[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 50157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21245]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4837-D-12]


Delegations of Procurement Authority and Designation of Senior 
Procurement Executive

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary of HUD delegates all procurement 
authority of the Secretary to the Assistant Secretary for 
Administration/Chief Information Officer and the Chief Procurement 
Officer, and authorizes each to exercise all duties and powers of the 
Secretary regarding departmental procurement activities. The Chief 
Procurement Officer continues to serve as the Department's Senior 
Procurement Executive.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward L. Girovasi, Jr., Director, 
Policy and Field Operations Division, Office of the Chief Procurement 
Officer, Room 5262, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410-3000, 
(202) 708-0294 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing- or speech-
impaired individuals may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary is issuing new delegations of 
procurement authority to reflect the Department's current 
organizational structure. Since the last publication of the 
Department's delegations of procurement authority, the Office of the 
Chief Procurement Officer has been organizationally realigned under the 
authority of the Assistant Secretary for Administration/Chief 
Information Officer.
    This notice encompasses all of the delegations of procurement 
authority made by the Secretary within the Department. Therefore, 
through this notice, the Secretary supersedes, delegates, and 
designates as follows:

Section A. Authority Superseded

    This notice supersedes an unpublished delegation dated May 24, 
2001, which delegated procurement authority to the Assistant Secretary 
for Administration/Chief Information Officer. The May 24, 2001, 
delegation authorized the Assistant Secretary for Administration/Chief 
Information Officer to exercise all duties and powers of the Secretary 
regarding departmental procurement activities, and delegated to the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration/Chief Information Officer the 
responsibility for the administrative oversight of all departmental 
procurement activities.
    This notice supersedes the Notice of Designation of Senior 
Procurement Executive and Revocation and Delegation of Procurement 
Authority published in the Federal Register on October 13, 1998 (63 FR 
54722), which designated the Chief Procurement Officer as the 
Department's Senior Procurement Executive, and which transferred all 
procurement authority for the Department to the Chief Procurement 
Officer.

Section B. Designation and Delegation of Authority

    The Assistant Secretary for Administration/Chief Information 
Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer are delegated all procurement 
authority of the Secretary and are authorized to exercise all duties 
and powers of the Secretary regarding departmental procurement 
activities. Included in the authority delegated in this notice is the 
authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate all procurement 
contracts and interagency agreements entered into under the authority 
of the Economy Act within the Department and make related 
determinations and findings. Additionally, included in the authority 
delegated to the Chief Procurement Officer in this notice is the 
authority to order debarment, suspension, and/or limited denial of 
participation sanctions, pursuant to HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 24.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration/Chief Information 
Officer is delegated the responsibility for the administrative 
oversight of all departmental procurement activities.
    The Chief Procurement Officer is designated the Department's Senior 
Procurement Executive. Included in the Senior Procurement Executive's 
functions are certain duties, responsibilities, and powers, such as the 
responsibility for procurement program development, which includes:
    a. Implementation of procurement initiatives, best practices, and 
reforms;
    b. In coordination with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, 
determination of specific areas where governmentwide performance 
standards should be established and applied, and development of 
governmentwide 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 workforce, including the establishment of 
educational, training, and experience requirements for procurement 
personnel; and,
    e. Development of all departmental procurement policy, regulations 
and procedures.

Section C. Authority To Issue Rules and Regulations

    The Chief Procurement Officer is authorized to issue rules and 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the procurement authority 
delegated under Section B.

Section D. Authority To Redelegate

    The Chief Procurement Officer is authorized to redelegate to 
qualified employees of the Department any of the authority delegated 
under Section B.

    Authority: 41 U.S.C. 414(2) and (3); Section 7(d), Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).

    Dated: August 11, 2003.
Mel Martinez,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-21245 Filed 8-19-03; 8:45 am]
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