HR 5199 · 114th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2016
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 535.(2016-07-14)
Plain Language Summary
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Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2016 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 when a contracting officer determines that a project has a value of $750,000 or greater. But for contracts valued at less than $750,000, the contracting officer makes the same determination under current law as to whether the use of two-phase selection procedures is appropriate when 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 …
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 5199, Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2016
Jun 15, 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 17, 2016
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office