3.0.0 1444 2023-01-11T13:28:07Z 2023-01-11T13:28:07Z House HR 2015-03-18 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 18, 2015)][Pages H1770-H1771]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HANNA:H.R. 1444.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 ofSection 8 of Article I of the[[Page H1771]]United States Constitution, which provides Congress with theability to enact legislation necessary and proper toeffectuate its purposes in taxing and spending.]]> hssm00 Small Business Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-03-18T14:05:50Z Small Contractors Improve Competition Act of 2015 114 1481 HR 2016-04-19 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 390. Related bill CRS Small Contractors Improve Competition Act of 2015 114 2139 S 2016-12-20 By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-416. Related bill CRS 2015-03-18 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssm00 Small Business Committee 2015-03-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-03-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001051 Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22] Richard Hanna R NY L. 22 N C000266 Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] STEVE CHABOT R OH 1 2015-03-18 True M001188 Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] Grace Meng D NY 6 2015-03-18 True K000387 Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25] Stephen Knight R CA 25 2015-03-23 False Commerce Building construction Competition and antitrust Military procurement, research, weapons development Public contracts and procurement Small business Commerce 00 2015-03-18 Introduced in House 2015-05-05T16:25:34Z Commonsense Contracting Act of 2015

This bill expresses the sense of Congress that, when used appropriately, with respect to federal agency procurement, an auction between a group of offerors who compete against each other by submitting offers for a contract or task or delivery order with the ability to submit revised offers with lower prices throughout the course of the auction (reverse auction) may improve the federal government's procurement of commercially available commodities by increasing competition, reducing prices, and improving opportunities for small businesses.

The Small Business Act is amended to prohibit the use of reverse auction methods for certain Small Business Administration federal procurement contracts for:

  • design and construction services;
  • goods purchased to protect federal employees, members of the Armed Forces, or civilians from bodily harm; or
  • goods or services other than these: (1) to be awarded based on factors other than price and technical responsibility, or (2) if awarding the contract requires the contracting officer to conduct discussions with the offerors about their offer.
]]> Commonsense Contracting Act of 2015 Display Title Commonsense Contracting Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Small Business Act to prohibit the use of reverse auctions for procurements of covered contracts. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Commonsense Contracting Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr1444ih/xml/BILLS-114hr1444ih.xml 2015-03-18 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. 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.