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training plans to fill gaps, and enhanced performance accountability through the use of established
performance metrics.
• Increase opportunities for small business. Improve HUD’s small business opportunities through
enhanced market research and early collaborative planning. OCPO and the Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) will develop acquisition tools and procedures to
enhance market research fostering identification of a broader base of small businesses with core
disciplines consistent with HUD’s mission. These tools will be launched through a multi-educational
approach to the acquisition workforce, including instruction, simulation, case studies and
experiential sharing.
• Optimize the use of acquisition strategies. Utilize internal and external acquisition vehicles that
leverage HUD’s and the government’s buying power in order to optimize successful contractual
outcomes and reduce costs. These strategies include Best Value – Lowest Priced Technically
Acceptable – evaluation methods, strategic sourcing initiatives, increased competition, reduced use
of risky contracts, and the use of more fixed price and performance-based strategies.
LEADING THIS OBJECTIVE
Keith Surber
Acting Chief Procurement Officer
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer
FY14 APG PROGRESS UPDATE
HUD missed its target for requisitions released by their target release date but exceeded its target for awards
meeting their target award date (among those released on time). The total number of days to contract award
by acquisition strategy was also a mixed success with several exceeding their targets and a few missing. While
the Department still plans to create a new job series and position of the Contracting Officer Representative to
overhaul the role of program office personnel in the acquisition process, these efforts have been delayed.
MAJOR MILESTONES
9/30/2016 125 Implementation of new streamlined acquisitions process, including for Contracting
Officer Representatives
OCPO will work to professionalize the Contracting Officer Representative job series and
program at HUD in order to remove ambiguities created by our current practice, align
HUD with the rest of the Federal Government, and allow for all stakeholders to participate
in performance management of CORs.
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The milestone date was changed from 2015 because the Acting Deputy Secretary indicated that HUD will not begin launch until
10/1/2015. The implementation date was also modified because of potential budget implications that some offices had not included in
their budget submissions.
122 Achieving Operational Excellence Management Challenges and Objectives