3.0.0 1526 2023-01-11T13:30:43Z 2023-01-11T13:30:43Z Senate S 2015-06-08 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2016-10-27T16:02:19Z Markup by 2016-02-10T15:08:34Z Referred to 2015-06-08T21:13:25Z S. Rept. 114-366 Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2015 114 1666 HR 2015-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. Related bill CRS Security in Bonding Act of 2015 114 838 HR 2015-03-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. Related bill CRS Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2016 114 5199 HR 2016-07-14 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 535. Related bill CRS 2016-10-27 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 656. Calendars 2016-10-27 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson under authority of the order of the Senate of 09/29/2016 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-366. Committee 2016-10-27 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson under authority of the order of the Senate of 09/29/2016 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-366. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2016-02-10 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2015-06-08 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2015-06-08 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2015-07-08 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2015-08-05 False 2016-03-29T20:36:56Z S. 1526, Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2015 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51433 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on February 10, 2016 Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Building construction Congressional oversight Contracts and agency Financial services and investments Government buildings, facilities, and property Government liability Government studies and investigations Military procurement, research, weapons development Minority and disadvantaged businesses Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Public contracts and procurement Small business Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2016-06-14T19:17:38Z Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2015

Modifies criteria for the use of design-build selection procedures for civilian and defense contracts for the design and construction of a public building, facility, or work. Requires the use of two-phase selection procedures (i.e., submission of qualifications and then the submission of price and technical proposals in response to a request for proposal) when a contracting officer determines that a contract has a value of $750,000 or greater. Allows a contracting officer to make a determination, based on specified criteria, whether the use of two-phase selection procedures is appropriate for a contract having a value of less than $750,000. Requires a contracting officer to provide written documentation of how a maximum number exceeding five finalists in a solicitation for a contract is consistent with the purposes and objectives of two-phase selection procedures.

Requires federal agency heads to report, each year over a five-year period, on each instance in which: (1) the agency awarded a design-build contract in which more than five finalists were selected for phase-two requests for proposals, or (2) a contract was awarded without using two-phase selection procedures. Requires the Government Accountability Office to report on agency compliance with design-build contract procedures.

Directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to prohibit the use of reverse auctions for awarding contracts for construction and design services. Defines "reverse auction," with respect to procurement by an agency, as: (1) a real-time auction conducted through an electronic medium between a group of offerors who compete against each other by submitting bids for a contract or task order with the ability to submit revised bids throughout the course of the auction, and (2) the award of the contract or task order to the offeror who submits the lowest bid.

Provides for the acceptance of a bond from an individual surety that is not subject to existing requirements governing corporate sureties.

Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase from 70% to 90% the amount of loss resulting from a breach of the terms of a bid, payment, or performance bond that is covered by a guarantee by the Small Business Administration.

]]> 01 2016-10-27 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2016-11-18T20:37:02Z Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2015

(Sec. 3) This bill modifies the design-build selection procedures used by federal agencies soliciting offers to enter into civilian contracts for the design and construction of a public building, facility, or work. Two-phase selection procedures (i.e., submission of qualifications and then the submission of price and technical proposals in response to a request for proposal) must be used when a contracting officer determines that a project has a value of $750,000 or greater. But for contracts valued at less than $750,000, the contracting officer makes the same determination under current law as to whether the use of two-phase selection procedures is appropriate when the officer anticipates at least three offers for the contract.

Federal agencies must report, each year through FY2021, on each instance where the agency awarded a design-build contract in which: (1) more than five finalists were selected for phase-two requests for proposals, or (2) the contract or order was awarded without using two-phase selection procedures. The Government Accountability Office must report on agency compliance with design-build contract procedures.

(Sec. 4) The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council must amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to prohibit the use of reverse auctions as part of the two-phase selection procedure for awarding contracts for construction and design services. A "reverse auction," with respect to procurement by an agency, is: (1) a real-time auction conducted through an electronic medium among at least two offerors who compete by submitting bids for a supply or service contract with the ability to submit revised lower bids before the closing of the auction; and (2) the award of the contract, delivery order, task order, or purchase order to the offeror based on the price obtained through the auction process.

]]> Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2015 Display Title Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10 and title 41, United States Code, to improve the manner in which Federal contracts for construction and design services are awarded, to prohibit the use of reverse auctions for design and construction services procurements, to amend title 31 and 41, United States Code, to improve the payment protections available to construction contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers for work performed, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2015 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2015 S Senate Reported to Senate 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1526rs/xml/BILLS-114s1526rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1526is/xml/BILLS-114s1526is.xml 2016-10-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 656. 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.