SMG 1117.324

FDA STAFF MANUAL GUIDES, VOLUME I - ORGANIZATIONS AND FUNCTIONS

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER

OFFICE OF OPERATIONS

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT

OFFICE OF SHARED SERVICES

OFFICE OF REAL PROPERTY SERVICES

Effective Date: 01/13/2009

1. OFFICE OF REAL PROPERTY SERVICES (DAMBCD).

A. Provides leadership and guidance to Agency components for all aspects of real property management functions.

B. Directs the management of programs and systems leading to the acquisition, alteration, maintenance, and utilization of leased and owned facilities nationwide, except for the acquisition of buildings for the White Oak Headquarters Consolidation.

C. Directs building operations functions for all Food and Drug Administration (FDA) facilities nationwide.

D. Manages the program and provides direct interface with General Services Administration (GSA) for lease acquisition and lease management for all Agency facilities nationwide.

E. Serves as liaison with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and GSA for general facilities management issues and specifically for the efficient management and operation of facilities occupied by FDA programs nationwide.

F. Directs and manages over a $100 million dollar appropriation for the acquisition, operation, construction, maintenance for the Agency’s nationwide real property portfolio.

G. Provides leadership and direction to assure the efficient and effective utilization of FDA’s resources dedicated to engineering design, facility improvements, and new construction of FDA facilities nationwide.

H. Establishes management structure and dialog with GSA and the architectural engineering design and construction contractors to ensure FDA program needs and concerns are fully addressed.

I. Ensures meaningful and continuous communication with community leaders and associations, state and local governments, and business leaders in areas where FDA proposes new facilities.

J. Develops and implements program plans, policies and procedures designed to create and maintain a safe and healthful environment for FDA employees, visitors, and guest workers, and to protect the environment.

K. Develops Agency plans, policy and procedures consistent with new environmental health and safety regulatory requirements and Agency needs.

L. Provides fire protection, safety engineering, and environmental health consultation to the Agency’s program managers and engineering offices.

M. Leads the Agency’s decommissioning efforts to close FDA laboratories and offices from an environmental, safety and health perspective.

N. Consults with program officials on safety matters pertaining to changing and emerging research programs.

O. Recommends special technical studies to increase the knowledge of the relationship between occupational safety and environmental health and laboratory programs of FDA.

P. Provides support to the FDA Safety Advisory Board and conducts the FDA Safety and Health Council meetings.

Q. Develops and implements a safety management quality assurance program for the Agency’s multiple work sites nationwide. Develops and implements a similar headquarters program consistent with the FDA Safety Advisory Board recommendations and approval.

2. AUTHORITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

The functional statements for this Office were approved by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on January 13, 2009.

STATUS (I, R, C)	DATE APPROVED	LOCATION OF CHANGE HISTORY	CONTACT	APPROVING OFFICIAL
Initial	08/23/2007	N/a	OC/OO/OM/OMP	Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
Revision	01/13/2009	N/a	OC/OO/OM/OMP	Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration