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<title>Small Business Acquisition Transparency Act of 2019</title>
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<action-date>2019-07-09</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Small Business Acquisition Transparency Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires a federal contracting officer, upon written request from an unsuccessful offeror for a task order or delivery order, to provide a brief explanation as to why such offeror was unsuccessful. </p> <p>Specifically, this applies to an offer in an amount greater than the simplified acquisition threshold and less than or equal to $5.5 million issued under an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract.</p>]]></summary-text>
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