3.0.0 3019 2023-01-11T13:37:46Z 2023-01-11T13:37:46Z House HR 2017-06-22 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 107 (Thursday, June 22, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MEADOWS:H.R. 3019.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitutionprovides Congress the power to ``to make Rules for theGovernment''.[Page H5110]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Markup by 2017-09-13T16:43:24Z Referred to 2017-06-22T14:04:05Z 2017-09-13 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2017-09-13 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2017-06-22 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2017-06-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-06-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001187 Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] Mark Meadows R NC 11 N B001292 Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8] Donald Beyer D VA S. 8 2017-06-22 True C001078 Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] Gerald Connolly D VA E. 11 2017-06-22 True W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 2017-06-22 True 2017-10-06T19:59:00Z H.R. 3019, Promoting Value Based Procurement Act of 2017 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53188 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 13, 2017 Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Armed Forces and National Security Asia Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Department of Defense Government studies and investigations Iraq Middle East Military operations and strategy Military procurement, research, weapons development Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Government Operations and Politics 00 2017-06-22 Introduced in House 2018-02-26T21:53:56Z Promoting Value Based Procurement Act of 2017

This bill declares that it shall be U.S. government policy to avoid using lowest price technically acceptable source selection criteria in circumstances that would deny the government the benefits of cost and technical trade-offs.

The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to require that such criteria shall be used for solicitations only when:

  • an executive agency is able to comprehensively describe the minimum requirements in terms of performance objectives, measures, and standards that will be used to determine acceptability of offers;
  • the agency would realize no, or minimal, value from a contract proposal exceeding the minimum technical or performance requirements set forth in the request for proposal;
  • the proposed technical approaches will require no, or minimal, subjective judgment by the selection authority as to the desirability of one offeror's proposal versus a competing proposal;
  • such authority has a high degree of confidence that a review of technical proposals of offerors other than the lowest bidder would not result in identifying factors that could provide value or benefit to the agency;
  • the contracting officer has included a justification for the use of a lowest price technically acceptable evaluation methodology in the contract file; and
  • the agency has determined that the lowest price reflects full life-cycle costs.

The use of such criteria shall be avoided for a procurement that is predominately for the acquisition of:

  • information technology, cybersecurity, systems engineering and technical assistance, advanced electronic testing, or audit or audit readiness services or other knowledge-based professional services;
  • personal protective equipment; or
  • knowledge-based training or logistics services in operations outside the United States.

The Government Accountability Office shall report annually for four years on the number of instances in which such criteria is used for a contract exceeding $2 million.

]]> Promoting Value Based Procurement Act of 2017 Display Title Promoting Value Based Procurement Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To require executive agencies to avoid using lowest price technically acceptable source selection criteria in certain circumstances, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Promoting Value Based Procurement Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr3019ih/xml/BILLS-115hr3019ih.xml 2017-09-13 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. 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.