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 110 STAT. 398 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 (B) The management plan for a facility shall also require that all or substantially all of the contracts to be awarded and performed at the facility after the designation of that facility under subsection (b), and all or substantially all of the subcontracts to be awarded under those contracts and performed at the facility after the designation, be— (i) for the production of supplies or services on a firmfixed price basis; (ii) awarded without requiring the contractors or subcontractors to provide certified cost or pricing data pursuant to section 2306a of title 10, United States Code; and (iii) awarded and administered without the application of cost accounting standards under section 26(f) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 422(f)). (f) EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.— In the case of a contract or subcontract that is to be performed at a facility designated for participation in the defense facility-wide pilot program and that is subject to section 2306a of title 10, United States Code, or section 26(f) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 422(f)), the Secretary of Defense may exempt such contract or subcontract from the requirement to obtain certified cost or pricing data under such section 2306a or the requirement to apply mandatory cost accounting standards under such section 26(f) if the Secretary determines that the contract or subcontract— (1) is within the scope of the pilot program (as described in subsection (c)); and (2) is fairly and reasonably priced based on information other than certified cost and pricing data. (g) SPECIAL AUTHORITY.— The authority provided under subsection (a) includes authority for the Secretary of Defense— (1) to apply any amendment or repeal of a provision of law made in this Act to the pilot program before the effective date of such amendment or repeal; and (2) to apply to a procurement of items other than commercial items under such program— (A) the authority provided in section 34 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 430) to waive a provision of law in the case of commercial items, and (B) any exception applicable under this Act or the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-355) (or an amendment made by a provision of either Act) in the case of commercial items, before the effective date of such provision (or amendment) to the extent that the Secretary determines necessary to test the application of such waiver or exception to procurements of items other than commercial items. (h) APPLICABILITY. —(1) Subsections (f) and (g) apply to the following contracts, if such contracts are within the scope of the pilot program at a facility designated for the pilot program under subsection (b): (A) A contract that is awarded or modified during the period described in paragraph (2). (B) A contract that is awarded before the beginning of such period, that is to be performed (or may be performed), in whole or in part, during such period, and that may be modified as appropriate at no cost to the Government.

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