[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7063-7064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2500]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4837-D-61]


Office of the Chief Procurement Officer Revocation and 
Redelegation of Procurement Authority

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this Notice, the Chief Procurement Officer revokes all 
current redelegations of procurement authority and redelegates 
procurement authority to qualified Departmental employees.

DATES: Effective Date: January 30, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gloria Sochon, Assistant Chief 
Procurement Officer for Policy and Systems, Office of the Chief 
Procurement Officer, Room 5276, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; telephone 
(202) 708-0294 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech-
impaired individuals may access this number via TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer 
has recently undergone a significant reorganization to re-align it 
within the Department's management structure and to consolidate all 
contracting authority and activity (headquarters and field-based) under 
the Chief Procurement Officer. The reorganization also creates four 
Assistant Chief Procurement Officer positions, three of which are 
responsible for operational contracting activities. The fourth is 
responsible for procurement policy and systems.
    The Secretary of HUD has designated the Chief Procurement Officer 
as the Department's Senior Procurement Executive and transferred all 
Departmental procurement authority to the Chief Procurement Officer.
    In this Notice, the Chief Procurement Officer revokes all existing 
procurement

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authority previously redelegated, and redelegates authority as follows:

Section A. Authority Revoked

    This document revokes the Notice of Revocation and Redelegation of 
Procurement Authority published in the Federal Register on October 13, 
1998 (63 FR 54723).

Section B. Authority Redelegated

    1. The Chief Procurement Officer, designated as the Department's 
Senior Procurement Executive, hereby:
    a. Designates the Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, the Assistant 
Chief Procurement Officer for Program Operations, the Assistant Chief 
Procurement Officer for Support Operations, and the Assistant Chief 
Procurement Officer for Field Operations as contracting officers; and
    b. Redelegates to the Commercial Credit Card Program Administrator 
authority for credit card purchases within the micro-purchase threshold 
established in FAR Part 13. The Commercial Credit Card Program 
Administrator may further redelegate this authority to qualified 
headquarters employees.
    2. In addition, the Chief Procurement Officer may redelegate 
authority to:
    a. Qualified Office of the Chief Procurement Officer personnel, by 
way of Certificates of Appointment as contracting officers, to enter 
into, administer, and/or terminate all procurement contracts, and 
interagency agreements entered into under the authority of the Economy 
Act, for property and services required by the Department (including 
the placement of paid advertisements in newspapers), and make related 
determination and findings; and
    b. Qualified Departmental employees, to engage in the following 
purchasing procedures:
    Simplified acquisitions (FAR Part 13); and
    Issuance of orders under contracts established by other Government 
sources in accordance with FAR Part 8, or under pre-priced indefinite-
delivery contracts established by the Department.

Section C. No Authority To Further Redelegate

    Except as provided above in paragraph B.1.b, the authority 
redelegated in Section B, does not include the authority to further 
redelegate.

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

    Dated: January 30, 2007.
Joseph A. Neurauter,
Chief Procurement Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-2500 Filed 2-13-07; 8:45 am]
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