# Presentation: 259484

##    U.S. Department of the Interior

***Strategic Sourcing ***
***Leveraging Interior’s Purchase Power***
**DOI Annual Business Conference**
**Thursday, May 25, 2006**

##       What is Strategic Sourcing?

- An analytical approach to increase savings,
- socio-economic participation and standardization.
- Why are we doing it?
- Reduce Administrative and Commodity Costs
- Increase Small Business and Environmental Procurement Goal Achievement
- Increase Efficiency and Value

##       Small Business Goals      

**Why?**
- Small Businesses are the Heart the American Economy
- Small Businesses ensure competition and multiple resources for commodities and service.
- To Be a Good Neighbor
- It’s the Law
- FAR Parts 8.7 and 19
**How?**
- Provide small businesses opportunity to meet the needs of the Federal Government.
- Achieve our goals by providing opportunities for the following small business concerns:
**JWOD****	****	****8a**
**HUBZone****	****	****Woman-Owned**
**Service Disabled Veteran-Owned**

**Notes:**
Being a good neighbor means sometimes paying a little more as we embrace SBA’s philosophy:
	We [Federal Government] empower the spirit of entrepreneurship within every community to promote and realize the American dream. 
Being a good neighbor means sometimes paying a little more as we embrace SBA’s philosophy:
	We [Federal Government] empower the spirit of entrepreneurship within every community to promote and realize the American dream. 

##      Environmental Mandates

**As the National Steward of America’s resources, we must make sound environmental decisions.**
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Section 6002
- 2002 Farm Bill, Section 9002
- EO 13101, Greening the Government through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition
- Federal Acquisition Regulations, Parts 7, 11, 12, **13**, 23, 36, 37 and 52
- Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Letter 92-4, Procurement of Environmentally Sound and Energy Efficient Products and Services

## OMB’s Snapshot 

**OMB’s Snapshot**

- Value

- Current state

- SPE
- best practices

- Federal
- best practice

- Standards based requirements
- Demand management
- High customer satisfaction
- Driven vendor management
- Strategic achievement of small business goals integral to plan
- Build leverage across Govt

- Share best practices
- Leverage current vehicles

- Departments going it alone standing up Commodity Management Teams
-    (CMTs)

- Value

***We need to do more with less***

- Cross-Department
- CMTs

## Federal Supply Schedule Interior’s Usage

##    Interior’s Top 10 CommoditiesFY 2002

##       Interior’s Top 10 CommoditiesFY 2003

##    Interior’s Strategic Sourcing Initiative

- Commodities
- IT Equipment*
- Office Supplies
- Telecommunication (Wireless Plans)*
- Office Equipment (Duplication)**
- Domestic Delivery
- Relocations***
**____________**
- *     Joint Initiative with OCIO
- **   Joint Initiative with Printing Council
- *** Joint Initiative with PFM

##  Strategic Sourcing Council        Approved and Authorized by MIT and Assistant Secretary, PMB

## Strategic Sourcing Council CompositionApproved by CAO & MIT 

| CAO | Tom Weimer | DAS | Nina Rose Hatfield |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CIO | Hord Tipton | MIT | Jim Poole, NPS |
| MIT | Larry Todd, BOR | SPE | Debra Sonderman |
| PAM | Melodee Stith | OSDBU | Robert Faithful |
| PAM | Pia Scott | AMP | David Sutfin |

##             Strategic Sourcing Council             Roles and Responsibilities	

- Provide executive-level leadership
- Develop Charter
- Establish FY strategic sourcing goals
- Develop performance measures
- Develop agency communication plan
- Develop training plan

##           For More Information

- Please Contact
- 	Pia N. Scott, DOI/OS/PAM
- 	_[pia_scott@ios.doi.gov](mailto:pia_scott@ios.doi.gov)_
- 	(202) 208-6321