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Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014

Introduced: July 19, 2013 Introduced by: Graves, Sam Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 12, 2014
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500.
Dec 12, 2014
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 113-668.
May 21, 2014
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 21, 2014
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 19, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jul 19, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014 - Modifies the procedure for awarding civilian and defense agency design and construction contracts for federal buildings and facilities to require: (1) a contracting officer to provide a written justification to the head of a federal 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., the 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 $1.5 million or greater, unless the agency head approves the contracting officer's justification that procedures other than two-phase selection procedures are in the best interest of the federal government.

Requires each civilian and defense agency to submit to the Comptroller General (GAO) and publish in the Federal Register, during a five-year period, annual reports on all cases in the preceding year in which: (1) more than five finalists were selected for phase-two requests for competitive proposals; or (2) two-phase selection procedures involving contracts with a value of $1.5 million or more were not used. Requires the Comptroller General to publish a report on agency compliance with the requirements of this Act.

What's happening now December 12, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4