[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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