1. Conduct an initial review of current Authority procurement policies (the current policy is anticipated to be replaced by an updated set of federal and non-federal policies as well as a Section 3 Plan at the February 10 meeting of the Authority Board of Commissioners); 2. Provide recommendations for updates and changes to Authority procurement policies and Section 3 Plan, to ensure compliance with applicable regulation and conformance with current best industry practice; 3. Draft Authority procurement procedures based upon updated policies and Section 3 Plan to provide Authority staff with a step by step process to follow for procurement of goods and services and for compliance with Section 3 obligations; 4. Review and revise Authority solicitation and contract forms to match updated policies, Section 3 Plan and procedures; 5. Create contract management database to track Authority contract lifecycle, Section 3 compliance and enter data for current contracts into same