3.0.0 137 2019-11-15T21:58:55Z 2019-11-15T21:58:55Z Senate S S 2005-01-24 109 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-01-25T00:01:40Z 2005-01-24 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S353-355) IntroReferral 2005-01-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S351-353) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-01-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N Commerce Armed Forces and National Security Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Defense contracts Defense procurement Federal employees Federal officials Fines (Penalties) Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government paperwork Government procurement Law Performance measurement Rating of employees Science, Technology, Communications Small business Subcontractors Commerce 00 2005-01-24 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-04T19:57:58Z Small Business Federal Contractor Safeguard Act of 2005 - Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit an official of a military department, Defense Agency, or the Department of Defense Field Activity, or the head of any other Federal agency from executing an acquisition strategy that includes a consolidation of contract requirements with a total value above specified amounts unless the senior procurement executive first: (1) conducts market research; (2) identifies any alternative contracting approaches that would involve less consolidation; and (3) determines that the consolidation is necessary and justified. Defines "consolidation of defense requirements" as the use of a solicitation to obtain offers for a single contract to satisfy two or more requirements for goods or services that have previously been provided under separate contracts for a smaller cost or are capable of being so provided.

Requires each procurement employee to communicate to their subordinates the importance of achieving small business goals and include the success of such an employee in small business utilization as an annual performance evaluation factor.

Requires small business subcontracting plans to include a certification that the offeror or bidder will acquire articles or services from small businesses in the amount used in preparing the bid or proposal.

Requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to share subcontracting compliance review data with Federal contracting officers and to update a national centralized Government-wide database with such information.

Requires annual reports from the Associate Administrator of Business Development to the small business committees on the effectiveness of the BusinessLINC program.

]]> Small Business Federal Contractor Safeguard Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Small Business Federal Contractor Safeguard Act of 2005 Display Title Small Business Federal Contractor Safeguard Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to modify the contract consolidation requirements in the Small Business Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s137is/xml/BILLS-109s137is.xml 2005-01-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S353-355) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.