Federal Procurement Reform
Headline: Agencies Ordered to Streamline Federal Buying and Strengthen Accountability
What it does: Agencies must review and reform procurement rules, expand simplified buying and purchase card use, appoint senior procurement officials, and improve workforce and IT contracting for best value.
- Reduces administrative burdens and paperwork for federal buyers.
- Expands use of government purchase cards and micro-purchases by agency offices.
- Requires training and a senior procurement lead for procurement staff.
Summary
This order directs agency heads to reform how the federal government buys goods and services. Agencies must simplify rules, emphasize best value over lowest cost, use more commercial items, expand simplified buying and government purchase card/micro-purchase use, and review IT contracts for best value.
It requires career training for procurement staff and each agency to name a senior procurement official. The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy will coordinate guidance and propose law changes to reduce burdens on the private sector and procurement officials.
The order revokes Executive Order No. 12352.
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