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Director, Mary Smith |
6100 Executive Blvd/6B05C, Phone: 301-496-6014, Email: smithma1@mail.nih.gov |
Advises the Associate Director, OAMP, and staff of procedures and practices in the areas of simplified
acquisitions, delegated acquisition, and acquisition support programs. Responsible for: (1) planning, developing, recommending
and establishing NIH-wide procedures and practices in the area of simplified acquisitions; (2) administers and oversees the
NIH Purchase Card Program, providing guidance, training and reviews; (3) administers and oversees NIH’s delegated acquisition
system, providing guidance, training and reviews; (4) plans, negotiates, awards and terminates NIH-wide and restricted BPAs;
(5) administers and develops acquisition standards and specifications (including commodities) for NIH and other DHHS activities;
(6) provides technical assistance to ordering offices, bidders and contractors on the design, manufacture, use and acquisition
of equipment, supplies and technical services at NIH; (7) analyzes repetitive acquisitions to ascertain the most cost-effective
method, including their consolidation into NIH-wide awards; (8) as requested, coordinates and submits pertinent acquisition
business data and documentation; (9) prepares guidance and procedural updates and keeps the community informed of current,
relevant simplified acquisition issues; (10) in conjunction with the Acquisition Career Program in OALM, manages delegated
acquisition authority function and maintains files; (11) negotiates vendor discounts with open market and Federal Supply
Schedule vendors; and (12) conducts discount validation reviews and identifies areas of procedural problems as well as
non-compliance by BPA vendors.
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Organizational Structure & Customer Service |
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Customer Service
Purchase Card: 301-435-6606 |
Creditcard@od.nih.gov |
BPA: 301-496-5212 BPAProgramBranch@od.nih.gov |
Simplified Acquisitions: 301-496-0400 SimplifiedAcquisitionHelp@od.nih.gov |
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Acquisition Services and Review Branch
Chief, Nic D'Ascoli |
6100 Executive Blvd / 6D01 |
Phone: 301-496-0400 |
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BPA Program Branch
Chief, Zedekiah Worsham |
6100 Executive Blvd / 6A01B |
Phone: 301-435-3933 |
E-mail: worshamz@mail.nih.gov |
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Purchase Card Program Branch
Chief, Doreen Rappaport |
6100 Executive Blvd/6B05D |
Phone: 301-451-1947 |
E-mail: rappaportdj@mail.nih.gov |
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Acquisition Planning and Specification Branch
Chief, Vacancy |
6011 Executive Blvd / 547-F |
Phone: 301-496-4814 |
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