[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53936-53937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22186]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5561-D-01]


Designation of Chief Acquisition Officer and Senior Procurement 
Executive and Delegation of Procurement Authority

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of designation of Chief Acquisition Officer and Senior 
Procurement Executive and delegation of procurement authority.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary of HUD designates the Deputy 
Secretary as the Chief Acquisition Officer, the Chief Procurement 
Officer as the Senior Procurement Executive, and delegates all 
procurement authority to the Chief Procurement Officer.

DATES: Effective Date: August 19, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elie F. Stowe, Assistant Chief 
Procurement Officer for Policy and Systems, Office of the Chief 
Procurement Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
7th Street, SW., Room 5276, Washington, DC 20410-3000, telephone number 
202-708-0294 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or 
speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice includes the Department's 
designations of the Chief Acquisition Officer and Senior Procurement 
Executive, and delegations of procurement authority to the Chief 
Procurement Officer. Previously, the delegations and redelegations were 
set forth in separate Federal Register notices. In addition, this 
notice revises the current delegations to clarify that

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the Chief Procurement Officer may redelegate authority for simplified 
acquisitions using the Government Purchase Card. Under prior notices, 
the Chief Procurement Officer had redelegated to the Department's 
Commercial Credit Card Program Administrator authority for credit card 
purchases within the micro-purchase threshold established in Federal 
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 13 and authority to further 
redelegate such authority to credit card holders. This notice removes 
the Commercial Credit Card Program Administrator's authority to further 
redelegate this authority.
    Accordingly, the Secretary hereby revokes, designates, and 
delegates as follows:

Section A. Designation of Chief Acquisition Officer

    1. The Deputy Secretary is designated to serve as the Department's 
Chief Acquisition Officer. Functions of the Chief Acquisition Officer 
are outlined at 41 U.S.C. 414. If the Deputy Secretary position is 
vacant, the Senior Procurement Executive will perform all of the duties 
and functions of the Chief Acquisition Officer.
    2. The authority of the Chief Acquisition Officer includes the 
authority to redelegate the duties and functions of the Chief 
Acquisition Officer.

Section B. Designation of Senior Procurement Executive

    1. The Chief Procurement Officer is designated as the Department's 
Senior Procurement Executive.
    2. The Senior Procurement Executive shall report directly to the 
Deputy Secretary without intervening authority for all procurement-
related matters.
    3. The authority of the Senior Procurement Executive includes the 
authority to redelegate the duties and functions of the Senior 
Procurement Executive.

Section C. Delegation of Authority to Chief Procurement Officer

    1. The Chief Procurement Officer is delegated the authority to 
exercise all duties, responsibilities, and powers of the Secretary with 
respect to departmental procurement activities. The authority delegated 
to the Chief Procurement Officer includes the following duties, 
responsibilities, and powers:
    a. Authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate all 
procurement contracts (as well as interagency agreements entered into 
under the authority of the Economy Act), for property and services 
required by the Department, and make related determinations and 
findings;
    b. Authority to order the sanctions of debarment, suspension, and/
or limited denial of participation pursuant to 48 CFR 2409.7001 and 2 
CFR part 2424;
    c. Responsibility for procurement program development, including:
    (1) Implementation of procurement initiatives, best practices, and 
reforms;
    (2) 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;
    (3) Establishment and maintenance of an evaluation program for all 
procurement activities within the Department;
    (4) 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
    (5) Development of all departmental procurement policy, 
regulations, and procedures.
    2. The Chief Procurement Officer is authorized to issue rules and 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the authority delegated 
under this Section C.
    3. The Chief Procurement Officer may redelegate:
    a. The procurement authority in C.1.a herein to qualified personnel 
within the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer.
    b. Limited purchasing authority to other qualified departmental 
employees, as follows:
    (1) Simplified acquisitions (FAR Part 13), including the Government 
Purchase Card purchases; and
    (2) Issuance of delivery and task orders under contracts 
established by other Government sources in accordance with FAR Part 8, 
or under prepriced indefinite-delivery contracts established by the 
Department.
    4. All redelegations of procurement authority shall be made by way 
of contracting officer Certificates of Appointment that clearly define 
the limits of the delegated authority.

Section D. No Authority to Redelegate

    The authorities in Section C that may be redelegated from the Chief 
Procurement Officer do not include the authority to further redelegate.

Section E. Authority Superseded

    This designation and delegation of authority supersedes all 
previous designations concerning the Chief Acquisition Officer and 
Senior Procurement Executive, and supersedes all previous delegations 
of authority to the Chief Procurement Officer.

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

    Dated: August 19, 2011.
Shaun Donovan,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-22186 Filed 8-29-11; 8:45 am]
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