is currently redelegated to HUD Regional and Field Offices 
and these redelegations of authority must therefore be revised to 
reflect the removal of the Regional organizational layer in the new HUD 
field organization. The final number and location of ASCs has not yet 
been established; when these decisions have been made, an additional 
notice of redelegation of authority will be published to reflect this 
permanent field organizational structure. This notice, however, revokes 
all procurement authority redelegated to Regional Administrators and 
provides greater flexibility to field contracting officials to 
redelegate procurement authority to qualified HUD field personnel as 
may be necessary to meet workload demands.
    Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary for Administration redelegates 
as follows:

Section A. Redelegation of Authority

    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, designated as the 
Department's Senior Procurement Executive, redelegates the following 
duties, responsibilities and powers:
    1. The Director, Office of Procurement and Contracts, is designated 
the Department's principal Contracting Officer and may:
    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 with the concurrence of the 
Administration Comptroller-Director, Office of Finance and Accounting; 
and
    d. Redelegate authority delegated by this notice to Headquarters 
personnel as indicated below, provided they meet experience, education, 
and training requirements established by the Senior Procurement 
Executive:
    (1) In a. and b. above to qualified Office of Procurement and 
Contracts employees;
    (2) Respecting the following purchasing procedures to qualified 
Headquarters employees:
    (i) Small purchases (FAR part 13);
    (ii) 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; and,
    (iii) Purchases using the Government-wide Commercial Credit Card 
system in accordance with the Department's directives governing credit 
card purchasing.
    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, Regional Office of Administration, and Director, 
Regional Contracting Division is designated as a Contracting Officer 
and may, 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) and grants and cooperative agreements in support of the 
Department's discretionary assistance programs, with regard to 
activities within his or her respective region;
    b. Order a Limited Denial of Participation sanction, pursuant to 
HUD regulations at 24 CFR 24.700;
    c. Redelegate the award and administration of an individual or 
class of procurement contracts, interagency agreements, or 
discretionary grants and cooperative agreements to another Director, 
Regional Contracting Division, with the concurrence of the Senior 
Procurement Executive; and,
    d. Redelegate the authority delegated by this Notice to any of the 
following personnel, provided they meet experience, education, and 
training requirements established by the Senior Procurement Executive:
    (1) Regional Contracting Division personnel;
    (2) Office of Housing personnel in State or Area Offices within the 
region for procurement contracts concerning the management and/or 
disposition of properties owned by HUD or subject to a mortgage where 
HUD is mortgagee-in-possession under the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1701-1749). As a minimum, this authority shall be delegated to 
an Office of Housing management official designated by the Assistant 
Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner in each Field Office 
for the following:
    (i) Emergency procurement authority; and,
    (ii) Small purchase authority in those Field Offices without full-
time contracting personnel.
    (3) State or Area Office personnel within the region for:
    (i) Small purchases (FAR part 13);
    (ii) 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; and,
    (iii) Purchases using the Governmentwide Commercial Credit Card 
system, in accordance with the Department's directives governing credit 
card purchasing.

Section B. Delegations Revoked

    All current redelegations of authority concerning procurement are 
hereby revoked including the following:
    1. The redelegation of authority published on September 17, 1993 at 
58 FR 48667;
    2. The redelegation of authority published on March 11, 1993 at 58 
FR 13496;
    3. The redelegation of authority published on December 7, 1992 at 
57 FR 57841;
    4. The redelegation of authority published on April 8, 1992 at 57 
FR 11963;
    5. The redelegation of authority published on February 15, 1991 at 
56 FR 6407; and,
    6. The redelegation of authority published on October 17, 1985 at 
50 FR 42098.

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

    Dated: April 12, 1994.
Marilynn A. Davis,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-9234 Filed 4-14-94; 8:45 am]
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