3.0.0 1231 2023-03-08T20:12:49Z 2023-03-08T20:12:49Z Senate S 2021-04-20 117 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-20T20:40:11Z Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2021 117 26 HR 2021-07-26 Became Public Law No: 117-28. Related bill CRS 2021-04-20 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-04-20 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. 2021-04-20 True Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Architecture Building construction Congressional oversight Government buildings, facilities, and property Public contracts and procurement Government Operations and Politics 00 2021-04-20 Introduced in Senate 2021-06-15T17:17:42Z Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Technical Corrections Act

This bill prohibits the federal government from using reverse auctions for complex, specialized, or substantial design and construction services. Reverse auctions allow the sellers to bid down the price of a project and typically result in the contractor with the lowest bid winning the contract.

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council must define complex, specialized, or substantial design and construction services.

The General Services Administration shall report to specified congressional committees on this bill's effectiveness.

]]> Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Technical Corrections Act Display Title Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Technical Corrections Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2020 to correct a provision on the prohibition on the use of a reverse auction, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Technical Corrections Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1231is/xml/BILLS-117s1231is.xml 2021-04-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.