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General Services Agency recentralizes procurement, cites backlog and complex federal purchases
Summary
GSA acting procurement officials told lawmakers they recentralized procurement to improve consistency, that buyers processed thousands of requisitions this fiscal year, and that complex federal-funded procurements and late agency submissions contribute to delays.
The General Services Agency’s procurement staff told the legislature on June 19 that the agency has recentralized procurement functions and is working through a backlog of requisitions from line agencies.
Adriana Kidako, the acting chief procurement officer (GSA), said the office moved some delegated procurement functions back to trained GSA buyers to improve compliance and consistency. "When fiscal year 25 was coming about, I had decentralized that process. So I took it back, and it's only the general services agency buyers that are properly trained to conduct…
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