HR 2750 · 113th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014

Introduced 2013-07-19· Sponsored by Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]· House

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Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500.(2014-12-12)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2013 - Modifies the procedure for awarding design and construction contracts for federal buildings and facilities to require: (1) a contracting officer to provide a written justification to the head of an agency for requiring more than five finalists in the bidding process for such contracts and agency approval of such justification; and (2) the use of the two-phase selection process (i.e., submission of qualifications and then the submission of price and technical proposals in response to a request for proposal) for contracts having a value of $750,000 or greater. Requires each agency that awards design and construction contracts to submit to the Comptroller General (GAO) and publish in the Federal Register an annual report on: (1) all contracts for which more than five finalists were selected for phase-two requests for competitive proposals, and (2) contracts having a value of $750,000 or greater for which the two-phase selection process was not used. Requires the Comptroller General to publish a report that analyzes the compliance of federal agencies with the requirements of this Act.…

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H.R. 2750, Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014

Jun 24, 2014

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 21, 2014

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Cosponsors (17)

7 Democrats10 Republicans