§ 414. — Executive agency responsibilities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 41USC414]
TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 7--OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY
Sec. 414. Executive agency responsibilities
To further achieve effective, efficient, and economic administration
of the Federal procurement system, the head of each executive agency
shall, in accordance with applicable laws, Government-wide policies and
regulations, and good business practices--
(1) increase the use of full and open competition in the
procurement of property or services by the executive agency by
establishing policies, procedures, and practices that assure that
the executive agency receives a sufficient number of sealed bids or
competitive proposals from responsible sources to fulfill the
Government's requirements (including performance and delivery
schedules) at the lowest reasonable cost considering the nature of
the property or service procured;
(2) establish clear lines of authority, accountability, and
responsibility for procurement decisionmaking within the executive
agency, including placing the procurement function at a sufficiently
high level in the executive agency to provide--
(A) direct access to the head of the major organizational
element of the executive agency served; and
(B) comparative equality with organizational counterparts;
(3) designate a senior procurement executive who shall be
responsible for management direction of the procurement system of
the executive agency, including implementation of the unique
procurement policies, regulations, and standards of the executive
agency; and
(4) develop and maintain a procurement career management program
in the executive agency to assure an adequate professional work
force.
(Pub. L. 93-400, Sec. 16, as added Pub. L. 98-191, Sec. 7, Dec. 1, 1983,
97 Stat. 1330; amended Pub. L. 98-369, div. B, title VII,
Sec. 2732(b)(2), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1199.)
Amendments
1984--Par. (1). Pub. L. 98-369 substituted ``increase the use of
full and open competition in the procurement of property or services by
the executive agency by establishing policies, procedures, and practices
that assure that the executive agency receives a sufficient number of
sealed bids or competitive proposals from responsible sources to fulfill
the Government's requirements (including performance and delivery
schedules) at the lowest reasonable cost considering the nature of the
property or service procured;'' for ``increase the use of effective
competition in procurement by the executive agency;''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 252c, 253, 418, 421 of this
title; title 10 sections 133, 2225, 2302c, 2304, 2359a, 2435; title 15
section 637; title 49 section 40110; title 50 section 2402.
