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Part IV
The President
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Executive Order 12931--
Federal Procurement Reform
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Presidential Determination No. 94-56
Presidential Determination No. 94-58
Presidential Determination No. 95-1
Memorandum of October 7, 1994
Memorandum of October 13, 1994
                        Presidential Documents
Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 199
Monday, October 17, 1994
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Title 3--
The President
                Executive Order 12931 of October 13, 1994
Federal Procurement Reform
                By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                America, and in order to ensure effective and efficient
                spending of public funds through fundamental reforms in
                Government procurement, it is hereby ordered as
                follows:
                Section 1. To make procurement more effective in
                support of mission accomplishment and consistent with
                recommendations of the National Performance Review,
                heads of executive agencies engaged in the procurement
                of supplies and services shall:
                    (a) Review agency procurement rules, reporting
                requirements, contractual requirements, certification
                procedures, and other administrative procedures over
                and above those required by statute, and, where
                practicable, replace them with guiding principles that
                encourage and reward innovation;
                    (b) Review existing and planned agency programs to
                assure that such programs meet agency mission needs;
                    (c) Ensure that procurement organizations focus on
                measurable results and on increased attention to
                understanding and meeting customer needs;
                    (d) Increase the use of commercially available
                items where practicable, place more emphasis on past
                contractor performance, and promote best value rather
                than simply low cost in selecting sources for supplies
                and services;
                    (e) Ensure that simplified acquisition procedures
                are used, to the maximum extent practicable, for
                procurements under the simplified acquisition threshold
                in order to reduce administrative burdens and more
                effectively support the accomplishment of agency
                missions;
                    (f) Expand the use of the Government purchase card
                by the agency and take maximum advantage of the micro-
                purchase authority provided in the Federal Acquisition
                Streamlining Act of 1994 by delegating the authority,
                to the maximum extent practicable, to the offices that
                will be using the supplies or services to be purchased;
                    (g) Establish clear lines of contracting authority
                and accountability;
                    (h) Establish career education programs for
                procurement professionals, including requirements for
                successful completion of educational requirements or
                mandatory training for entry level positions and for
                promotion to higher level positions, in order to ensure
                a highly qualified procurement work force;
                    (i) Designate a Procurement Executive with agency-
                wide responsibility to oversee development of
                procurement goals, guidelines, and innovation, measure
                and evaluate procurement office performance against
                stated goals, enhance career development of the
                procurement work force, and advise the agency heads
                whether goals are being achieved; and
                    (j) Review existing and planned information
                technology acquisitions and contracts to ensure that
                the agency receives the best value with regard to price
                and technology, and consider alternatives in cases
                where best value is not being obtained.
                Sec. 2. The Director of the Office of Personnel
                Management, in consultation with the heads of executive
                agencies, shall ensure that personnel policies and
                classification standards meet the needs of executive
                agencies for a professional procurement work force.
                Sec. 3. The Administrator of the Office of Federal
                Procurement Policy, after consultation with the
                Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall
                work jointly with the heads of executive agencies to
                provide broad policy guidance and overall leadership
                necessary to achieve procurement reform, including, but
                not limited to:
                    (a) Coordinating Government-wide efforts;
                    (b) Assisting executive agencies in streamlining
                guidance for procurement processes;
                    (c) Identifying desirable Government-wide
                procurement system criteria; and
                    (d) Identifying major inconsistencies in law and
                policies relating to procurement that impose
                unnecessary burdens on the private sector and Federal
                procurement officials, and, following coordination with
                executive agencies, submitting necessary legislative
                initiatives to the Office of Management and Budget for
                the resolution of such inconsistencies.
                Sec. 4. Executive Order No. 12352 is revoked.
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                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    October 13, 1994.
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