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H.R. 679 (115th)

Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

24 January 2017

Last action

29 March 2017 · Reported

Status

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 39.

Sponsors

Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11], Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6], Rep. Russell, Steve [R-OK-5], Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]

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Summary

Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017 This bill modifies the design-build selection procedures used by federal agencies soliciting offers to enter into civilian contracts for the design and construction of a public building, facility, or work. Two-phase selection procedures (i.e., submission of qualifications and then the submission of price and technical proposals in response to a request for proposal) must be used if a contracting officer determines that a project has a value of $3 million or greater. But for contracts valued at less than $3 million, the contracting officer makes the same determination under current law as to whether the use of two-phase selection procedures is appropriate if the officer anticipates at least three offers for the contract. Federal agencies must report, each year over a five-year period, on each instance where the agency awarded a design-build contract in which: (1) more than five finalists were selected for phase-two requests for proposals, or (2) the contract or order was awarded without using two-phase selection procedures. The Government Accountability Office must report on agency compliance with design-build contract procedures. The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be amended to prohibit the use of reverse auctions as part of the two-phase selection procedures for awarding contracts for construction and design services. A "reverse auction," with respect to any procurement by an executive agency, is: (1) a real-time auction conducted through an electronic medium among at least two offerors who compete by submitting bids for a supply or service contract, or a delivery order, task order, or purchase order under the contract, with the ability to submit revised lower bids before the closing of the auction; and (2) the award of the contract, delivery order, task order, or purchase order to the offeror based on the price obtained through the auction process.

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Timeline

  1. 24 January 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 24 January 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 24 January 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 2 February 2017

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Source: Committee

  5. 2 February 2017

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  6. 29 March 2017

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 39.

    Source: Calendars

  7. 29 March 2017

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-68.

    Source: Committee

  8. 29 March 2017

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-68.

    Source: Committee

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