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 98 STAT. 3082 15 USC 644 note.

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PUBLIC LAW 98-577—OCT. 30, 1984

(b)(1) The Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the Comptroller General of the United States shall jointly establish standards for measuring cost savings achieved through the efforts of breakout procurement center representatives and for measuring the extent to which competition has been increased as a result of such efforts. Thereafter, the Administrator shall annually prepare and submit to the Congress a report setting forth— (A) the cost savings achieved during the year covered by such report through the efforts of breakout procurement center representatives; (B) an evaluation of the extent to which competition has been increased as a result of such efforts; and (C) such other information as the Administrator may deem appropriate. (2) Within 180 days following the submission of the second annual report to Congress by the Administrator, the Comptroller General shall report to the Congress an evaluation of the Administration's adherence to the standards jointly established and the accuracy of the information the Administration has submitted to the Congress. PROCUREMENT NOTICES

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SEC. 404. (a) Section 8 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637) is amended by striking out subsection (e) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsections: "(e)(1) Except as provided in subsection (g)— "(A) an executive agency intending to— "(i) solicit bids or proposals for a contract for property or services for a price expected to exceed $10,000; or "(ii) place an order, expected to exceed $10,000, under a basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or similar arrangement, shall furnish for publication by the Secretary of Commerce a notice described in subsection (b); and "(B) an executive agency awarding a contract for property or services for a price exceeding $25,000, or placing an order referred to in clause (A)(ii) exceeding $25,000, shall furnish for publication by the Secretary of Commerce a notice announcing the award or order if there is likely to be any subcontract under such contract or order. "(2) The Secretary of Commerce shall publish promptly in the Commerce Business Daily each notice required by paragraph (1). "(3) Whenever an executive agency is required by paragraph (1)(A) to furnish a notice to the Secretary of Commerce, such executive agency may not— "(A) issue the solicitation earlier than 15 days after the date on which the notice is published by the Secretary of Commerce; or "(B) establish a deadline for the submission of all bids or proposals in response to the notice required by paragraph (1)(A) that— "(i) in the case of an order under a basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or similar arrangement, is earlier than the date 30 days after the date the notice required by paragraph (l)(A)(ii) is published;

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