HR 679 · 115th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017

Introduced 2017-01-24· Sponsored by Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 39.(2017-03-29)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017 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 if a contracting officer determines that a project has a value of $3 million or greater. But for contracts valued at less than $3 million, the contracting officer makes the same determination under current law as to whether the use of two-phase selection procedures is appropriate if 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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H.R. 679, Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017

Feb 16, 2017

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 2, 2017

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Cosponsors (4)

1 Democrat3 Republicans