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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Washington, DC 20405

ADM 5440.704

August 10, 2016

GSA ORDER

Subject: Changes in GSA Organization

1. Purpose. This Order announces changes in the organizational structure of the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS).

2. Background. This announces changes within FAS. FAS determined the need to increase its efficiency, reduce costs, and deliver improved customer service by realigning its organizational structure to the vision and principles of category management. Category management is a procurement approach that manages spending by commodity or service offering, which allows agencies to buy smarter and act more like a single enterprise. Category management focuses on optimizing contract vehicles, managing data collection, leveraging supplier connections, maximizing customer relationships, and sharing expertise. For these reasons, FAS has decided to align its organizational structure to these procurement principles as well as to align the key functions between its integrator organizations to enhance coordination and to maximize workforce talent.

3. Changes in organization.

a. The Office of the Deputy FAS Commissioner. The MAS Program Management Office is established and headed by an office director who reports to the Deputy Commissioner.

The MAS program management and support functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the MAS Program Division, Office of Acquisition Management to this office.

b. The Office of Customer Accounts and Research. The Office of Customer Accounts and Research is renamed the Office of Customer and Stakeholder Engagement.

(1) The Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Stakeholder Account Management is established and headed by a deputy who reports to the Assistant Commissioner.

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(a) The Customer Relationship and Data Management Division is established and headed by a division director who reports to the deputy.

1. Branch A is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

2. Branch B is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

3. The stakeholder relationship management, planning, and data management functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from throughout the Office of Customer and Stakeholder Engagement to this division and reallocated among its branches.

(b) The Customer Research and Analysis Division is realigned to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Stakeholder Account Management, and renamed the Stakeholder Research and Data Analysis Division.



The Research Operations Branch and the Infrastructure and Planning Branch are merged and realigned to this division and the functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are reallocated among its branches

3. The Research Operations Branch is abolished.

4. The Infrastructure and Planning Branch is abolished.

(c) The Customer Relationship Management Division is realigned to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Stakeholder Account Management and renamed the National Account Management Strategy Division.

1. The Strategic Account Management Branch A is renamed Branch A.

2. The Strategic Account Management Branch B is renamed Branch B.

(2) The Office of Customer Accounts and Research, Deputy is renamed the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Engagement and Outreach. The office is headed by a deputy who reports to the Assistant Commissioner.

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(a) The Vendor Engagement Division is established.

1. The division is headed by a division director who reports to the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Engagement and Outreach.

2. The vendor engagement functions, staff, authorities, and other resources of the Supplier Management Division, Office of Acquisition Management are realigned to this division.

(b) The Customer Outreach Division is realigned to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Engagement and Outreach and renamed the Corporate Marketing and Outreach Division.

1. The Events and Training Branch is renamed Branch A.

2. The Communications and Portal Services Branch is renamed Branch B.

(The following has been cancelled by FAS 5440.36 Changes in Organization, dated April 27, 2018)

3. Branch C is established and is headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

4. The Acquisition Workforce Training Division is realigned from the Office of Acquisition Management to this division, and established at the branch level and renamed Branch D.

a. The branch is headed by a branch chief who reports to the

division director. b. The acquisition workforce training functions, staff, authorities,

and other resources are realigned from the Acquisition Workforce Training Division, Office of Acquisition Management to this branch.

(c) The Management and Program Support Division is established.

1. The division is headed by a division director who reports to the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Engagement and Outreach.

2. The program support functions, staff, authorities, and other resources of the Office of Customer Accounts and Research, Deputy are realigned to this division.

https://insite.gsa.gov/directives-library/changes-in-organization-544036-fas?term=FAS%205440.36

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c. The Office of Strategy Management. The Office of Strategy Management is renamed the Office of Enterprise Strategy Management.

(1) The Government-wide Program Management Office for Category Management is established and headed by a division director who reports to the Assistant Commissioner.

(a) Branch A is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(b) Branch B is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(c) The government-wide category management support functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Strategy Execution Division, Office of Strategy Management to this office and reallocated among its branches.

(2) The Acquisition Gateway Division is established and headed by a division director who reports to the Assistant Commissioner.



(c) The Acquisition Gateway support functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Program Management Division, Office of Integrated Award Environment, to this division and reallocated among its branches.

(3) The Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner.

(a) The office is established and headed by a deputy who reports to the Assistant Commissioner.

(b) The program management functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Office of Strategy Management to this office.

(c) The Management and Program Support Division.

1. The Management and Program Support Division is established.

2. The division is headed by a division director who reports to the Deputy Assistant Commissioner.

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3. The administrative program management and support staff functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Strategy Execution Division, Office of Strategy Management and the Stakeholder Management Division, Office of Strategy Management to this division.

(d) The Stakeholder Management Division is realigned to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner and renamed the Stakeholder Engagement Division.

(e) The Strategy Execution Division is realigned to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner.

1. The program development functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Program Development Branch, to be performed at the division level.

2. The program operations staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Program Operations Branch to be performed at the division level.

(f) The Strategic Planning and Performance Management Division is realigned to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner.



3. The Program Development Branch is abolished.

4. The Program Operations Branch is abolished.

d. The Office of Integrated Award Environment.

(1) The Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Integrated Award Environment (IAE)/System for Award Management (SAM) is established and headed by a deputy who reports to the Assistant Commissioner.

(a) The Integrated Award Environment Program Planning, Analysis and Control Division is realigned to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, IAE/ SAM and renamed the Management and Program Support Division.


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(b) The Integrated Award Environment Business Operations Division is realigned to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, IAE/ SAM and renamed the Business Applications Operations Division.

(c) The Integrated Award Environment Outreach and Stakeholder Management Division is realigned to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, IAE/ SAM, Deputy and renamed the Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement Division.



(2) The IAE Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner is renamed the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Systems Transformation.

(a) The Program Management Division is realigned to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Systems Transformation.

(b) The Integrated Award Environment Common Acquisition Platform Governance Division is realigned to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Systems Transformation and renamed the Transformation Division.



(c) The Business Operations and Analysis Division.

1. The Business Operations and Analysis Division is realigned to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Systems Transformation and renamed the Operations Division.

2. All systems requirement development functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the MAS Program Division, Office of Acquisition Management to the Operations Division.

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(d) All systems requirement development functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from Supplier Management Division, Office of Acquisition Management to the Operations Division.

(3) The Office of Integrated Award Environment is renamed the Office of Systems Management.

e. The Office of Assisted Acquisition Services.

(1) The Office of the Assisted Acquisition Services, Deputy is renamed the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner.

(2) The Program Management Division is established.

(a) The office is headed by a division director who reports to the Assistant Commissioner.

(b) The program management functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Business and Acquisition Operations Division to this division.

(3) The Business and Acquisition Operations Division is renamed the Business Operations Division.

(4) The Center for FEDSIM.

(a) The Management and Program Support Division.

1. The Management and Program Support Division is established and headed by a division director who reports to the center director.

2. The program support functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Program Support Branch, Center for FEDSIM to this division.

(b) The Center for FEDSIM, Deputy Director.

1. The Program Support Branch is realigned to the deputy and renamed Branch A.

2. The Civilian Sector Branch is realigned to the deputy and renamed Branch B.

a. The Civilian Section 1 is renamed Section 1.

b. The Civilian Section 2 is renamed Section 2.

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c. The Civilian Section 3 is renamed Section 3.

d. The Civilian Acquisition Section is renamed Section 4.

3. The Defense Sector Branch is realigned to the deputy and renamed Branch C.

a. The Air Force Section is renamed Section 1.

b. Section 2 is established. The section is headed by a section chief who reports to the branch chief.

c. Section 3 is established. The section is headed by a section chief who reports to the branch chief.

d. The Defense Acquisition Section is renamed Section 4. The functions, staff, authorities, and other resources from the existing Army Human Resources Section, Army Programs Section, and Department of Defense/Navy Section are realigned to this branch and reallocated among the sections.

4. The Enterprise Sector Branch is renamed Branch D.

a. The Enterprise Section 1 is renamed Section 1.

b. The Enterprise Section 2 is renamed Section 2.

c. The Section 3 is established and headed by a section chief who reports to the branch chief. This additional section is established to provide rebalancing of workload and staff. Certain functions, staff, authorities, and other resources will be realigned from Section 1, Section 2 and Section 4 to this new section.

d. The Enterprise Acquisition Section is renamed Section 4.

5. Branch E is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the deputy.

a. Section 1 is established and headed by a section chief who reports to the branch chief.

b. Section 2 is established and headed by a section chief who reports to the branch chief.

c. Section 3 is established and headed by a section chief who reports to the branch chief.

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d. Section 4 is established and headed by a section chief who reports to the branch chief.

e. The acquisition strategic planning functions, staff, authorities, and other resources in the Center for FEDSIM are realigned to this branch and reallocated among its sections.

6. Branch F is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the deputy. The cost analysis functions in the Center for FEDSIM are realigned to this branch.

f. The Office of Travel, Motor Vehicle, and Card Services is renamed the Office of Travel, Transportation and Logistics Categories.

(1) The Office of Acquisition Operations.

(a) The Center for Vehicle Acquisition.

1. The Light Vehicles Acquisition Support Branch is renamed Branch A.

2. The Heavy Vehicles Acquisition Support Branch is renamed Branch B.

(b) The Center for Travel and Transportation Acquisition.

1. The Transportation Acquisition Support Branch is renamed Branch A.

2. The Travel Acquisition Support Branch is renamed Branch B.

(2) The Office of Travel and Transportation Services is renamed the Office of Travel, Employee Relocation, and Transportation.

(a) The Relocation Services Branch, Center for Transportation Management, is realigned to the Office of Travel, Employee Relocation, and Transportation, established at the division level, and renamed the Center for Employee Relocation Resources. The office is headed by a center director who reports to the office director.

(b) The Center for Air Training and Travel Solutions.

1. The air and travel services and customer training functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Air and Travel Services Solutions Branch and the Customer Training Branch to be performed at the center level.

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(c) The Transportation Audits Division.

1. The Accounts and Collections Branch is renamed Branch A.

a. The Accounts Section is renamed Section 1.

b. The Collections Section is renamed Section 2.

2. The Audit Policy and Review Branch is renamed Branch B.

3. The Disputes Resolution Branch is renamed Branch C.

(d) The Center for Transportation Management.

1. The freight management functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Freight Management Branch to be performed at the center level.

(e) The Strategic Business Management Division remains unchanged.

(f) The Center for E-Gov Travel remains unchanged.

(g) The Center for Lodging and Management remains unchanged.

(3) Office of Fleet Management.

(a) Management and Program Support Division.

1. The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Program Branch is renamed Branch A.

(b) The Business Management Division.

1. The Business Intelligence Branch is renamed Branch A.

a. The Card Services Section is renamed Section 1.

2. The Business Oversight Branch is renamed Branch B.

(c) The Leasing, Acquisition and Remarketing Division.

1. The Acquisition Branch is renamed Branch A.

2. The Remarketing Branch is renamed Branch B.

(d) The Fleet Services and Solutions Division.

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1. The Fleet Services Branch is renamed Branch A.

2. The Fleet Solutions Branch is renamed Branch B.

(e) The Vehicle Automated Solutions Division.

1. The Acquisition Systems Branch is renamed Branch A.

2. The Operational Systems Branch is renamed Branch B.

(f) The Leasing Support Division.

1. The Maintenance and Accident Management Branch is renamed Branch A.

a. The Maintenance Control Center (San Francisco) is renamed the Maintenance Control Center (Lompoc).

b. The remaining Accident Management Centers and Maintenance Control Centers remain unchanged.

2. The Operational Support Branch is renamed Branch B.

(g) The Vehicle Purchasing Division.

1. The Vehicle Engineering Branch is renamed Branch A.

2. The Program Management Branch is renamed Branch B.

3. The Quality Assurance Branch is renamed Branch C.

(4) The Office of the Deputy Director.

(a) Zone 1.


a. The Acquisition and Remarketing Section is renamed Section 1. b. The Support Section is renamed Section 2.

2. The Fleet Operations Branch is renamed Branch B.

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3. Branch C is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

a. The San Juan Fleet Management Center is realigned to this branch, from Branch B, Zone 1.

b. The European Fleet Management Center is realigned to this branch, from Branch B, Zone 1.

c. The Metro Fleet Management Center is realigned to this branch, from Branch B, Zone 1.

(b) Zone 2.


a. The Acquisition and Remarketing Section is renamed Section 1.

b. The Support Section is renamed Section 2.


a. All Fleet Management Centers within this branch remain unchanged.

(c) Zone 3.





a. The West Texas/New Mexico Fleet Management Center is renamed the West Texas/Eastern New Mexico Fleet Management Center.

b. The New Mexico Fleet Office is established at the fleet management center level and renamed the Western New Mexico Fleet Management Center.

c. The remaining Fleet Management Centers within this branch remain unchanged.

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(d) Zone 4.





a. The Hawaii Fleet Management Center is renamed the Honolulu Fleet Management Center.

b. The Northern California Fleet Management Center is renamed the San Francisco Fleet Management Center.

c. The Central California Fleet Management Center is renamed the San Diego Fleet Management Center.

d. The Arizona Fleet Management Center is renamed the Phoenix Fleet Management Center.

e. The Puget Sound Fleet Management Center is renamed the Auburn Fleet Management Center.

f. The Los Angeles Fleet Management Center is established, headed by a center director reporting to the Zone 4 director.

1. Functions, staff, authorities, and other resources as they pertain to the customer base in the greater Los Angeles area are realigned from throughout the Fleet Management Centers in Zone 4 to this center.

g. The Alaska Fleet Management Center functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned and reallocated throughout the Honolulu, Vancouver, and Auburn Fleet Management Centers.

h. The Alaska Fleet Management Center is abolished.

i. The Eastern Washington/Boise Fleet Management Center functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned and reallocated throughout the Auburn and Vancouver Fleet Management Centers.

j. The Eastern Washington/Boise Fleet Management Center is abolished.

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g. The Office of General Supplies and Services is renamed the Office of General Supplies and Services Categories.

(1) The Office of General Supplies and Services, Deputy is renamed the Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner.

(2) The Emergency Management Program Management Office is renamed the FAS Program Office for Emergency Management.

(3) The Program Management Support Division is renamed the Management and Program Support Division.

(4) The Business Development Division is renamed the Portfolio Outreach Division.

(a) The strategic program management and research functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Strategic Program Management Branch and the Customer Engagement and Research Branch to be performed at the division level.

(5) The Business Operations Support Division.

(a) The Business Requirements and Analytics Branch is renamed Branch A.

1. The Acquisition Transformation Section is renamed Section 1.

2. The Supply Procurement Transformation Section is renamed Section 2.

(b) The Supply Chain Solutions Branch is renamed Branch B.

1. The SPD Vendor Transportation Management Section is renamed Section 1.

2. The (OMS) Order Management and Legacy Support Section is renamed Section 2.

(6) The Office of Acquisition Operations.

(a) The Office of Acquisition Operations is renamed the Office of Acquisition Management.

(b) The Center for Innovative Acquisition Development is renamed the Internal and Emergency Acquisition Division.

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1. The emergency contracting, customer service and related strategy functions, staff, authorities, and other resources from the Special Programs Branch, Professional Services Contracts Branch, and the Customer Service, Marketing and Business Branch are realigned to this division.

(c) The Supply Chain and Special Programs Acquisition Division is established.

1. The division is headed by a division director who reports to the office director.

2. The operational guidance, oversight, subject matter expertise and performance metrics for GSS’ Non-MAS contract vehicles functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Center for Acquisition Support, Office of Acquisition Operations to this division.

(d) The MAS Acquisition Support and Integration Division is established.

1. The division is headed by a division director who reports to the office director.

2. The operational guidance, oversight, subject matter expertise and performance metrics for GSS’ Multiple Award Schedules functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Center for Acquisition Support to this division.

(e) The Center for Acquisition Support is abolished.

(7) The Office of Retail Operations.

(a) The Operations Division.

1. The CONUS Logistics Branch is renamed Branch A.

2. The OCONUS Logistics Branch is renamed Branch B.

(8) The Office of Supply Chain Management (SCM).

(a) The Office of Supply Operations, Deputy is renamed the Office of Supply Chain Management, Deputy.

(b) The Policy Plans and Program Integration Division (P3I).

1. The Plans and Policy Branch is renamed Branch A.

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2. The Program Integration Branch is renamed Branch B.

(c) The Supply Chain Operations Division is renamed the Supply Operations Division.


a. The vendor management functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Vendor Performance Management Branch to this branch.

b. The order management functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Order Management Branch to this branch.

2. The Traffic Management Branch is renamed Branch B.

h. The Office of Acquisition Management is renamed the Office of Policy and Compliance.

(1) The Office of the Deputy Assistant Commissioner is established and headed by a deputy who reports to the Assistant Commissioner.

(a) The management support functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Office of the Assistant Commissioner and the Management Support Staff to this office.

(2) The Policy Implementation Division is renamed the Acquisition Policy Division.



(c) Branch C is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(d) Branch D is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(e) The acquisition policy functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Policy Branch, MAS Program Division and the Special Programs Branch, MAS Program Division to this division and reallocated among its branches.

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(3) The Acquisition Career Management Division is renamed the Acquisition Workforce Division.

(4) The Acquisition Oversight Division is established, and headed by a division director who reports to the Assistant Commissioner.

(a) The Program Analysis Division is realigned to this division, established at the branch level and renamed Branch A. The office is headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(b) Branch B is established, and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(c) Branch C is established, and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(5) The Supplier Management Division remains unchanged.

(6) The MAS Program Division is abolished.

i. The New England Region.

(1) The Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner is established. The office is headed by a deputy who reports to the Regional Commissioner.

(2) The Acquisition Operations Division to this office.

(3) The Acquisition Operations Division is renamed the Contracting Division.



(4) The Assisted Acquisition Services Division.

(a) The North Service Delivery Branch is renamed Branch A.

(b) The South Service Delivery Branch is renamed Branch B.

(5) The Customer Accounts and Research Division is renamed the Customer and Stakeholder Engagement Division.

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(6) The Business Operations Division is abolished.

j. The Northeast and Caribbean Region.


(a) The Customer Relationship Management and Outreach Branch is renamed Branch A.

(b) The Business Development Division, Northeast and Caribbean Supply and Acquisition Center is realigned to this division, established at the branch level and renamed Branch B. The branch is headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(c) The Marketing and Business Support Branch is renamed Branch C.

(2) Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative Program Management Division, Northeast and Caribbean Supply and Acquisition Center, is realigned to the Office of the Regional Commissioner and renamed the Strategic Sourcing Division.

(3) The Northeast and Caribbean Supply and Acquisition Center is renamed the Acquisition Center.

(4) The Acquisition and Supply Chain Management Division is realigned to the Acquisition Center, established at the branch level and renamed Branch A. The branch is headed by a branch chief who reports to the center director.

(a) The Acquisition Branch A is realigned to Branch A, established at the section level and renamed Section 1. The office is headed by a section chief who reports to the branch chief.

1. The MAS 1 Section is realigned to Section 1, established at the unit

level and renamed Unit 1. The office is headed by a unit chief who reports to the section chief.

2. The MAS 2 Section is realigned to Section1, established at the unit level and renamed Unit 2. The office is headed by a unit chief who reports to the section chief.

3. The MAS Section 3 contracting functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned to Section 1 and reallocated among the units.

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(b) The Acquisition Branch B is realigned to Branch A, established at the section level and renamed Section 2. The office is headed by a section chief who reports to the branch chief.

1. MAS 4 Section is realigned to Section 2, established at the unit level and renamed Unit 1. The unit is headed by a unit chief who reports to the section chief.

2. Supply 1 Section is realigned to Section 2, established at the unit level and renamed Unit 2. The unit is headed by a unit chief who reports to the section chief.

3. Supply 2 Section contracting functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned to Section 2 and reallocated among the units.

(c) Section 3 is established and headed by a section chief who reports to the branch chief.

1. Unit 1 is established and headed by a unit chief who reports to the section chief.

2. Unit 2 is established and headed by a unit chief who reports to the section chief.

(d) Section 4 is established. The office is headed by a section chief who reports to the branch chief.

(e) The Supply Chain Management Branch is realigned to Branch A, established at the section level and renamed Section 5.

1. The Technical Services and Commodity Management Section is realigned to Branch A, established at the unit level and renamed Unit 1. The unit is headed by a unit chief who reports to the section chief.

2. The Supply Operations and Customer Services Section is realigned

to Branch A, established at the unit level and renamed Unit 2. The unit is headed by a unit chief who reports to the section chief.

3. The Unit 3 is established and is headed by a unit chief who reports to

the section chief.

(5) Branch B is established and is headed by a branch chief who reports to the center director.

(a) The AAS competitive contracting functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Assisted Acquisition Services Division to this branch.

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(6) Office Supplies FSSI Branch is realigned to the Acquisition Center and renamed Branch C.

(7) HR and Training FSSI Branch is realigned to the Acquisition Center and renamed Branch D.

(8) The Administrative Contracting Division is realigned to the Acquisition Center, established at the branch level, and renamed Branch E.

(9) The Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner.

(a) The Management and Program Support Division is established and headed by a division director who reports to the deputy.

(b) The administrative and operational support, and strategic planning functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned to this division from the following offices:

1. Administrative Services, Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner

2. Budget and Strategic Planning Branch, Business Management Division, and

3. Operations Support and Process Improvement Branch, Business Management Division.

(10) The Acquisition Oversight Division is established and headed by a division director who reports to the Regional Commissioner.

(a) The Internal Audit and Compliance Division, Northeast and Caribbean Supply and Acquisition Center is realigned to this division and established at the branch level.

(b) The branch is renamed Branch A and is headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(c) The client service delivery functions in the Client Service Delivery Branch North and Client Service Delivery Branch Central will be performed at the division level.

(d) The Business Management Division, Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner is abolished.

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(e) The Client Service Delivery Branch North is abolished.

(f) The Client Service Delivery Central is abolished.

k. The Mid-Atlantic Region.

(1) The Office of the Assistant Regional Administrator, Deputy is renamed the Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner.


(a) The Office of Strategic Solutions, Office of the Regional Commissioner is realigned to the Customer and Stakeholder Engagement Division, established at the branch level, and renamed Branch A. The branch is headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(b) The Customer Relationship Management and Outreach Branch is renamed Branch B.

(c) The European Operations Branch is renamed Branch C.

(3) The IWAC Business Development Branch is abolished.

(4) The Marketing and Business Support Branch is abolished.


(a) The Assisted Acquisition North Branch is renamed Branch A.

(b) The Assisted Acquisition South Branch is renamed Branch B.

(6) The Contracting Division is established.

(7) The IWAC is realigned to this division, established at the branch level, and renamed Branch A (IWAC).

(a) The MAS Branch 1 is renamed Section 1.

(b) The MAS Branch 2 is renamed Section 2.

1. The Unit 1 is established and is headed by a unit chief who reports to the branch chief.

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2. The Unit 2 is established and headed by a unit chief who reports to the branch chief.

3. The functions, staff, authorities, and other resources in Section A, Section B and Section C in MAS Branch 2, Branch A (IWAC) are realigned to this section and reallocated among its units.

(c) Contract Administration Branch is renamed Section 3.

(d) The acquisition functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from Section C, Furniture and Furnishings Acquisition Branch, Integrated Workplace Acquisition Center (IWAC) to the Acquisition Center and reallocated among its units.

1. The program management and technical functions, staff, authorities,

and other resources are realigned from this section to Branch A (IWAC).

(e) The Engineering Branch is established at the section level and renamed Section 4.

1. The Unit 1 is established and headed by a unit chief who reports to the section chief.



(f) The Furniture and Furnishings Acquisition Branch, Section C is abolished.

1. The project management functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the MAS Branch 2, Integrated Workplace Acquisition Center to the Acquisition Center and reallocated among the branches.

(g) The Furniture and Furnishings Acquisition Branch is established at the section level and renamed Section 5.

1. The Section A is renamed Unit 1.

2. The Section B is renamed Unit 2.

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(h) The Regional Clients Acquisition Operations Division is established at the branch level, and renamed Branch B. The office is headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(i) The National Clients Acquisition Operations Division is established at the branch level, and renamed Branch C. The office is headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(j) The Office of Regional Acquisition Operations is abolished.

l. The Southeast Sunbelt Region.

(1) Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner.

(a) The Management Support Division is renamed the Management and

Program Support Division.


(a) The Customer Relationship Management and Outreach Branch is renamed Branch A.

(b) The Marketing and Business Support Branch is renamed Branch B.

(c) Branch C is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the deputy director.

(3) The Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS) Division.

(a) The Assisted Acquisition Services Division, Deputy is renamed the Deputy Director, Assisted Acquisition Services Division.

(b) Branch A.

1. Section 1 is established and headed by a section chief who reports to the branch chief.



(c) Branch B.

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(d) Branch C.




(e) The program management functions, staff, authorities, and other resources in the Program Management Support Branch are realigned to the division and reallocated among the branches and sections.

(f) The assisted acquisition functions, staff, authorities, and other resources in the Information Technology Commodity Division are realigned to the division and reallocated among the branches and sections.

(4) The Reverse Auction Division is established and headed by a division director.

(a) The reverse auction functions, staff, authorities, and other resources in the Information Technology Commodity Division are realigned to this division.

(5) The Information Technology Commodity Division is abolished.

(6) The Program Management Support Branch is abolished. (7) The Direct Client Support Division and its branches remain unchanged.

m. The Great Lakes Region.

(1) The Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner is established and headed by a Deputy who reports to the Regional Commissioner.

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(a) The Management Support Staff B is realigned from the Office of the Regional Commissioner to the Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner, established at the division level and renamed the Management and Program Support Division.

(b) The office is headed by a division director who reports to the deputy.

(2) The National Marketing and Communication Division.

(a) The Integrator Services Branch is renamed Branch A.

(b) The Portfolio Services Branch is renamed Branch B.

(c) The publication and marketing functions from National Marketing and Communication Division, Region 7, are realigned to this division and reallocated among the branches.











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n. The Heartland Region.


(a) The Management and Program Support Division is established and headed by a division director who reports to the Deputy Regional Commissioner.

1. The resource management functions, staff, authorities, and other resources from the Resource Management Branch, Small Business, Strategic Planning and Supplier Services Division are realigned to this division.

2. The program evaluation functions, staff, authorities, and other resources from the Program Evaluation Staff are realigned to this division.

3. The strategic planning and process improvement functions, staff, authorities, and other resources from the Strategic Planning and Business Process Improvement Branch, Small Business, Strategic Planning and Supplier Services Division are realigned to this division.

(b) The Small Business, Strategic Planning and Supplier Services Division is abolished.

(c) The Program Evaluation Staff is abolished.

(2) The Customer Accounts and Research Division is realigned from the Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner to the Office of the Regional Commissioner and renamed the Customer and Stakeholder Engagement Division.

(a) The business development functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Acquisition Centers to this division.

(b) The Business Management Division, Integrated Facilities Management and Industrial Products Solutions Center is realigned to this division, established at the branch level and renamed Branch A. The office is headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(c) Branch B is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(d) Branch C is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

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(3) The National Customer Service Center is realigned from the Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner to the Office of the Regional Commissioner.

(a) Customer Service Branch A is renamed Branch A.

(b) Customer Service Branch B is renamed Branch B.

(c) The call center functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Southwest Supply and Acquisition Center, Region 7 to this center and reallocated among its branches.

(4) The Integrated Facilities Management and Industrial Products Solutions Center is realigned from the Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner to the Office of the Regional Commissioner and renamed the Acquisition Center.

(5) The Acquisition Center, Deputy is established and headed by a deputy who reports to the center director.

(a) The management control functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Acquisition Center to this office.

(b) The Supply Acquisition Branch is realigned from the Acquisition Division to the Acquisition Center and renamed Branch A. The office is headed by a branch chief who reports to the center director.

1. The Supply Acquisition Section A is renamed Section 1.

2. The Supply Acquisition Section B is renamed Section 2.

3. The Supply Acquisition Support Section is renamed Section 3.

4. The Supply Acquisition Section C is renamed Section 4.

(c) The Commercial Products and Services Branch is realigned from the Acquisition Division to the Acquisition Center and renamed Branch B. The office is headed by a branch chief who reports to the center director.

1. The Commercial Acquisition Section A is renamed Section 1.

2. The Commercial Acquisition Section B is renamed Section 2.


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(d) The Supply Chain Management Branch is realigned from the Acquisition Division to the Acquisition Center and renamed Branch C.

1. The Cataloging and Customer Service Section is renamed Section 1.

2. The Engineering Section is renamed Section 2.

(e) Branch D is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(6) The strategic sourcing functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the FSSI Program Management Division to the Acquisition Center and reallocated among the branches.

(7) The Acquisition Division, Integrated Facilities Management and Industrial Products Solutions Center is abolished.

(8) The FSSI Program Management Division is abolished.

o. The Greater Southwest Region.


(2) The Administration Division is realigned from the Office of the Regional Commissioner to the Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner, and renamed the Management and Program Support Division. The following section has been cancelled by FAS 5440.37 Changes in the GSA Organization (FAS,

Greater Southwest Region) (dated February 1, 2018):

(3) The Southwest Supply and Acquisition Center is renamed the Acquisition Center.

(a) The program management functions, staff, authorities, and other resources from the Acquisition Division are realigned to the center.

1. The Law Enforcement Branch is realigned from the Acquisition Division to the center and renamed Branch A.

a. The Schedules 1 Section is renamed Section 1.

b. The Schedules 2 Section is renamed Section 2.

c. The Schedules 3, Scientific and Security Branch, is realigned to this branch and renamed Section 3.

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2. Branch B is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the center director.

3. The Buildings Materials/Hospitality Branch is realigned from the Acquisition Division to the center and renamed Branch C.

a. Schedules 8 Section, Scientific and Security Branch is realigned to this branch and renamed Section 1.

b. Schedules 4 Section is renamed Section 2.

c. Schedules 5 Section is renamed Section 3.

d. Schedules 6 Section is renamed Section 4.

e. The Administrative Contracting Section, Scientific and Security Branch is realigned to this branch and reallocated among the sections.

f. The Administrative Contracting Section, Scientific and Security Branch is abolished.

g. The Scientific and Security Branch is abolished.

4. The Federal Strategic Sourcing Information Program Management Division is established at the branch level and renamed Branch D. The office is headed by a branch chief who reports to the center director.

5. The Supply Chain Management Division is established at the branch level and renamed Branch E. The office is headed by a branch chief who reports to the center director.

a. The SOP Branch and SOP 1 Section functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned to Branch E.

b. The Supply Section, Special Order Program (SOP) Branch is realigned to this office, and renamed Section 1.

c. The SOP 2 Section, Special Orders Program (SOP) Branch is realigned to this branch and renamed Section 2.

d. The Supply Operations and Customer Assistance Branch, Supply Management Division is realigned to this branch, established at the section level and renamed Section 3. The section is headed by a section chief who reports to the branch chief.

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1. The Customer Assistance Section is established at the unit level and renamed Unit 1. The office is headed by a unit chief who reports to the section chief.

2. The Supply Operations Section is established at the unit level and renamed Unit 2. The office is headed by a unit chief who reports to the section chief.

3. The functions, staff, authorities, and other resources of the Inventory Management Section are realigned to the branch and reallocated among the units.

4. The SOP Branch is abolished.

5. The SOP 1 Section is abolished.

6. The Inventory Management Section is abolished.

7. The Acquisition Division is abolished.

e. The Technical Services and Commodity Branch, Supply Chain Management Division is realigned to this branch, established at the section level and renamed Section 4. The office is headed by a section chief who reports to the branch chief.

6. The Internal Audit and Compliance Division is established at the branch level and renamed Branch F. The office is headed by a branch chief who reports to the center director.

7. The Business Operations Division is established at the branch level and renamed Branch G. The office is headed by a branch chief who reports to the center director.

8. The Acquisition Operations Division is realigned to the Acquisition Center, established at the branch level and renamed Branch H. The division is headed by a division director who reports to the center director.

(b) The Acquisition Operations Branch 1 is established at the section level, and renamed Section 1.

(c) The Acquisition Operations Branch 2 is established at the section level, and renamed Section 2.

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(d) The Assisted Acquisition Services Branch, Technical Services Division is realigned to the division, established at the section level and renamed Section 3.

(e) Section 4 is established and headed by a section chief who reports to the division director.

1. The special orders program functions, staff, authorities, and other resources from the SOP 1 Section, Special Orders Program (SOP) Branch, Acquisition Division are realigned to this section.

(f) The Customer Accounts and Research Division is renamed the Customer and Stakeholder Engagement Division.

1. The Customer Relationship Management and Outreach Branch is renamed Branch A.

2. The Marketing and Business Support Branch is renamed Branch B.

3. The business development functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Acquisition Center to this division and reallocated among the branches.

(4) The Technical Services Division is abolished.

p. The Rocky Mountain Region.

(1) Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner is established. The deputy reports to the Regional Commissioner.

(a) The business operations functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Office of the Regional Commissioner to the Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner.





q. The Pacific Rim Region.

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(1) The Office of the Assistant Regional Administrator, Deputy is renamed the Office of the Deputy Regional Commissioner.

(2) The Management and Program Support Division is established and headed by a division director who reports to the Deputy Regional Commissioner

(a) The management and program support functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Office of the Regional Commissioner to this division.


(a) The Pacific Branch is renamed Branch A.

(b) The Pacific Branch – East is renamed Branch B.


(a) The Deputy Director, Stakeholder Engagement Division is established and headed by a deputy who reports to the division director.

(b) The Pacific and Far East Branch is renamed Branch A.

(c) The Southern California and Nevada Branch is renamed Branch B.

(d) Branch C is established and is headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

1. The stakeholder engagement functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Northern California Branch, Customer Accounts and Research Division and the Arizona Branch, Customer Accounts and Research Division are realigned to this branch.

(e) The Northern California Branch is abolished.

(f) The Arizona Branch is abolished.


(a) The Support Branch A is renamed Branch A.

(b) The Support Branch B is renamed Branch B.

r. National Capital Region.

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(1) The Management and Program Support Division is established, and headed by a division director who reports to the Deputy Regional Commissioner.

(2) The Acquisition Oversight Division is established and headed by a division director who reports to the Deputy Regional Commissioner.

(a) The acquisition executive/competition advocate functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Office of the Regional Commissioner to this division.

(3) The Contracting Division is established and headed by a division director who reports to the Regional Commissioner.

(a) The Assisted Acquisition Services Division is realigned to the Contracting Division and renamed the Deputy Director, Contracting Division.

(b) Branch A is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(c) Branch B is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(d) Branch C is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(e) Branch D is established and headed by a branch chief who reports to the division director.

(f) The contracting functions, staff, authorities, and other resources are realigned from the Assisted Acquisition Services Division to this division and reallocated among the branches.





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(c) The assisted acquisition functions, staff, authorities, and other resources from the Management Support Branch, the Customer Civilian Account Service Branch, and the DoD Customer Account Service Branch are reallocated among the branches.

(d) The DoD Customer Account Service Branch is abolished.

(e) The Customer Civilian Account Service Branch is abolished.

(f) The Management Support Branch is abolished.

4. Implementation actions.

a. The changes outlined in this Order become effective upon signature. Implementation of this Order will be coordinated between the affected organizations, in consultation with the Chief Human Capital Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, to ensure the appropriate alignment of the functions, staff, authorities, and other resources associated with the changes outlined in the above paragraph.

b. Implementation of this Order as it affects employees represented by a labor bargaining unit is contingent upon completion of labor relations obligations. Positions affected by this change are subject to normal classification procedures.

c. The approval of this Order authorizes the determination and appropriate adjustments including realignment between offices of budget and funding sources as determined by the Chief Financial Officer.

d. The Chief Administrative Services Officer may cancel this Order, in consultation with the Chief Human Capital Officer upon publication of a superseding directive that cancels it in accordance with OAS P 1832.1A.

5. Signature.

/S/________________________________ August 10, 2016 DENISE TURNER ROTH Date Administrator

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