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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 2126]

 

Delegation of Authority No. 120-5; Procurement Executive

    By virtue of the authority vested in me by Department of State 
Delegation of authority No. 120-4 (59 FR 38022-38023) and in order to 
implement the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414) 
and Executive Order 12931, it is directed as follows:

1. Functions Delegated to the Procurement Executive

    I hereby delegate to the Procurement Executive authority to:
    a. Oversee the development of procurement goals, guidelines, and 
innovation;
    b. Measure and evaluate the performance of Department contracting 
activities against stated goals;
    c. Advise the Assistant Secretary for Administration whether goals 
are being achieved;
    d. Enhance career development of the procurement work force;
    e. Promote the acquisition of commercial items and the use of 
simplified acquisition procedures, to the maximum extent practicable;
    f. Issue procurement policies, procedures, and regulations that, 
where practicable, rely on guiding principles that encourage and reward 
innovation;
    g. Provide advice and guidance, in consultation with the Office of 
the Legal Adviser as appropriate, to all Department offices and to 
diplomatic and consular posts on all matters of procurement law and 
policy;
    h. Make determinations and findings or justifications and approvals 
and take other actions as are deemed consistent with applicable 
policies, procedures, or regulations, with respect to procurement 
transactions, except where such actions are required by law or 
regulation to be made by another officer;
    i. Appoint contracting officers;
    j. Participate in the development of government-wide acquisition 
policies, regulations, and standards, and represent the Department on 
interagency bodies concerned with acquisition policies and procedures;
    k. Select and designate an independent advocate for competition for 
Department of State acquisitions, and provide advice and counsel to 
such advocate in accordance with applicable laws and regulations;
    l. Select and designate a task and delivery order ombudsman and a 
Federal Acquisition Computer Network (FACNET) program manager, in 
accordance with the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994;
    m. Issue policies, procedures, and regulations governing Federal 
assistance (grants and cooperative agreements); and
    n. Appoint grants officers.

2. Re-Delegation

    The Procurement Executive is authorized to redelegate to the 
employees of the Department any of the authorities or functions, 
delegated herein, except that the responsibility under section 1c may 
not be redelegated. Any redelegation may include authority for further 
redelegation.

3. General Provisions

    a. Any official actions taken within the scope of this delegation 
taken prior to the effective date hereof by officers duly authorized 
are hereby continued in effect, according to their terms, until 
modified, revoked, or superseded by action of the Procurement Executive 
or other officer of the Department acting under authority of this 
delegation.
    b. All authorities delegated herein shall be exercised in 
accordance with the applicable limitations and requirements of the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) and other Federal 
laws and regulations regarding procurement or Federal assistance.
    4. This delegation supersedes Department of State Delegation No. 
120-3 (51 FR 16768-16769) dated May 6, 1986.

    Dated: November 23, 1994.
Patrick F. Kennedy,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-29980 Filed 12-5-94; 8:45 am]
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