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ferences among the executive agencies in developing simplified Govern-
ment-wide procurement regulations, procedures, and forms; 
(2) coordinating the development of Government-wide procurement 
system standards that executive agencies shall implement in their pro-
curement systems; 
(3) providing leadership and coordination in formulating the execu-
tive branch position on legislation relating to procurement; 
(4)(A) providing for and directing the activities of the computer- 
based Federal Procurement Data System (including recommending to 
the Administrator of General Services a sufficient budget for those ac-
tivities), which shall be located in the General Services Administration, 
in order to adequately collect, develop, and disseminate procurement 
data; and 
(B) ensuring executive agency compliance with the record require-
ments of section 1712 of this title; 
(5) providing for and directing the activities of the Federal Acquisi-
tion Institute (including recommending to the Administrator of General 
Services a sufficient budget for those activities), which shall be located 
in the General Services Administration, in order to— 
(A) foster and promote the development of a professional acqui-
sition workforce Government-wide; 
(B) promote and coordinate Government-wide research and 
studies to improve the procurement process and the laws, policies, 
methods, regulations, procedures, and forms relating to acquisition 
by the executive agencies; 
(C) collect data and analyze acquisition workforce data from the 
Office of Personnel Management, from the heads of executive 
agencies, and, through periodic surveys, from individual employees; 
(D) periodically analyze acquisition career fields to identify crit-
ical competencies, duties, tasks, and related academic pre-
requisites, skills, and knowledge; 
(E) coordinate and assist agencies in identifying and recruiting 
highly qualified candidates for acquisition fields; 
(F) develop instructional materials for acquisition personnel in 
coordination with private and public acquisition colleges and train-
ing facilities; 
(G) evaluate the effectiveness of training and career develop-
ment programs for acquisition personnel; 
(H) promote the establishment and utilization of academic pro-
grams by colleges and universities in acquisition fields; 
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(I) facilitate, to the extent requested by agencies, interagency 
intern and training programs; and 
(J) perform other career management or research functions as 
directed by the Administrator; 
(6) administering section 1703(a) to (i) of this title; 
(7) establishing criteria and procedures to ensure the effective and 
timely solicitation of the viewpoints of interested parties in the develop-
ment of procurement policies, regulations, procedures, and forms; 
(8) developing standard contract forms and contract language in 
order to reduce the Federal Government’s cost of procuring property 
and services and the private sector’s cost of doing business with the 
Federal Government; 
(9) providing for a Government-wide award to recognize and promote 
vendor excellence; 
(10) providing for a Government-wide award to recognize and pro-
mote excellence in officers and employees of the Federal Government 
serving in procurement-related positions; 
(11) developing policies, in consultation with the Administrator of 
the Small Business Administration, that ensure that small businesses, 
qualified HUBZone small business concerns (as defined in section 3(p) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p))), small businesses owned 
and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, 
and small businesses owned and controlled by women are provided with 
the maximum practicable opportunities to participate in procurements 
that are conducted for amounts below the simplified acquisition thresh-
old; 
(12) developing policies that will promote achievement of goals for 
participation by small businesses, small business concerns owned and 
controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone small busi-
ness concerns (as defined in section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632(p))), small businesses owned and controlled by socially and 
economically disadvantaged individuals, and small businesses owned 
and controlled by women; and 
(13) completing action, as appropriate, on the recommendations of 
the Commission on Government Procurement. 
(b) CONSULTATION AND ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out the functions in 
subsection (a), the Administrator— 
(1) shall consult with the affected executive agencies, including the 
Small Business Administration; 
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(2) with the concurrence of the heads of affected executive agencies, 
may designate one or more executive agencies to assist in performing 
those functions; and 
(3) may establish advisory committees or other interagency groups 
to assist in providing for the establishment, development, and mainte-
nance of a single system of simplified Government-wide procurement 
regulations and to assist in performing any other function the Adminis-
trator considers appropriate. 
(c) ASSIGNMENT, DELEGATION, OR TRANSFER.— 
(1) TO ADMINISTRATOR.—Except as otherwise provided by law, only 
duties, functions, or responsibilities expressly assigned by this division 
shall be assigned, delegated, or transferred to the Administrator. 
(2) BY ADMINISTRATOR.— 
(A) WITHIN OFFICE.—The Administrator may make and au-
thorize delegations within the Office of Federal Procurement Pol-
icy that the Administrator determines to be necessary to carry out 
this division. 
(B) TO
ANOTHER
EXECUTIVE
AGENCY.—The Administrator 
may delegate, and authorize successive redelegations of, an author-
ity, function, or power of the Administrator under this division 
(other than the authority to provide overall direction of Federal 
procurement policy and to prescribe policies and regulations to 
carry out the policy) to another executive agency with the consent 
of the head of the executive agency or at the direction of the 
President. 
§ 1123. Small business concerns 
In formulating the Federal Acquisition Regulation and procedures to en-
sure compliance with the Regulation, the Administrator, in consultation with 
the Small Business Administration, shall— 
(1) conduct analyses of the impact on small business concerns result-
ing from revised procurement regulations; and 
(2) incorporate into revised procurement regulations simplified bid-
ding, contract performance, and contract administration procedures for 
small business concerns. 
§ 1124. Tests of innovative procurement methods and proce-
dures 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may develop innovative procure-
ment methods and procedures to be tested by selected executive agencies. 
In developing a program to test innovative procurement methods and proce-
dures under this subsection, the Administrator shall consult with the heads 
of executive agencies to— 
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