Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement

This EO aims to consolidate federal procurement under GSA, rather than at individual agencies.

• All

14 days, 60 days, 90 days.

Agency heads shall, in consultation with the agency’s senior procurement officials, submit to the GSA Administrator proposals, pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 101, 40 U.S.C. 501, or other relevant authorities, to have the GSA conduct domestic procurement with respect to common goods and services for the agency (60 days); GSA Administrator shall submit a comprehensive plan to the Director of OMB for GSA to procure common goods and services across the domestic components of the Government (90 days); pursuant to the authority in 40 U.S.C. 11302(e), the Director of OMB shall designate the GSA Administrator as the executive agent for all Government-wide acquisition contracts for information technology. The GSA Administrator, in consultation with the Director of OMB, shall defer or decline the executive agent designation for Government-wide acquisition contracts for information technology when necessary to ensure continuity of service or as otherwise appropriate. The Administrator shall further, on an ongoing basis, rationalize Government-wide indefinite delivery contract vehicles for information technology for agencies across the Government (30 days); Director of OMB shall issue a memorandum to agencies implementing this section (14 days).

No known legal challenges.