Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 3.djvu/220

 98 STAT. 2592

Effective date. 10 USC 2305 note.

PUBLIC LAW 98-525—OCT. 19, 1984

"(B) The proposals that the head of an agency is to consider requiring in a solicitation for the award of a production contract are proposals identifying opportunities to ensure that the United States will be able to obtain on a competitive basis items procured in connection with the system that are likely to be reprocured in substantial quantities during the service life of the system. Proposals submitted in response to such requirement may include the following: "(i) Proposals to provide to the United States the right to use technical data to be provided under the contract for competitive reprocurement of the item, together with the cost to the United States, if any, of acquiring such technical data and the right to use such data. "(ii) Proposals for the qualification or development of multiple sources of supply for the item. "(3) If the head of an agency is making a noncompetitive award of a development contract or a production contract for a major system, the factors specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) to be considered in evaluating an offer for a contract may be considered as objectives in negotiating the contract to be awarded.". (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect at the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. DELEGATION OF CERTAIN PROCUREMENT FUNCTIONS

Contracts. Ante, p. 1194.

5 USC 5332.

SEC. 1214. Soction 2311 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(a)" before "Except as provided in"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "ObXD The head of a procuring activity of an agency named in section 2303 of this title may delegate (subject to his direction) to any general or flag officer, to any civilian officer or employee serving in a position in grade GS-16 or above under the General Schedule (or in a comparable or higher position under another schedule), or to the head of a contracting office any authority of the head of the procuring activity to enter into a contract (or to approve the authority to enter into a contract) that is a sole-source contract or that results from an unsolicited proposal. "(2) Any report required to be submitted by the head of an agency to Congress concerning contracts (or negotiations for contracts) above a certain dollar threshold that are sole-source contracts or that result from unsolicited proposals and that are entered into without the approval of certain officials of the procuring activity concerned need not specify a contract or negotiation above the stated amount if the head of the procuring activity, his deputy, or a person to whom authority was delegated under paragraph (1) approved the authority to enter into the contract.". PERSONNEL EVALUATIONS TO INCLUDE EMPHASIS ON COMPETITION AND COST SAVINGS

SEC. 1215. Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:

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