1.
This Act may be cited as the
Accountability in Government
Contracting Act of 2007
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I—Acquisition workforce
Sec. 101. Federal acquisition workforce.
TITLE II—Competition and accountability
Sec. 201. Requirement for purchase of property and services
pursuant to multiple award contracts.
Sec. 202. Statement of work requirements for certain task or
delivery orders.
Sec. 203. Protests of task and delivery orders.
Sec. 204. Publication of justification and approval
documents.
Sec. 205. Limitation on length of certain noncompetitive
contracts.
Sec. 206. Prohibition on award of certain large task or
delivery order contracts for services.
Sec. 207. Guidance on use of tiered evaluations of offers for
contracts and task orders under contracts.
Sec. 208. Guidance on use of cost-reimbursement
contracts.
Sec. 209. Preventing conflicts of interest.
Sec. 210. Linking of award and incentive fees to acquisition
outcomes.
TITLE III—Accountability and administration
Sec. 301. Definitizing of letter contracts.
Sec. 302. Preventing abuse of interagency contracts and
assisted acquisition services.
Sec. 303. Purchase card waste elimination.
Sec. 304. Lead systems integrators.
Sec. 305. Limitations on tiering of subcontractors.
Sec. 306. Responsibility of contractors that are serious
threats to national security.
Sec. 307. Required certification of program managers for
Department of Homeland Security level one programs.
Sec. 308. Elimination of one-year limitation on interest due on
late payments to contractors.
Sec. 309. Ensuring that Federal employees perform inherently
governmental work.
Sec. 310. Report on Acquisition Advisory Panel report
implementation.
Sec. 311. Report by the Government Accountability
Office.
Sec. 312. Mapping and surveying services.
Sec. 313. Timely and accurate transmission of information
included in Federal Procurement Data System.
Sec. 314. Use of existing funds for regulations and
reports.
3.In this Act:
(1)Except as
otherwise provided, the term executive agency has the meaning
given such term in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act
(41 U.S.C. 403).
(2)The term
assisted acquisition means a procedure by which an executive
agency needing supplies or services (the requesting agency) obtains them from
another executive agency (the servicing agency). The term includes acquisitions
under section 1535 of title 31, United States Code (commonly referred to as the
Economy Act
), title III of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.), the Clinger-Cohen
Act of 1996 (division E of Public Law 104–106), and the Government Management
Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–356; 108 Stat. 3410).
(3)The term
micro-purchase means a purchase in an amount not in excess of the
micro-purchase threshold, as defined in section 32 of the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428).
(4)The term
multi-agency contract means any contract available for use by more
than 1 executive agency.
<enum>I</enum><header>Acquisition
workforce</header>
<section id="id135b4ae2-8fa7-48ca-831e-ca021f90c4be"><enum>101.</enum><header>Federal
acquisition workforce</header>
<subsection id="idb298fa19-a608-4ea0-b7ba-2a3707fff695"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Associate
Administrator for acquisition workforce programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/405">41 U.S.C. 405</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb852568-dd77-4908-b650-b000ca63c893" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idd6d459e8-860c-4534-9447-b7c33e910d93"><enum>(l)</enum><text>The
Administrator shall designate a member of the Senior Executive Service as the
Associate Administrator for Workforce Programs. The Associate Administrator for
Workforce Programs shall be located in the Federal Acquisition Institute, or
its successor. The Associate Administrator shall be responsible for—</text>
<paragraph id="id9e7c30fe-dd81-43c0-adab-a666ca0d8836"><enum>(1)</enum><text>supervising
the acquisition workforce training fund established under section
37(h)(3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2ddea4f2-3351-4b13-b5b3-3dd10174c072"><enum>(2)</enum><text>administering
the government-wide acquisition intern program established under section
43;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id435d1a66-4bed-4a74-aaf3-cae49c6d118b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>developing,
in coordination with Chief Acquisition Officers and Chief Human Capital
Officers, a human capital strategic plan for the acquisition workforce of the
Federal Government;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id661F070D3FC14E348D118D1A60A3294B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>reviewing and
providing input to individual agency acquisition workforce succession
plans;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6551f080-1a14-4bc6-b3ca-21c23b50c884"><enum>(5)</enum><text>recommending
to the Administrator and other senior government officials appropriate
programs, policies, and practices to increase the quantity and quality of the
Federal acquisition workforce; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7c0ff84d-c5f0-472c-9214-286051ed68dd"><enum>(6)</enum><text>carrying out
such other functions as the Administrator may
assign.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id7fcc6d07-1c41-486a-9931-7445f4747ac7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Government-wide
Acquisition Intern Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/403">41 U.S.C. 403 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10591894-03c3-4802-bc21-39961c0caeb1" style="OLC">
<section id="idf5e06b55-26e3-490f-93d8-59122cf0a9dd"><enum>43.</enum><header>Government-wide
Acquisition Intern Program</header>
<subsection id="id31906f68-9e86-4adf-bb8c-2ce01faad3d1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
of program</header><text>The Administrator shall establish a government-wide
Acquisition Intern Program to strengthen the Federal acquisition workforce to
carry out its key missions through the Federal procurement process. The
Administrator shall have a goal of involving not less than 200 college
graduates per year in the Acquisition Intern Program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id12f5f6ca-dda7-45fd-b0b3-1e6d90c640da"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration
of programs</header><text>The Associate Administrator for Acquisition Workforce
Programs designated under section 6(l) shall be responsible for the management,
oversight, and administration of the Acquisition Intern Program and shall give
strong consideration to utilizing existing similar programs and seek to build
upon those programs instead of replacing them or creating new programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id69becb63-b83f-4359-b78d-41f7cdc9a82d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms of
Acquisition Intern Program</header>
<paragraph id="id40D6AA11C0BB4CD8B9ACA70530FC41C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Business-related
course work requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="idb778971a-026b-4c7e-943e-f80d8f0bab18"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each participant in the Acquisition Intern Program shall
have completed 24 credit hours of business-related college course work by not
later than 3 years after admission into the program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10ec1f7b-132e-4af1-b154-b5e7a3848aad"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certification
criteria</header><text>The Administrator shall establish criteria for
certifying the completion of the course work requirement under subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0acb2910-5abf-402b-8c71-e647fed66029"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Structure
of program</header><text>The Acquisition Intern Program shall consist of one
year of preparatory education and training in Federal procurement followed by 3
years of on-the-job training and development focused on Federal procurement but
including rotational assignments in other functional areas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7cbf7878-a7c7-4b79-8035-779a94859cf5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Employment
status of interns</header><text>Interns participating in the Acquisition Intern
Program shall be considered probationary employees without civil service
protections under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/33">chapter 33</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code. In administering
any personnel ceiling applicable to an executive agency or a unit of an
executive agency, an individual assigned as an intern under the program shall
not be counted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id894b0af5-d787-4c30-b7eb-c8967cd85f94"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Agency
management of program</header><text>The Chief Acquisition Officer of each
executive agency, in consultation with the Chief Human Capital Officer of such
agency, shall establish a central intern management function in the agency to
supervise and manage interns participating in the Acquisition Intern
Program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id8E56A6B914FA431A8AB585ABB3C1784C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contingency
contracting corps</header><text>The Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/403">41 U.S.C. 403 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (b), is further amended by
adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2483569B6CD54F7C9E42678FEB63D184" style="OLC">
<section id="id6DB36CB19E80452E97CC3401F7BFA8CD"><enum>44.</enum><header>Contingency
Contracting Corps</header>
<subsection id="idD19947B0E19841ED87FC0919C17B09A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Administrator shall establish a government-wide Contingency Contracting Corps
(in this section, referred to as the <quote>Corps</quote>). The members of the
Corps shall be available for deployment in responding to disasters, natural and
man-made, and contingency operations both within and outside the continental
United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id55BE7B02CF474FD5BF883478D568684D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>Membership
in the Corps shall be voluntary and open to all Federal employees, including
uniformed members of the Armed Services, who are currently members of the
Federal acquisition workforce.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idAB819ADCC9844A98A26F6A20AA7E8882"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Education and
training</header><text>The Administrator may establish additional educational
and training requirements, and may pay for these additional requirements from
funds available in the acquisition workforce training fund.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idE5F461B77AA9465583D848E9903FFB96"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clothing and
equipment</header><text>The Administrator shall identify any necessary clothing
and equipment requirements, and may pay for this clothing and equipment from
funds available in the acquisition workforce training fund.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5DD164CD11D74D4692B77D64C05B10C1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Salary</header><text>The
salaries for members of the Corps shall be paid by their parent agencies out of
existing appropriations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idA6B415E4E8FB467F99BC99321E92236E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authority To
deploy the corps</header><text>The Administrator, or the Administrator's
designee, shall have the authority to determine when members of the Corps shall
be deployed, in consultation with the head of the agency or agencies employing
the members to be deployed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idF1D6D300EC0C4E3780BA17A8BDD8D0F2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Annual
report</header>
<paragraph id="idE5F6BBB128E44D138DE26189A2F863FB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall provide to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services
of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives an annual report on
the status of the Contingency Contracting Corps.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE2B593E3AE0A49FE9445789030D80F29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header><text>At
a minimum, each report under paragraph (1) shall include the number of members
of the Contingency Contracting Corps, the fully burdened cost of operating the
program, the number of deployments of members of the program, and the
performance of members of the program in
deployment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id3780E65D0C6242B0B091506497E9BCFC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acquisition and
contracting training programs</header><text>The head of each executive agency,
after consultation with the Associate Administrator for Acquisition Workforce
Programs, shall establish and operate acquisition and contracting training
programs. Such programs shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idAE03B5ED165C486EA3AD22F4049291BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have curricula
covering a broad range of acquisition and contracting disciplines corresponding
to the specific acquisition and contracting needs of the agency
involved;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id20F12456595F4EFA8334A2FEE07F9E51"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be developed and
applied according to rigorous standards; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6E46F72030B84FDA9B918BC061AC2C59"><enum>(3)</enum><text>be designed to
maximize efficiency, through the use of self-paced courses, online courses,
on-the-job training, and the use of remote instructors, wherever such features
can be applied without reducing the effectiveness of the training or negatively
impacting academic standards.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id17E62B324CC0485A817C4901C61C6B7B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Government-wide
policies and evaluation</header><text>The Administrator shall issue policies to
promote the development of performance standards for training and uniform
implementation of this subsection by executive agencies, with due regard for
differences in program requirements among agencies that may be appropriate and
warranted in view of the agency mission. The Administrator shall evaluate the
implementation of the provisions of subsection (d) by executive
agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id0522F021CE74487C982F9512F6D3AB04"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Chief
acquisition officer authorities and responsibilities</header><text>Subject to
the authority, direction, and control of the head of an executive agency, the
Chief Acquisition Officer of such agency shall carry out all powers, functions,
and duties of the head of the agency with respect to implementation of
subsection (d). The Chief Acquisition Officer shall ensure that the policies of
the agency head established in accordance with such subsection are implemented
throughout the agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id36B941BE265A4DF5817E047A4096F06F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Acquisition and
contracting training reporting</header><text>The Administrator shall ensure
that the heads of executive agencies collect and maintain standardized
information on the acquisition and contracting workforce related to the
implementation of subsection (d).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idab768b26-2a21-40b6-a4f9-f261145e1727"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Acquisition
workforce human capital succession plan</header>
<paragraph id="id4d7c15c6-8ab6-4fda-9e40-28583010a3e4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, each Chief Acquisition Officer for an executive agency appointed
pursuant to section 16 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
U.S.C. 414) shall develop, in consultation with the Chief Human Capital Officer
for the agency and the Associate Administrator for Acquisition Workforce
Programs, a succession plan consistent with the agency's strategic human
capital plan for the recruitment, development, and retention of the agency’s
acquisition workforce, with a particular focus on warranted contracting
officers and program managers of the agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1e40364b-4df8-45c6-960f-dd0d94e7c612"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content of
plan</header><text>The acquisition workforce succession plan shall
address—</text>
<subparagraph id="id25094e11-95ce-4215-bb3d-7eb84860966b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recruitment
goals for personnel from procurement intern programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3823db05-e82b-43f6-8f0e-782351d2c0c5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the agency's
acquisition workforce training needs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d7755ce-65ed-4952-9758-a3f0d012ee29"><enum>(C)</enum><text>actions to
retain high performing acquisition professionals who possess critical relevant
skills;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd8d31fd4-aef1-4eb4-aef9-e3f914f20f7d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recruitment
goals for personnel from the Federal Career Intern Program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide555bad7-9146-4163-9daa-e53a033404ba"><enum>(E)</enum><text>recruitment
goals for personnel from the Presidential Management Fellows Program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id12B2CC5B7AE842DFA6968CB0DB16022A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations for acquisition programs</header>
<paragraph id="idF6EA6680C4314C4CB1FFDB512ECC67D0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There
is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and
2009 for the acquisition workforce training fund.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id87F38DC46D9C409AB5752092A4146F9F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
Funds</header><text>Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of
appropriations in paragraph (1) shall be used for—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2934DD0F231D40CBBE63ED12E0B4AF1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the establishment
salary of the Associate Administrator for Acquisition Workforce Training
Programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1B63124A78EB45B8AD126465B412C0A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the establishment
and operations of the Acquisition Intern Program and the Contingency
Contracting Corps;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF043F1F06470420BB8113CE0A136EDF5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the costs of
administering the acquisition workforce training fund, not to exceed 10 percent
of the total funds available in the Fund; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB217FA1C1E3B40E5841AED1B73332B5A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the equipping,
education, and training of participants in the Acquisition Intern Program,
personnel recruited from the Presidential Management Fellowship Program,
personnel recruited from the Federal Career Intern Program, and Contingency
Contracting Corps Program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBCEAFDD264834840A8A1FB7255062DBB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under paragraph
(1) shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9C19743BAF5844F182B8B84AFD2C7574"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Elimination of
sunset provision for acquisition workforce training fund</header><text>Section
37(h)(3) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/433">41 U.S.C. 433(h)(3)</external-xref>)
is amended by striking subparagraph (H).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idD85489DC2107479E878047DAE619C669"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Training in the
acquisition of architect and engineering services</header><text>The
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall ensure that a sufficient
number of Federal employees are trained in the acquisition of architect and
engineering services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id000F6490BC2A42D7954201DDD568A487"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Extension of
direct hiring authority</header><text>Section 1413(b) of the Services
Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 (title XIV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/136">Public Law 108–136</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>September 30, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30,
2010</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idC1D97533839B46D58B597BA89B3F2D28"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Qualifications
of Chief Acquisition Officers</header><text>Section 16(a) of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/414">41 U.S.C. 414</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="idBE51C655253D4889B4B44E87BED55393" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id08CEA7C749244C38B5E8389616C0C17D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Chief Acquisition Officers shall be
appointed from among persons who have an extensive management
background.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idC4B1581503114EAD97C88F98EAA2E29B"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Utilization of
recruitment and retention authorities</header><text>The Administrator for
Federal Procurement Policy, in coordination with the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management, shall encourage agencies to utilize existing authorities,
including direct hire authority and tuition assistance programs, to recruit and
retain acquisition personnel and consider recruiting acquisition personnel who
may be retiring from the private sector, consistent with existing laws and
regulations.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Competition
and accountability</header>
<section id="id988DAD6F78F04787B8484E95B9E06B95"><enum>201.</enum><header>Requirement
for purchase of property and services pursuant to multiple award
contracts</header>
<subsection id="id027FDF1FADAB411DA12C8A53A764F2F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations
required</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall promulgate
in the Federal Acquisition Regulation, regulations requiring competition in the
purchase of property and services by all executive agencies pursuant to
multiple award contracts.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5F0BF66A92B14567B1BDDB62A9063B0E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content of
regulations</header>
<paragraph id="id647C67AB6EEE446BBBE3F2A7A4906D7D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The regulations required by subsection (a) shall provide,
at a minimum, that each individual purchase of property or services in excess
of the simplified acquisition threshold that is made under a multiple award
contract shall be made on a competitive basis unless a contracting
officer—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDdfe5182cd58a488fb509c030da75c5fb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>waives the
requirement on the basis of a determination that—</text>
<clause id="ID6e6587472883407a8d5022166d2ca14a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>one
of the circumstances described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 303J(b)
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C.
253j(b)) or <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2304c">section 2304c(b)</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, applies to such
individual purchase; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDaf46e1d5f6e942f39abc7b527dbec1eb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
law expressly authorizes or requires that the purchase be made from a specified
source; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf20c01bfd24845a5a095add1502ba47f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>justifies the
determination in writing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id47EF77AAAB054B3EA4AF8CF3828B4376"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Competitive
basis procedures</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, an individual
purchase of property or services is made on a competitive basis only if it is
made pursuant to procedures that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4a9f407b2b5f4274b13be8e7c321445e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as
provided in paragraph (3), require fair notice of the intent to make that
purchase (including a description of the work to be performed and the basis on
which the selection will be made) to be provided to all contractors offering
such property or services under the multiple award contract; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDda461804b9d143f79bb28fdc8e7a4680"><enum>(B)</enum><text>afford all
contractors responding to the notice a fair opportunity to make an offer and
have that offer fairly considered by the official making the purchase.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4D0F935F457B49BD9C1387A0BA23457F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception to
notice requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="id9764C0D96004491583256593A897C461"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(A), and subject to
subparagraph (B), notice may be provided to fewer than all contractors offering
such property or services under a multiple award contract as described in
subsection (d)(2)(A) if notice is provided to as many contractors as
practicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDC381DBC301A4933BE4AD3F2915563D1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation on
exception</header><text>A purchase may not be made pursuant to a notice that is
provided to fewer than all contractors under subparagraph (A) unless—</text>
<clause id="ID8f8aef1ae5704f14ad20364d6e9dab5d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>offers were
received from at least 3 qualified contractors; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd871805d1a244e0a92734827eac4dcd9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
contracting officer of the executive agency determines in writing that no
additional qualified contractors were able to be identified despite reasonable
efforts to do so.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide683b5e2-0ef0-45b4-ba8a-bba0751f2553"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notice
requirements related to sole source task or delivery orders</header><text>The
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall promulgate regulations in
the Federal Acquisition Regulation requiring the head of each executive
agency—</text>
<paragraph id="id994c8e2b-348f-402a-963b-17cb3cbe0f30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to publish on
FedBizOpps notice of all sole source task or delivery orders in excess of the
simplified acquisition threshold (as defined by section 4 of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/403">41 U.S.C. 403</external-xref>)) that are placed against
multiple award contracts or multiple award blanket purchase agreements not
later than 10 days after such orders are placed, except in the event of
extraordinary circumstances or classified orders; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idaee9b87a-cdba-4b18-86af-a9713a4651e5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to publish on
the Internet website of the executive agency and on FedBizOpps the
justification and approval documents related to sole source task or delivery
orders placed against multiple award contracts or multiple award blanket
purchase agreements not later than 14 days after such orders are placed, except
in the event of extraordinary circumstances or classified orders.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1A95FE9793E449F694F33069F01ED99A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id46576809569E4CF68B7FA7E9FAF6F3F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<term>individual purchase</term> means a task order, delivery order, or other
purchase.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7A7EDA86E7A945B8A400B8F57C936C8E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term
<term>multiple award contract</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf32f9b4e327f41db88ccf59a9db51dc9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a contract that
is entered into by the Administrator of General Services under the multiple
award schedule program referred to in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2302">section 2302(2)(C)</external-xref> of title 10, United
States Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID66fcf01485014ebf8e8cc00533e04d21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a multiple award
task order contract that is entered into under the authority of sections 2304a
through 2304d of title 10, United States Code, or sections 303H through 303K of
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253h
through 253k); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID58662238c68a409797b5e63ee118b666"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other
indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract that is entered into by the
head of an executive agency with 2 or more sources pursuant to the same
solicitation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC47CC30DBF6D44F59740C2EE62B5FB65"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
regulations promulgated by the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy
pursuant to subsection (a) shall take effect not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to all individual purchases
of property or services that are made under multiple award contracts on or
after such effective date, without regard to whether the multiple award
contracts were entered into before, on, or after such effective date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id139a07ad-7de9-44fb-a08d-bdc4f063a979"><enum>202.</enum><header>Statement
of work requirements for certain task or delivery orders</header>
<subsection id="ida7d18435-d602-4d39-b193-adbb10d6404e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Civilian
contracts</header><text>Section 303J(c) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/253j">41 U.S.C. 253j(c)</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="id89a5ebd7-609c-4a29-93c0-97a324eaf7ce" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idec89ecc9-9886-4c33-b417-7bb31aafeb11"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Statement
of work and selection basis</header>
<paragraph id="ida0548180-f455-460a-96c1-9cad6a98794f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A task or delivery order shall include a statement of
work that clearly specifies all tasks to be performed or property to be
delivered under the order.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9f5a7f37-158b-4b8c-8472-d958551432b3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Task or
delivery orders in excess of the threshold for use of simplified procedures for
commercial items</header><text>The statement of work for a task or delivery
order in excess of the threshold for use of simplified procedures for
commercial items under a task or delivery order contract shall be made
available to each contractor awarded such contract and shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idbad9bfce-18b0-4438-8453-aa874126efec"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include a
clear statement of the executive agency's requirements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb9840f2b-933c-4549-bb7b-0381dab353a4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>permit a
reasonable response period;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id15ce2654-788a-42a1-b49b-6501eb6d68ec"><enum>(C)</enum><text>disclose the
significant factors and sub-factors that the executive agency expects to
consider in evaluating proposals, including cost, price, past performance, and
the relative importance of those and other factors;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id98f9730b-399a-469d-b2b1-640c99210a50"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the case
of an award that is to be made on a best value basis, include a written
statement documenting the basis for the award and the relative importance of
quality, past performance, and price or cost factors; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9f076f43-82fd-4209-9faa-40f6f1fd79f0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide an
opportunity for a post-award debriefing consistent with the requirements of
section
303B(e).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id8c13ba54-76c4-42f4-98ac-21c529a0292a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Defense
contracts</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2304c">Section 2304c(c)</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3575c7f2-4d22-4f10-a176-a9f27a4de1b1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id66cee0fb-41af-4ba6-a6bf-fe51e92d2f0c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Statement
of work and selection basis</header>
<paragraph id="id96958c7a-153e-4495-a21c-3d2b7f2815ed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A task or delivery order shall include a statement of
work that clearly specifies all tasks to be performed or property to be
delivered under the order.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id16f2620d-b84a-4948-b938-365e23846268"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Task or
delivery orders in excess of the threshold for use of simplified procedures for
commercial items</header><text>The statement of work for a task or delivery
order in excess of the threshold for use of simplified procedures for
commercial items under a task or delivery order contract shall be made
available to each contractor awarded such contract and shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8cbec4c2-4acf-4463-9976-dbe22a76e8dd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include a
clear statement of the agency's requirements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23a32638-99e5-4f6f-b343-0350a949aec0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>permit a
reasonable response period;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3cfa558b-cd64-4c2d-9b31-cd99da39dd38"><enum>(C)</enum><text>disclose the
significant factors and sub-factors that the agency expects to consider in
evaluating proposals, including cost, price, past performance, and the relative
importance of those and other factors;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1a1787e7-858b-4c4c-8e5f-dfcea70ddf62"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the case
of an award that is to be made on a best value basis, include a written
statement documenting the basis for the award and the relative importance of
quality, past performance, and price or cost factors; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7be2bf0b-971e-4664-ae49-d6c4a398d66a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide an
opportunity for a post-award debriefing consistent with the requirements of
section 2305(b)(5) of this
title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="idd47df004-ce4a-426c-8011-684b2e374144"><enum>203.</enum><header>Protests
of task and delivery orders</header>
<subsection id="ida5fb8694-d2f9-4c69-9b61-881fb997c7b2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Civilian
agency contracts</header><text>Section 303J(d) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/253j">41 U.S.C. 253j(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32e7b7eb-3d9e-4c7b-8077-fb4098724807" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id5db903a8-5fcd-43f1-b1f1-b226a259d21a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Protests</header><text>A
protest is not authorized in connection with the issuance or proposed issuance
of a task or delivery order except for—</text>
<paragraph id="id89165ef4-98e1-43e0-be57-1c170cae1d92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a protest on
the ground that the order increases the scope, period, or maximum value of the
contract under which the order is issued; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5a6499ee-d561-435a-8e9f-09d33e44f59d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a protest by
an interested party of an order valued at greater than the threshold
established pursuant to section 203(c) of the <short-title>Accountability in Government Contracting Act of
2007</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idfa731a93-8200-4e0b-a8c1-d7a608ec1c4e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Defense
contracts</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2304c">Section 2304c(d)</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85945b19-5357-4d47-833e-d37cbb81766a" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id03770d7a-25b5-4deb-bf54-b6f837cde4c6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Protests</header><text>A
protest is not authorized in connection with the issuance or proposed issuance
of a task or delivery order except for—</text>
<paragraph id="id2aa23b59-8679-4ca7-9615-445c14b78307"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a protest on
the ground that the order increases the scope, period, or maximum value of the
contract under which the order is issued; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id50fd1214-d5fb-4b9e-a54c-56d666f3c56f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a protest by
an interested party of an order valued at greater than the threshold
established pursuant to section 203(c) of the <short-title>Accountability in Government Contracting Act of
2007</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idb4b5b3e1-10ed-4b49-bef6-2b827cffeaa4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment
of threshold</header><text>The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy
shall promulgate a rule in the Federal Acquisition Regulation establishing a
threshold for protests under section 303J(d) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/253j">41 U.S.C. 253j(d)</external-xref>) and section 2304c(d) of
title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsections (a) and (b),
respectively. The threshold shall be $5,000,000 unless the Administrator
determines that the threshold is unduly burdensome on executive agencies, in
which case the Administrator may increase the threshold, but in no case shall
the threshold exceed $25,000,000. The threshold shall be $5,000,000 until a
final rule is promulgated in accordance with such determination.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idc7abedfe-51cf-4f4c-b9ee-6346bd566f7a"><enum>204.</enum><header>Publication
of justification and approval documents</header>
<subsection id="idaa889dda-4ca0-4872-8589-93e46aaf8042"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Civilian
contracts</header><text>Section 303(f)(1) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/253">41 U.S.C. 253(f)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id75aee81c-73a8-40df-8bb7-bf7faf7684e0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a
semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb95a249a-89cf-47c0-8888-57c9deaaece8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idebb1c4fc-851f-49fa-add8-f27f7efa6249"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="id95c75b87-907f-4ed1-ac26-53e526856c27" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ideddde257-7726-44dc-affc-5b80b10e236e" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the justification and approval
documents are made publicly available on the Internet website of the agency and
FedBizOpps.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3615a575-ab0c-443c-91bc-7c20c7ad2930"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Defense
contracts</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2304">Section 2304(f)</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4f3b53fa-51dc-4163-9620-30398f3f60f5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a
semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd0b12567-285d-4b3d-928f-87e9b316a7a5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id18145a6e-d17b-454d-b231-f55f760e165f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="idb4a1c8dd-6f5e-4e12-ad2b-6de8c35b5d6e" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id463d0c6f-1e76-4e78-b262-a74ac0cd2044" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the justification and approval
documents are made publicly available on the Internet website of the agency and
FedBizOpps.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4a388ca2-2b6c-41a4-a680-21da099d10b7"><enum>205.</enum><header>Limitation
on length of certain noncompetitive contracts</header>
<subsection id="idc9e5efd0-7a3d-4f44-a23e-e5e7572aa090"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Civilian
agency contracts</header><text>Section 303(d) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/253">41 U.S.C. 253(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="idae8d585e-c984-41ad-ad30-fe9270df9786" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id40c1a92a-a55d-42bc-818c-bdf07ed573b1" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id244dc53e-1bd8-4fde-ad24-36c98e3c8f26"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The contract period
of a contract described in subparagraph (B) that is entered into by an
executive agency pursuant to the authority provided under subsection
(c)(2)—</text>
<clause id="id94b82eec-245f-469b-91b0-821b7855c3ad" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may not exceed the time
necessary—</text>
<subclause id="idd4bd5866-0175-40bf-a214-40584c21c690"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to meet the unusual and compelling
requirements of the work to be performed under the contract; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe074570-68f6-41e6-acdc-d993b95379d9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for the executive agency to enter
into another contract for the required goods or services through the use of
competitive procedures; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59c011b2-55ca-425a-a158-71ff79e4bc72" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may not exceed 270 days unless the
head of the executive agency entering into such contract determines that
exceptional circumstances apply.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d8a0513-8f23-412d-b832-9ccca325f9eb" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>This paragraph applies to any
contract in an amount greater than the simplified acquisition threshold (as
defined by section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C.
403)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id715cb2b5-d4cd-4d4d-898e-a185334f7b2e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Defense
contracts</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2304">Section 2304(d)</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="ida4459dd8-8714-4fae-a3bb-9fdeb6b27d9b" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id8102e38e-f07d-44e2-bca7-4bd1522aa7c1" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2502a1c1-eff7-4265-8460-452dad34d227"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The contract period
of a contract described in subparagraph (B) that is entered into by an agency
pursuant to the authority provided under subsection (c)(2)—</text>
<clause id="id170012e0-3248-42a9-82b8-0bce5fcf74ac" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may not exceed the time
necessary—</text>
<subclause id="idbbfe4261-2506-4168-8da7-1dbdb2feae02"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to meet the unusual and compelling
requirements of the work to be performed under the contract; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida62122e9-856f-4148-9d00-d7043c5fb146"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for the agency to enter into
another contract for the required goods or services through the use of
competitive procedures; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e2c5c3e-1180-4a4f-a31e-51967affc90e" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may not exceed 270 days unless the
head of the agency entering into such contract determines that exceptional
circumstances apply.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id001e8735-9b4b-4a62-a204-fb456d2594f5" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>This paragraph applies to any
contract in an amount greater than the simplified acquisition threshold (as
defined by section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C.
403)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id48dae043-a511-44a7-9dcb-38c6c2eedf57"><enum>206.</enum><header>Prohibition
on award of certain large task or delivery order contracts for
services</header>
<subsection id="idc1003384-58df-4fa1-b3d0-9a2542979744"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Civilian
Agency Contracts</header><text>Section 303H(d) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="FPASA">Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/253h">41 U.S.C. 253h(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a74190f-d034-4994-9d3c-12fe3bb0b82d" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idde10d120-763e-4bfe-9449-3058b45dd13c" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idf7ce4c56-8aa2-4653-90a3-f52ed1ab600b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>No task or delivery
order contract for services in an amount estimated to exceed $100,000,000
(including all options) may be awarded to a single contractor unless the head
of the executive agency determines in writing that—</text>
<clause id="iddc022900-2282-473e-bb78-fdce19d5f850" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>because of the size, scope, or method
of performance of the requirement, it would not be practical to award multiple
task or delivery order contracts;</text>
</clause><clause id="id2d6956dd-2099-4610-84a6-eaa9f8685738" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the task orders expected under the
contract are so integrally related that only a single contractor can reasonably
perform the work; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ide4a4ed10-b937-414f-9aa5-28378326e24e" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for any other reason, it is
necessary in the public interest to award the contract to a single
contractor.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56e83284-4161-4e00-a293-6afae022d55b" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The head of the executive agency
shall notify Congress within 30 days of any determination under subparagraph
(A)(iii).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1fef852d-1c28-4e0d-8a3b-14a74b84a129" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The head of the executive agency
shall post the justification and approval documents related to a determination
under subparagraph (A) on the Internet website of the agency and on the Federal
Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) Internet
website.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id0e4c5c76-269a-4906-9502-c5996b1616c9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Defense
Contracts</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2304a">Section 2304a(d)</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1147492f-de35-4bab-a318-e8f52fb427b6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id9f1816e0-43a5-4f8f-8a02-4cdb827cad61" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ide8b3ff1f-a2f9-4e96-b2ed-0871d90609d2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>No task or delivery
order contract for services in an amount estimated to exceed $100,000,000
(including all options) may be awarded to a single contractor unless the head
of the agency determines in writing that—</text>
<clause id="idac6d0d45-f402-4468-87f5-fa913209121f" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>because of the size, scope, or method
of performance of the requirement, it would not be practical to award multiple
task or delivery order contracts;</text>
</clause><clause id="ida3773e11-8f89-4abc-9d4e-25fee4879eb1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the task orders expected under the
contract are so integrally related that only a single contractor can reasonably
perform the work; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idaa46e6f7-af44-475a-8d91-726b9917a5a6" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for any other reason, it is
necessary in the public interest to award the contract to a single
contractor.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf164eccd-fd0f-4c90-b7a8-605cfeb9d583" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The head of the agency shall notify
Congress within 30 days of any determination under subparagraph
(A)(iii).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f2df760-1014-476a-8feb-9613fd131455" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The head of the agency shall post the
justification and approval documents related to a determination under
subparagraph (A) on the Internet website of the agency and on the Federal
Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) Internet
website.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id40cd2550-a488-4e98-aeca-afb1adb7dde5"><enum>207.</enum><header>Guidance
on use of tiered evaluations of offers for contracts and task orders under
contracts</header>
<subsection id="id19d0a5f8-47ae-4559-b383-481d5b5d8170"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Guidance
required</header><text>The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall
prescribe guidance for executive agencies on the use of tiered evaluations of
offers for contracts and for task or delivery orders under contracts. In
prescribing such guidance, the Administrator shall give full consideration to
the guidance prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under section 816 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/163">Public Law 109–163</external-xref>; 10
U.S.C. 2305).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idc2df887e-8328-4207-9741-222fdb72db29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
guidance prescribed under subsection (a) shall include a prohibition on the
initiation by a contracting officer of a tiered evaluation of an offer for a
contract or for a task or delivery order under a contract unless the
contracting officer—</text>
<paragraph id="id6e2925e6-439e-4385-9722-41097a3042d3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has conducted
market research in accordance with part 10 of the Federal Acquisition
Regulation in order to determine whether or not a sufficient number of
qualified small businesses are available to justify limiting competition for
the award of such contract or task or delivery order under applicable law and
regulations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc8c961e4-49d9-46af-9ac2-720e4d21be32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is unable,
after conducting market research under paragraph (1), to make the determination
described in that paragraph; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf92d8b57-9e62-4950-9ddf-4144aa62f5f9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>includes in
the contract file a written explanation of why such contracting officer was
unable to make such determination.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76605a7b-176a-428a-b5e4-5db61c9c37fe"><enum>208.</enum><header>Guidance
on use of cost-reimbursement contracts</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4AA62270108D4F8CAAB3312A42F192BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Federal
Procurement Policy shall promulgate in the Federal Acquisition Regulation,
regulations outlining the proper use of cost-reimbursement contracts.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4202C9C43924C06924898AD7DDB8F73"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regulations promulgated under
subsection (a) shall include at minimum guidance regarding—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id003D58DECD4F4BF08E5770A1626D9EA5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">when and under what circumstances cost
reimbursement contracts are appropriate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB68AD1816BD4BCDB338DD6126BA7F29"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the acquisition plan findings necessary to
support a decision to use cost reimbursement contracts; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0A498752B8C4FAC9A43BF99CD62D614"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the acquisition
workforce resources necessary to award and manage cost reimbursement
contracts.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89717758D4B84A469A3FF58F5D844686"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inspector
general review</header><text>The Inspector General for each executive agency
shall develop and submit as part of its annual audit plan a review of the use
of cost reimbursement contracts.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID5d63e48577ce4fdf9f48c425476289f8"><enum>209.</enum><header>Preventing
conflicts of interest</header>
<subsection id="idFCFF6D8DE4D14B448CBE0885222D9D07"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Organizational
conflicts of interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall create new, uniform,
government-wide policies aimed at preventing and mitigating organizational
conflicts of interest in Federal contracting, including—</text>
<paragraph id="ID10e236d08ac74a37bd1385690cf4e28c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>considering
development of a standard organizational conflict of interest clause, or a set
of standard organizational conflict of interest clauses, for inclusion in
solicitations and contracts that set forth the contractor’s responsibilities
with respect to its employees, subcontractors, partners, and any other
affiliated organizations or individuals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID520cd7a74fee4773845c34f29b68920b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>addressing
conflicts that may arise in the context of developing requirements and
statements of work, the selection process, and contract administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDaafb5e1180d84ef9959584554e5b4870"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensuring that
adequate organizational conflict of interest safeguards are enacted in
situations in which contractors are employed by the Federal Government to
oversee other contractors or are hired to assist in the acquisition
process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDafdbc01e03e14445b5faafee076b42fb"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensuring that any
policies or clauses developed address conflicts of interest that may arise from
financial interests, unfair competitive advantages, and impaired objectivity;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcf0577393e5448bca86279d3a2d04c16"><enum>(5)</enum><text>maintaining a
repository of best practices relating to the prevention of organizational
conflicts of interest.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb6f2241b347146bd8eae449f3e3608db"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Personal
conflicts of interest</header><text>The Administrator for Federal Procurement
Policy shall create new, uniform, government-wide policies aimed at preventing
personal conflicts of interest by contractor employees in Federal contracting,
including—</text>
<paragraph id="IDde7a5a554a224403884001a3692d8ff3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determining
whether greater disclosure, specific prohibitions, or reliance on specified
principles will accomplish the end objective of ethical behavior;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1a6fa15d4bbc4f3db036ef3a6252c370"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifying types
of contracts that raise heightened concerns for potential conflicts of
interest;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID59500b49335b4cfca530737ab45d057d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>considering the
development of a standard ethics clause or a set of standard ethics clauses
that set forth the contractor’s responsibility for inclusion in solicitations
and contracts; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3217d8d21d5045be985d5f04afdbfade"><enum>(4)</enum><text>maintaining a
repository of best practices relating to the prevention of personal conflicts
of interest.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDed2351729ede49818966732f6bf20676"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall submit to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on
actions taken under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id02228AB1CDCA4271A607A1D917405890"><enum>210.</enum><header>Linking of
award and incentive fees to acquisition outcomes</header>
<subsection id="IDece37f908740427eb895dfa8a4fa3f68"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Guidance on
linking of award and incentive fees to acquisition outcomes</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall issue guidance, with
detailed implementation instructions (including definitions), for executive
agencies on the appropriate use of award and incentive fees in Federal
acquisition programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDed75ed1e7bc84771a4dc3330743d97bc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
guidance under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDb142da42913d48629af0773c3703a272"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure that all
new contracts using award fees link such fees to acquisition outcomes (which
shall be defined in terms of program cost, schedule, and performance);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDabdee10f9aba42b9a6e5a1e9ed63090d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish
standards for identifying the appropriate level of officials authorized to
approve the use of award and incentive fees in new contracts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID93fdd180dc564171bda68fcf07100e37"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide guidance
on the circumstances in which contractor performance may be judged to be
<quote>excellent</quote> or <quote>superior </quote> and the percentage of the
available award fee which contractors should be paid for such
performance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6c20392af7a140d098b6c25f6694dff9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establish
standards for determining the percentage of the available award fee, if any,
which contractors should be paid for performance that is judged to be
<quote>acceptable</quote>, <quote>average</quote>, <quote>expected</quote>,
<quote>good</quote>, or <quote>satisfactory</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdd614af119e84896917a7e468d854439"><enum>(5)</enum><text>ensure that no
award fee may be paid for contractor performance that is judged to be below
satisfactory performance or performance that does not meet the basic
requirements of the contract;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID61eb511066974adcae4ecf1284081fb0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide specific
direction on the circumstances, if any, in which it may be appropriate to roll
over award fees that are not earned in one award fee period to a subsequent
award fee period or periods;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID653deaf819064a4cb5aa5f4f8f0b1bfb"><enum>(7)</enum><text>ensure consistent
use of guidelines and definitions relating to award and incentive fees across
the Federal Government;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd418023c94b64b39a41dc25bb77ffb5b"><enum>(8)</enum><text>ensure that each
executive agency—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID82c3f79bc0634ab5bd4fea0eef2fd461"><enum>(A)</enum><text>collects relevant
data on award and incentive fees paid to contractors; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID934edae5fb8a4f8a9d15dfad18fb886a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has mechanisms in
place to evaluate such data on a regular basis;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDdbec2b91274a46d7ac1c7fbc715d80cc"><enum>(9)</enum><text>include
performance measures to evaluate the effectiveness of award and incentive fees
as a tool for improving contractor performance and achieving desired program
outcomes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb6f13aa869164731bb2d2dc8709cbe24"><enum>(10)</enum><text>provide
mechanisms for sharing proven incentive strategies for the acquisition of
different types of products and services among contracting and program
management officials.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Accountability
and administration</header>
<section id="id48e8c607-ed64-419d-820e-077cbf54883d"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definitizing
of letter contracts</header>
<subsection id="idaea9d8e5-92ec-40c3-b05d-9bf0f784dd5b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Civilian
contracts</header><text>The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/251">41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="id42f17424-3f61-4ad4-b1c9-1fbc130098a3" style="OLC">
<section id="ida7a2ad5d-229e-4d9e-9e5d-e3faa956bd9c"><enum>318.</enum><header>Definitizing
of letter contracts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The head
of an executive agency shall unilaterally determine all missing terms in an
undefinitized letter contract that have not been agreed upon within 180 days
after such letter contract has been entered into or before 40 percent of the
work under such letter contract has been completed. Any terms so determined
shall be subject to the contract disputes
process.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id846ef3c3-c744-4041-9881-ea481f342c64"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Defense
contracts</header>
<paragraph id="id8794035d-4eea-46a6-aa79-3c0131c27810"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitizing
of letter contracts</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/137">Chapter 137</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="idd6b7f77d-c6df-406a-ae7b-b3e3d4599a04" style="USC">
<section id="id7c0654f5-87e5-4f86-be61-fa840f443f66"><enum>2334.</enum><header>Definitizing
of letter contracts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The head
of an agency shall unilaterally determine all missing terms in an undefinitized
letter contract that have not been agreed upon within 180 days after such
letter contract has been entered into or before the funds obligated under such
letter contract exceed 50 percent of the not-to-exceed cost of the contract.
Any terms so determined shall be subject to the contract disputes
process.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddd7aec43-6ab7-49f1-98f8-1a62809b6650"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7dd692db-bf88-445e-b1e4-7318b0c8af74" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2334. Definitizing of letter
contracts.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id349e9bb3-22f0-4bee-a6f6-581ffdc8d309"><enum>302.</enum><header>Preventing
abuse of interagency contracts and assisted acquisition services</header>
<subsection id="idc1ff39c2-67be-4cdb-9b94-b1848faa0e74"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Office of
management and budget policy guidance</header>
<paragraph id="id3b5fe393-acea-4db3-a212-1e76c3785c64"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report and
guidelines</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida65d7bcc-8fff-497e-b30d-9aa460ba43f3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>submit to
Congress a comprehensive report on interagency acquisitions, including their
frequency of use, management controls, cost-effectiveness, and savings
generated; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id265eb933-2823-4708-8dbf-50099f76bbf1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>issue
guidelines to assist the heads of executive agencies in improving the
management of interagency acquisitions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id376e1df9-ace3-4685-86c1-47a983d1e6ca"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters
covered by guidelines</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the
Director shall include guidelines on the following matters:</text>
<subparagraph id="id169b311a-7379-496b-ab4e-1b71ab4ede13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Procedures
for the use of interagency acquisitions to maximize competition, deliver best
value to executive agencies, and minimize waste, fraud, and abuse.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida999b33c-e9cf-4d2a-a693-d24eec71ec79"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Categories of contracting inappropriate for
interagency acquisition, due to high risk of waste, fraud, or abuse.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8a1fe8a6-4aab-4760-b947-768113bfa2f4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Requirements
for training acquisition workforce personnel in the proper use of interagency
acquisitions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc661d50d-917e-4cc7-b1c5-e456adc1818e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations
required</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to require
that all assisted acquisitions—</text>
<paragraph id="idda455757-646d-4699-9559-00b8ccc90945"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include a
written agreement between the requesting agency and the servicing agency
assigning responsibility for the administration and management of the
contract;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id96109017-4d69-4ea5-b11f-502da9a749e6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include a
determination that an assisted acquisition is the best procurement alternative;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida06db62c-cd51-4e86-952c-9a7e90586768"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include
sufficient documentation to ensure an adequate audit.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7f81b124-5a9f-411a-acd9-2e4381e2facc"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agency
reporting requirement</header><text>The senior procurement executive for each
executive agency shall, as directed by the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, submit to the Director annual reports on the actions taken by the
executive agency pursuant to the guidelines issued under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id584875b1-cdcb-4ec2-85b5-637c4d247c21"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report on
interagency contracting</header>
<paragraph id="idabd70620-24a3-4a6b-820b-ec7010f49658"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall report on a
survey of existing interagency contracts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb0957606-dae1-433e-9fe5-daa7640ecda9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
report under paragraph (1) shall include the following information:</text>
<subparagraph id="idf7375984-33be-4434-8caa-137586c3cc9e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The number of
interagency contracts that are currently in operation, and the scope,
sponsoring agencies, primary users, activity levels (in terms of orders and
value) for the most recent fiscal year, and rationales for such
contracts.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfe8b2bfb-e93b-4ae3-b719-ddfa925f04ed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The level of
acquisition activity conducted by the Intergovernmental Revolving Funds
(including the Franchise Funds) on behalf of other executive agencies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idedcf5639-2799-4d30-ac6b-37bee7dcc075"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The number of
enterprisewide, single agency contracts that are currently in operation, and
the scope, activity levels (in terms of orders and value) for the most recent
fiscal year, and rationales for such contracts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id539cff46-5b3e-4806-90ee-07013565da22"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make the report under
this subsection publicly available, subject to applicable statutory and
regulatory limits on the release of such information.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4038a70e-a023-4c8d-8bfd-f202efc8753a"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Review of
Federal Supply Schedule contracts</header><text>Not later than 270 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services
shall review existing Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts to determine
whether, in light of the entire inventory of interagency contracts, any of the
FSS contracts should be eliminated in order to avoid unnecessary
duplication.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9dcf3b5e3b424276ad16b0b03afc2115"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Review and
authorization of multi-agency contracts</header>
<paragraph id="IDc680c196d35442edbe1d16b58440cf0c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Regulations
required</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall publish in
the Federal Acquisition Regulation, regulations requiring that the acquisition
plan in support of multi-agency contracts shall include a business case
analysis justifying the award and administration of the contract. At a minimum,
the business case shall include the fully burdened cost to the Federal
Government of awarding and administering the contract and the impact the
contract will have on the ability of the Federal Government to leverage its
buying power.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3e8c8b097c654a7eae383924a7517eb4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not
later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
for Federal Procurement Policy, in consultation with the Administrator of
General Services, shall review all multi-agency contracts and determine whether
each contract is cost effective or redundant with existing contracts available
for multi-agency use.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID43891538b4254768a19a7face6d517cf"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Approval
required</header><text>No executive agency may exercise an option on an
existing multi-agency contract or award a new multi-agency contract without the
express written approval of the Administrator for Federal Procurement
Policy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID22680c273dff4828ad0ef38a97233c23"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Evaluation of
costs</header><text>In determining whether a contract is cost effective, the
Administrator shall evaluate the fully burdened costs associated with awarding
and maintaining the contract. In the event that the fully burdened costs cannot
be determined, the Administrator shall use the same formula for determining
agency performance of a function identified in OMB Circular A–76.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8d86b9f57b534bbf8ed5946e24f6cb4d"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Review of other
indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts</header>
<paragraph id="ID7a56126d7ee54c8394cb7f1b10dafa4c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not
later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of
each executive agency, in consultation with the Administrator for Federal
Procurement Policy, shall review all indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity
contracts awarded by the executive agency and determine whether those contracts
are cost effective or redundant with other contracts within the agency or
available for the agency’s use.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID16d2355982a94fe6b25eb6b7d209942b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evaluation of
costs</header><text>In determining whether a contract is cost effective, the
head of the executive agency shall evaluate the fully burdened costs associated
with awarding and maintaining the contract. In cases where the fully burdened
costs cannot be determined, the Administrator shall use the same formula for
determining Agency performance of a function identified in Office of Management
and Budget Circular A–76.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33b0810b-48f0-446e-9d3f-df9a5986675c"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Improved
transparency of interagency contracting data</header><text>Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall direct appropriate revisions to the government-wide
procurement system known as the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation
in order to facilitate the collecting and publication of complete and reliable
order-level data on interagency contracting transactions.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85F625F4E8E74ED1B14767CADFFBB82E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Executive
agency defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>executive
agency</term> includes the Department of Defense, but does not include the
military departments and defense agencies.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="idd293372d-86b3-4c89-a493-70da2a8fda90"><enum>303.</enum><header>Purchase
card waste elimination</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id327e2ce7-e7db-4178-b03e-ea2760b9815d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement
for guidance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id1bf1a0d6-02bb-4b09-8870-70129fab998d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Office of
Management and Budget Policy Guidance</header><text>Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall issue guidelines to assist the heads of executive
agencies in improving the management of the use of the Governmentwide
commercial purchase card for making micro-purchases. The Director shall include
guidelines on the following matters:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idbede8cc1-8a60-4dea-b8e7-d7951ea81ecb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Analysis of
purchase card expenditures to identify opportunities for achieving savings
through micro-purchases made in economical volumes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idc4fb4a7d-1e17-4b52-a04f-ade6bf6b4c06"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Negotiation
of discount agreements with major vendors accepting the purchase card.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6d9c668d-f2e8-4a78-845a-fe08f5eddc5c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Establishment
of communication programs to ensure that purchase cardholders receive
information pertaining to the availability of discounts, including programs for
the training of purchase cardholders on the availability of discounts.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id41032be7-893f-4300-b231-b6721318c423"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Assessment of
cardholder purchasing practices, including use of discount agreements.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ida05dc63c-a4ac-46fb-8a30-95837941c3b2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Collection
and dissemination of best practices and successful strategies for achieving
savings in micro-purchases.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1197b6d2-3fd4-4baa-b902-45b31c7b8368"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Analysis of
purchase card expenditures to identify opportunities for achieving and
accurately measuring fair participation of small business concerns in
micro-purchases consistent with the national policy on small business
participation in Federal procurement set forth in sections 2(a) and 15(g) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C.
631(a) and 644(g)), and dissemination of best practices for participation of
small business concerns in micro-purchases.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id06e41c0e-0ba7-42c1-b4c4-f9892c955280"><enum>(2)</enum><header>General
Services Administration</header><text>The Administrator of General Services
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id30a1ebc8-b297-4db3-98eb-98f1683e66ce"><enum>(A)</enum><text>continue
efforts to improve reporting by financial institutions that issue the
Governmentwide commercial purchase card so that the General Services
Administration has the data needed to identify opportunities for achieving
savings; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idb4b38a2b-a340-4d93-9659-e2e19ab34d0b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>actively
pursue point-of-sale discounts with major vendors accepting the purchase card
so that any Federal Government purchaser using the purchase card can benefit
from such point-of-sale discounts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id29e303c5-ab4f-4b37-8d36-a8da6c6f91ee"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agency
Reporting Requirement</header><text>The senior procurement executive for each
executive agency shall, as directed by the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, submit to the Director periodic reports on the actions taken in
such executive agency pursuant to the guidelines issued under paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id45225824-1d30-4c4f-8998-f9fa886357d5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Congressional
Oversight</header><text>Not later than December 31 of the year following the
year in which this Act is enacted, and December 31 of each of the ensuing 3
years, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a
report summarizing for the fiscal year ending in the year in which such report
is due the progress made—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id40a73384-e2dc-4bfb-a911-35ad1e5d6205"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in improving
the management of the use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card for
making micro-purchases; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3660c122-4316-4736-8109-bc3b822e6a6f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in achieving
savings in micro-purchases made with such card, expressed in terms of average
savings achieved by each executive agency in the use of discount agreements
identified in paragraph (1) and the total savings achieved
Governmentwide.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id4692ad52-cb08-4b5f-8788-3e0eac65a508"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payments to
Federal contractors with Federal tax debt</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The General Services Administration, in
conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service and the Financial Management
Service, shall develop procedures to subject purchase card payments to Federal
contractors to the Federal Payment Levy program.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id752d2aa8-3130-4418-a9dc-b0870bdb0677"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reporting
of air travel by Federal Government employees</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id377b6d0c-3b8a-444f-99b9-21e95b05e56b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual
Reports Required</header><text>The Administrator of the General Services shall
submit annually to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House
of Representatives a report on all first class and business class travel by
employees of each executive agency undertaken at the expense of the Federal
Government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id793b53b4-7603-4e86-8405-b62839ea7237"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
reports submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, with
respect to each travel by first class or business class—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idde3c71c6-fb20-4264-bed6-a09523b02954"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the names of
each traveler;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5eb884dc-5038-4367-9948-8dcc0ee42750"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date of
travel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0fb39f21-e519-4a5c-a7ad-89feba5c4674"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the points of
origination and destination;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2af8e993-72ff-404f-bd92-b05d38ab680b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the cost of
the first class or business class travel; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3d9119cd-a757-4067-af1e-efe7877532b0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the cost
difference between such travel and travel by coach class.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idfdc9a004-b1af-409d-bc57-27786f6cb3b9"><enum>304.</enum><header>Lead
systems integrators</header>
<subsection id="id7d69620e-d44e-4596-8cbd-a7bdf0d9cedb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy
shall develop a government-wide definition of lead systems integrators and
complete a study on the use of such integrators by executive agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idcf571d0d-a3b0-4262-9b72-edf9f1ad38cf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the study under subsection (a) is completed, the
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall issue guidance on the
appropriate use of lead system integrators to ensure that they are used in the
best interests of the Federal Government.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id85d6be5d-53f7-4b96-943f-a4fa3d65dbbb"><enum>305.</enum><header>Limitations
on tiering of subcontractors</header>
<subsection id="id4a2b30b9-40ed-4a86-a3ea-3b1d7ffb9fd1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall promulgate regulations
applicable to contracts described in subsection (b) to minimize the excessive
use by contractors of subcontractors or tiers of subcontractors in cases where
a subcontractor does not perform work in proportion to any overhead or profit
that the subcontractor receives under the contract.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad015612-3981-4939-981f-13067a784fa4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Covered
contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section
applies to any cost-reimbursement type contract or task or delivery order in an
amount greater than the simplified acquisition threshold (as defined by section
4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/403">41 U.S.C. 403</external-xref>)).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id9f2295e8-4c11-46e1-96d6-8f885c34a4e0"><enum>306.</enum><header>Responsibility
of contractors that are serious threats to national security</header>
<subsection id="id1333116A03134AF9B5344B8E7D2909F7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Responsibility
of contractor</header><text>The contracting officer for an executive agency may
consider whether a contractor may pose a serious threat to national security in
assessing whether a contractor is responsible enough to be awarded a Federal
contract.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8B0ACAAAE4874457B35A77FB436BBC6C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall provide guidance to
executive agencies on implementation of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ide793d4a5-87c6-4a28-9a2b-59bb76c70212"><enum>307.</enum><header>Required
certification of program managers for Department of Homeland Security level one
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than one
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall assign to each program of the Department of Homeland Security
with an estimated value of more than $100,000,000 at least one program manager
certified by the Secretary as competent to administer programs of that
size.</text>
</section><section id="id01ec1812-fbaa-492c-91a3-182feb73225f"><enum>308.</enum><header>Elimination
of one-year limitation on interest due on late payments to
contractors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
3901(d)(3)(A) of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8fea28bf-6d6a-4d94-b65b-754bf6a6c8fd" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id8d1b98b2-bbf1-40db-a30f-b87d27f8d0dc" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="iddc41e4ee-130e-4936-9376-9421ac382a29"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided
in subparagraph (B), an interest penalty under this chapter does not continue
to accrue after a claim for an interest penalty is filed in the manner
described in paragraph
(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idB763FA4285C64F4B9990F14682E3ACF5"><enum>309.</enum><header>Ensuring that
Federal employees perform inherently governmental work</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator for Federal Procurement
Policy shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0579ecb3aae84904994bab2038093e6e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>analyze the
services for which agencies are contracting (other than through the process
governed by Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDca3ad244fae34cb69c35add8a5ee91d9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish
government-wide guidelines to ensure that inherently governmental work is
performed by Federal employees; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7777a0e9f5b148d5a6af3d76066f819d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>report to the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives on
actions taken under this section not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID5d9359e3e9984a9894f4954f05c4ed7a"><enum>310.</enum><header>Report on
Acquisition Advisory Panel report implementation</header>
<subsection id="idA991ABD8D3F2489D9BDD61F0275CA5FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform of the House of Representatives a comprehensive report on
implementation of the recommendations of the Acquisition Advisory Panel (in
this section referred to as the <quote>Panel</quote>) established under section
1423 of the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 (title XIV of Public Law
108–136; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/405">41 U.S.C. 405</external-xref> note).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4244B8CF4F8E43E393432079CC74A098"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a)
shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="ID77311e5bf3c34290a669542c879b402e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
the implementation of the recommendations of the Panel; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0b660a4401684f01b9b8cea7ad585ae8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to
any recommendations of the Panel not implemented, a justification and
discussion of the reasons for not implementing such recommendations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID29b3805fccee4f7b962263d363455947"><enum>311.</enum><header>Report by the
Government Accountability Office</header>
<subsection id="id3727A9E1B6D441FF9E5DFA77D93A4BED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to assess additional actions that
should be taken to further improve the acquisition system, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, conduct reviews and submit one or more reports to
Congress on Federal acquisition policy.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID00ac48868f1b490aa90230b189797d70"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="idE7C264A077774FCBA049132F9871CD62"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of
the 2 statutory standards governing the qualifications of the government’s
acquisition workforce and an assessment of the implementation of and practical
impact of both standards and whether there should be a single standard for the
acquisition workforce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9bf14315167b46d79f88721cfdef9be6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A list and
assessment of all Federal institutions providing acquisition and program
management education and training and a recommendation on the advisability of
continuing to offer education and training through multiple institutions or
whether education and training should be combined at one government-wide
institution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID71513ee506f94431a0f74cc0b985eacc"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A review of
agency compliance with Section 1412 of the Services Acquisition Reform Act of
2003 (title XIV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/136">Public Law 108–136</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/433">41 U.S.C. 433</external-xref> note), including whether
agencies have appointed Chief Acquisition Officers whose primary duties are
acquisition management, and recommendations for the appointment of Chief
Acquisition Officers government-wide.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc01ea97e8c154ffeb2d21786dcab64e7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Government
Accountability Office review</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States
shall review the determinations made by executive agencies under section 303(g)
regarding indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts and shall submit
to Congress a report on the implementation of requirements related to such
determinations.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id9541FD4894034C17802027D00530B2EE"><enum>312.</enum><header>Mapping and
surveying services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall amend the Federal
Acquisition Regulation to provide guidance on contracting for mapping and
surveying services in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/11">chapter 11</external-xref> of title 40, United States
Code, to ensure that these services are being procured through appropriate
competitive procedures and that offers are evaluated using a
qualifications-based selection process.</text>
</section><section id="id0E514C86C0E84951A9769E6FD35B680A"><enum>313.</enum><header>Timely and
accurate transmission of information included in Federal Procurement Data
System</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 19 of the
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/417">41 U.S.C. 417(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="id3E0F0BF539FD4162B6D2513F8F4144AF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id2C7B9F0650724E74826054661E5F98A2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transmission
and data entry of information</header><text>The head of each executive agency
shall ensure the accuracy of the information included in the record established
and maintained by such agency under subsection (a) and shall timely transmit
such information to the General Services Administration for entry into the
Federal Procurement Data System referred to in section 6(d)(4), or any
successor
system.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4251C4575F3344FAA04406C6CC7AE235" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>314.</enum><header>Use of existing
funds for regulations and reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Provisions and amendments of this Act
requiring the promulgation of regulations or the production of reports shall be
carried out using existing funds.</text>
</section>
Passed the Senate
November 7, 2007.
Secretary.