1.This Act may be cited as the
Helping Small Business Compete Act of
2010
.
<enum>I</enum><header>Small
business goals</header>
<section id="HDF5CBEB8C95344AFAC3032E608389295"><enum>101.</enum><header>Small business
goal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15(g)(1) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>23
percent</quote> and inserting <quote>25 percent</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H5243A9DD17124EBC8F92ADB5E75092BE"><enum>102.</enum><header>Agency Goal
Negotiation</header>
<subsection id="HE715F3A91C0047AD9399B740DE10F271"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Negotiation</header><text>Section
15(g)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)) is amended by striking
<quote>The President shall annually establish Government-wide goals for
procurement contracts</quote> and inserting <quote>The President shall before
the close of each fiscal year establish new Government-wide procurement goals
for the following fiscal year for procurement contracts.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6715B7CE529D4E33A37DA2A53D86B064"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum
level</header><text>Section 15(g)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644(g)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>Notwithstanding the Government-wide
goal, each agency shall have an annual goal</quote> and inserting <quote>Each
agency shall have an annual goal, not lower than the Government-wide
goal,</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H88DE5404946C4CC5A50D878975881E4D"><enum>103.</enum><header>Procedures and
Methods for Goal Achievement</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1E41A509F404426F883712CDE317FD81"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Goal
responsibility</header><text>Section 15(g)(2) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 644(g)(2)) is amended by adding the following after the first sentence:
<quote>The goals established by the head of each agency shall be apportioned
within the agency to a contracting office or offices (as that term is defined
in section 2.101 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations on January 1, 2009)
that reports to a career appointee in the Senior Executive
Service.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFC0D9DA5E2D74AE6AA929D368158CE77"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Senior Executive
Service</header>
<paragraph id="HCD47E221929F44269186F8EDDD4AF6AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>Section
3131 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD0BCE770A2F84C3B9803FA8F760D8FB4" style="USC">
<paragraph id="HD78FC45B45BF46D59FC9910AD0CE8D34"><enum>(15)</enum><text>ensure that the
Government achieves the small business procurement goals set forth in section
15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A95DB7C69FD4B07B58CCBD9E93402CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Training</header><text>Section
3396(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following: <quote>The training provided to senior executives shall include
federal procurement policy, including the procurement provisions of the Small
Business Act.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19AB0073A2D142A69C71881FD88EB2BC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on
sabbaticals</header><text>Section 3396(c)(2) of title 5, United States
Code—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0307B886BA0A46FAA37E4CC887869454"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the
<quote>and</quote> at the end semi-colon at the end of subparagraph
(B)(iii);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC202E1A64DD94FDC96F2B98C54DF915E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (C), and adding <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2002947E8E7B411CA6A4D9EEC583E30D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H407BE33E86654F1EAFB1BF16BAD9BECC" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H6F996DF0DD5743BB8ACCAADCEDA4A533"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who oversees a contracting office that did
not meet its small business procurement goals established annually in
accordance with the procedures of section 15(g)(2) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C.
644(g)(2)).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFC2436AFD8FA4CFA9B1ABD227BC3D007"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation on
incentive awards</header><text>An employee in the Senior Executive Service
shall not be eligible for any incentive award specified in subchapter I,
chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code, if the contracting office which
reports to that member of the Senior Executive Service fails to meet the
procurement goals established annually in accordance with the procedures of
section 15(g)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(2)). Any member of
the Senior Executive Service, whether career or non-career, to whom that member
of the Senior Executive Service reports also shall not be eligible for any
incentive award specified in subchapter I, chapter 45 of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H824C5C5B87094AFAA201D088B594511F"><enum>104.</enum><header>Reporting
requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15(h) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)) is amended by adding the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1B85139DC214470987CA754AE71F3BBE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAFF391D6B7AA4C23A05C2BD4D6C4A42D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>By November 1 of
each year, the head of each Federal agency shall submit to Congress a report
specifying the percentage of contracts awarded by that agency for the immediate
preceding fiscal year that were awarded to small business concerns. If the
percentage is less than the goal established by the head of the agency pursuant
to this section, the head of the agency shall, in the report, explain why the
agency did not reach the goal and what will be done to ensure that the goal for
the following fiscal year will be
achieved.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Contract
Bundling</header>
<section id="H93BE8FDE36A243DB8F6884D109BF14F2"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions of
bundling of contract requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(o) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 632(o)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H336E30B2191E4EB7B91D38EFBAE1E179" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA0122241D33B428CAA223CACBE61E336"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Definitions of
bundling of contract requirements and related terms</header><text>For purposes
of this Act:</text>
<paragraph id="H6399D220D99F43C3B1B490C791D24417"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Bundled
Contract</header>
<subparagraph id="H2888C548981148618F84C6D4B31016CD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>bundled contract</term> means a contract
or order that is entered into to meet procurement requirements that are
consolidated in a bundling of contract requirements, without regard to its
designation by the procuring agency or whether a study of the effects of the
solicitation on civilian or military personnel has been made.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA248036D5B7D465BA84E3808BFD552C6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The
term does not include—</text>
<clause id="HB7E747E4941F4B4FA1A5B13363638EB6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
contract or order with an aggregate dollar value below the dollar threshold
specified in paragraph (4); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H03BDB16E6E184229AFC32748F2AAC9DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
contract or order that is entered into to meet procurement requirements, all of
which are exempted requirements under paragraph (5).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9119A58D57224161BB73440B7C7F1D8F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Bundling of
Contract Requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="HA845AB0310BB4845A1CDB2946E45131C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>bundling of contract requirements</term>
means the use of any bundling methodology to satisfy 2 or more procurement
requirements for new or existing goods or services, including any construction
services, that is likely to be unsuitable for award to a small business concern
due to—</text>
<clause id="HE9F83D95CB6A4E1680833BB3DAA21BEA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the diversity,
size or specialized nature of the elements of the performance specified;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAB4301EC923542738270E131DF1540C0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the aggregate
dollar value of the anticipated award;</text>
</clause><clause id="H726B8EDB6AA24BF1BDDBB461AE2D69D7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the geographical
dispersion of the contract or order performance; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H559E7B13FBDD4DEFAD52ECA5D4FB8CDA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any combination
of the factors described in clauses (i), (ii), or (iii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F1FF95B6F9E4F16A06B1F3196DDC7CA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The
term does not include—</text>
<clause id="HCFC83A5D019945C5A32FCF15FE6938D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the use of a
bundling methodology for an anticipated award with an aggregate dollar value
below the threshold specified in paragraph (4); or</text>
</clause><clause id="HA61CFB76534143FD8D8AABD2A9B800F6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the use of a
bundling methodology to meet procurement requirements, all of which are
exempted under paragraph (5).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H06F85D68C0A9467181EBD0EF92AB2A25"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Bundling
methodology</header><text>The term <term>bundling methodology</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H199D39ACF91243889192A7941940F45D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a solicitation to
obtain offers for a single contract or order, or a multiple award contract or
order;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB391B7B5F6EC40AF98D6C22FF8ED1745"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a solicitation of
offers for the issuance of a task or a delivery order under an existing single
or multiple award contract or order; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A382068ED0C4E1880555945D50BEB9F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the creation of
any new procurement requirements that permits a consolidation of contract or
order requirements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF81CBC2F7F5142ED93208D8BCF765A10"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Dollar
threshold</header><text>The term <term>dollar threshold</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB4CCE661F79D4EA49C613E283546E687"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$65,000,000 if
solely for construction services; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE63699C2778475FAD8B4D7EE469A390"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$1,500,000 in all
other cases.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEB319D26150B4FBBA703FDE7442BBA5C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Exempted
requirements</header><text>The term <term>exempted requirement</term> means one
or more of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H287AFD14A76C4621BA864706714F2432"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A procurement
requirement solely for items that are not commercial items (as the term
<term>commercial item</term> is defined in section 4(12) of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)) but this subparagraph shall
not apply to any procurement requirement for a contract for goods or services
provided by a business classified in sector 23 of the North American Industrial
Classification System.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF77EC295432C407F8AED016DACD3DC4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A procurement
requirement with respect to which a determination that it is unsuitable for
award to a small business concern previously been made by the agency. However,
the Administrator shall have authority to review and reverse such a
determination for purposes of this paragraph and, if the Administrator does
reverse that determination, the term <term>exempted requirement</term> shall
not apply to that procurement requirement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFC437259C75042FB89131484C369D8D7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Procurement
requirement</header><text>The term <term>procurement requirement</term> means a
determination by an agency that a specified good or service is needed to
satisfy the mission of the
agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HE386C6B61BEC47BF96AD5370B425F3AE"><enum>202.</enum><header>Justification</header>
<subsection id="H358360269E2B4E31A18ECD59F51F9A2C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of
bundled contract requirements</header><text>Section 15(a) of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 644(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6368E17C203648EDBAFEF3568DEDF5C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>is in quantity or estimated dollar value the magnitude of which renders
small business prime contract participation unlikely</quote> and inserting
<quote>would now be combined with other requirements for goods and
services</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C2C132B13074D84948BA46416DA304E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(2) why delivery schedules</quote> and inserting <quote>(2) the names,
addresses and size of the incumbent contract holders, if applicable; (3) a
description of the industries that might be interested in bidding on the
contract requirements; (4) the number of small businesses listed in the
industry categories that could be excluded from future bidding if the contract
is combined or packaged, including any small business bidders that had bid on
previous procurement requirements that are included in the bundling of contract
requirements; (5) why delivery schedules</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F8BDAE7B09048F68F04966EECCD4A9E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(3) why the proposed acquisition</quote> and inserting <quote>(6) why
the proposed acquisition</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C7C9919872D4724A7796B8AC35320A1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(4) why construction</quote> and inserting <quote>(7) why
construction</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F509ABE1B68473083F8CA85E0049A4A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(5) why the agency</quote> and inserting <quote>(8) why the
agency</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC38A3331B78443E5BDCB016291E03CA1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>justified</quote> and inserting <quote>justified. The statement also
shall set forth the proposed procurement strategy required by subsection (e)
and, if applicable, the specifications required by subsection (e)(3).
Concurrently, the statement shall be made available to the public, including
through dissemination in the Federal contracting opportunities
database.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF257EF35F5264F078A6794E2C3422FE8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>prime contracting opportunities.</quote> the following: <quote>If no
notification of the procurement and accompanying statement is received, but the
Administrator determines that there is cause to believe the contract combines
requirements or a contract (single or multiple award) or task or delivery order
for construction services or includes unjustified bundling, then the
Administrator can demand that such a statement of work goods or services be
completed by the procurement activity and sent to the Procurement Center
Representative and the solicitation process postponed for at least 10 days but
no more than 30 days to allow the Administrator to review the statement and
make recommendations as described in this section before procurement is
continued.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA3CDF0801FF240A7B895C11E375138F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Substantial
measurable benefits</header><text>Section 15(e) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 644(e)) is amended by adding at the end of subparagraph (2)(C), the
following: <quote>Cost savings shall not include any reduction in the in the
use of military interdepartmental purchase requests or any similar transfer
funds among federal agencies for the use of a contract issued by another
federal agency.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HCF361288C63D4B9086036C6C11F18B37"><enum>203.</enum><header>Appeals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15(a) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 644(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4DE429EA5B434DDFB44CED85D8F65835"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>If a proposed procurement includes in its statement</quote> and
inserting <quote>If a proposed procurement would adversely affect one or more
small business concerns, including, but not limited to, the potential loss of
an existing contract, or if a proposed procurement includes in its
statement</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H214D8B6E6E154DAB8015073D447E6D9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before <quote>Whenever the Administrator and the contracting procurement agency
fail to agree,</quote> the following: <quote>If a small business concern would
be adversely affected, directly or indirectly, by the procurement as proposed,
and that small business concern or a trade association of which that small
business concern is a member so requests, the Administrator may, take action to
further the interests of the small business.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H75DDEE7DDC844CCDB80F70A7EB0C43A3"><enum>204.</enum><header>Third-party
review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(d) of the
Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 607(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE704B68F2C2E48E5A8D67D324848FFB9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(d)
</enum-in-header></header-in-text>The Armed Services Board</quote> and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(d)<header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(1)</enum-in-header></header-in-text></enum-in-header></header-in-text>
The Armed Services Board</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4A3AF9CC14A0432C8722A249FE8851D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H26261092D0F7427385CEB11454BC94D8" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDB00F61616964484B5B9708FFF4EBD07" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract Bundling</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCC958C5B302344E1A57F5921EC9894C9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Whenever
the head of a contracting agency makes a decision in accordance with section
15(a) of the Small Business Act concerning the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration’s challenge to a bundling of contract requirements, the
Administrator, within ten days after such decision may file a challenge with
the appropriate agency board of contract appeals.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0588B270BF7C45CFBA294017DBC4349C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>The board
shall provide the Administrator and the head of the contracting agency the
opportunity to provide their views on the disputed contract. No oral testimony
or oral argument shall be permitted. The board shall render its decision within
thirty days after the appeal has been filed. The decision of the board shall be
final.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>
Small Business Subcontracting</header>
<section id="HF67EBFDB563742F2BF46958EBAC4B92C"><enum>301.</enum><header>Good faith
compliance with subcontracting plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(d)(10) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 637(d)(10)) is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="H60CA91D0B5804DFAB81BFB882D7FA1B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEFB0631477D247AA99317D384927E898"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (C), and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD04412C4F7A84826B871D4CB25FA0DFC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05141EB46ABB40F08DB1508418253596" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H13739FAC39434B608D935993911D52B6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall, after the opportunity for notice and
comment, promulgate regulations governing the Administrator’s review of
subcontracting plans including the standards for determining good faith
compliance with the subcontracting
plans.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF6293E28686847E28909D124D7ED19C2"><enum>302.</enum><header>Limitations on
Subcontracting</header>
<subsection id="H79344895A6794450A718F2A994BAEC94"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations for
contract administration</header><text>Section 15(o) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 644(o)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H42E1C0D426ED47A880F348BD745DC1A7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0EE464342B864A96A85387B25E8CE51E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Not later than 180
days after enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, after the
opportunity for notice and comment, promulgate regulations that specify the
responsibilities that each agency and the Administration personnel will have in
enforcing the restrictions set forth in paragraph (1). Such regulations also
shall specify reporting and recordkeeping requirements for contracts covered by
paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1873027138B246DDB55F34AE0B7AE370"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contractor
penalties</header><text>Section 16 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 645) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5F56D277575E4C9F82CF713B10601079" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF22DF0946A6A4E0D99CDDF380ED0099C"><enum>(g)</enum><text>A small business
that violates the requirements of section 15(o)(1) of the Small Business Act
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsection
(d).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H6AFC538630294F62A7B414BB616BCFE7"><enum>303.</enum><header>Criminal
violations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1001(a) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCB370D50D2EE41D58FA48B7A68189699"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
by striking the <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5958408976B846AEB701662260AFF5BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)
by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40B8B61C005C4F708BBA878EF8BDE8D2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>inserting after
paragraph (3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E663FA9E54E46F7BCFB27776AAC84EC" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H6637742E30804C2DAFDD5BC7731DD0E9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">makes in writing or electronically a false
statement concerning status as a small business concern or compliance with the
requirements of the Small Business Act in an effort to obtain, retain, or
complete a federal government contract;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7B7F71779984319AA642E3DD052C1F0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: <quote>For violation of paragraph (4) of this subsection,
notwithstanding section 3571(e), the fine under this title shall be the total
value of the contract or $1,000,000 whichever is greater.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section>