OAR 413-330-1145. Delegation of FOCUS Short-Form Contract Approval Authority

(1) Authority to approve FOCUS short-form contracts has been delegated to the Department’s Designated Procurement Officer. (2) The Department’s Designated Procurement Officer may subdelegate the authority to execute contracts to other individuals within the Department, provided this subdelegation is in accordance with a written alterative subdelegation plan and maintained on file with the Department’s Designated Procurement Officer. (3) Each individual in the Chain of Delegation remains responsible for the exercise of authority by that individual’s subdelegatees and subdelgation does not waive this responsibility. Each delegator must determine and document that the subdelegatee is capable and accountable for the Procurement. The Designated Procurement Officer within the Department is responsible for all delegated procurement activity on the behalf of the Department as described in OAR 125-246-0170.