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Hollis native named head of Mayor’s Offi ce of Contract Services
BY BILL PARRY
bparry@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
Southeast Queens native Victor Olds
was appointed chief procurement offi -
cer and director of the Mayor’s Offi ce
of Contract Services (MOCS), where
he will oversee more than $20 billion a
year in government services and spending.
Raised in Hollis, Olds has worked at
MOCS since 2016 where he spearheaded
the minority and women-owned
business enterprise program at the
agency.
“I believe deeply in the work we are
doing to support our city agencies in
providing the goods and services
the people of the city need,”
Olds said. “I will continue
the work of making business
with the city more
equitable, effi cient and
accessible for all New
Yorkers.”
During the COVID-
19 pandemic, Olds
established a personal
protective equipment
global supply chain
for the city.
“Th is offi ce was
crucial, particularly
during
COVID, in
fi nding a way
— even when
it seemed
like there
wasn’t any way — to get us the PPE
we needed, to get us the supplies
and the equipment we needed,”
Mayor Bill de Blasio said. “Even
when the entire global supply
chain was collapsing, our Offi ce
of Contract Services found a
way. So, this is an important
place.”
Olds is a graduate of Cornell
University, and earned his J.D.
from the Fordham University
School of Law. He lives in
Brooklyn with his wife and two
daughters.
“He is my favorite kind of public servant:
someone who comes from this
city, loves this city, wants to give back
to the city and has made a life of it,” de
Blasio said.
“Victor Olds, born and raised New
Yorker from Hollis, Queens, spent most
of his professional career serving the
people of this city, doing this crucial
work, helped us to improve and reform
our approach to contracting, helped
open the door for more M/WBEs, creating
new rules that actually level the
playing fi eld and create opportunity,”
the mayor added.
Olds’ appointment will help the
city’s economic recovery from the pandemic,
according to Department of
Small Business Services Commissioner
Jonnel Doris.
“Victor Olds brings a proven track
record of knowledge and integrity to
MOCS, and a thorough understanding
of the city’s M/WBE program,” Doris
said.
“As a colleague, he has always been
a champion for small businesses and
a reliable adviser on the complexities
of city contracting,” Dorris added.
“I have no doubt that he will excel
in his new role at the helm of the
agency and continue to ensure an
equitable recovery for all of us.”
Photo credit:
Ed Reed/Mayoral
Photography Offi ce
Mayor Bill de Blasio
names Hollis native
Victor Olds to lead his
offi ce of contract
services.
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