OMB Issues Guidance for Agencies to Consolidate Federal Procurement Activities

Source:EXECGOV

Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, has issued a memorandum providing guidance for federal agencies to consolidate procurement activities for common goods and services.

In the July 18 memo, Vought wrote that the OMB guidance supports the implementation of a March executive order that seeks to consolidate federal procurement within GSA as part of efforts to remove waste and duplication and enable agencies to focus on their mission of delivering services to citizens.

The OMB director noted that consolidation efforts will advance through two workstreams. The first workstream will consolidate procurement through centralized contracting using category management principles. The other workstream will focus on opportunities to consolidate through the centralization of procurement functions at GSA.

According to the document, centralized procurement functions will require performance monitoring and service level agreements, or SLAs.

“Agencies should work proactively with GSA and 0MB to implement these workstreams and fully leverage GSA’s expertise and statutory role as the Federal Government’s core buyer for addressing prevalent and repetitive needs,” Vought noted.

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