Office of Acquisition Management and Policy

Acquisition Policy

HHS Acquisition Policies

• Office of Acquisition Management Leadership Act Clause
• Office of Acquisition Management FY 2005 Policy Inventory
• Competition Advocate Report Interim HHSAR Guidance
• Competition Advocate Report Template
• OFPP Memorandum 5/31/07 (PDF - 105KB)
• Interim Guidance (DOC - 160.5 KB)
• Transmittal Memo (DOC - 41.5 KB)
• Section 508 - Acquisition of Communications Products
• HHS Purchase Card Guide (DOC - 7.84 MB)
• Executive Summary for HHS Purchase Card Guide – Version 4.0
• Purchase Card Quick Reference
• Interim Changes to HHSAR 307.104 regarding the Annual Acquisition Plan (AAP)
• Proposed Change to HHSAR 307.7101(b) regarding the AP Waiver Request
• HHS Annual Acquisition Plan Template and Instructions (PDF - 65.32 KB)
• HHS Acquisition Plan Waiver Request Template and Instructions (PDF - 93.63 KB)
• HHS Acquisition Plan (AP) (PDF - 217.45 KB)
• Health and Human Services Acquisition Regulation (HHSAR) (DOC - 1.19 MB)

Contingency Contracting: Policy and Guidance

• Stafford Act (1988)
• National Response Plan (May 2006)
• Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Chapter 18 - Emergency Acquisitions (July 2006)
• Acquisition Directions' Advisory: A Contracting Officer's Guide to Emergency Contracting (September 2006).
• HHS Line of Succession [under development]
• OPDIV Protest Control Officers
• Regulation Proposal: HHSAR Interim Change -- Departmental Protest Control Officer (DPCO) (DOC - 66 KB)
• Joint Protest Letter (DOC - 29.5 KB)
• Purchase of Food for Government Employees (PDF – 208KB)
• Departmental Policy on Use of Appropriated Funds for Food at HHS-Sponsored Conferences (PDF – 89KB)

Logistics

• HHS Logistics Management Manual (DOC - 1.67MB)