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H.R. 1666 114th Congress House

Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2015

Official title: To require the use of two-phase selection procedures when design-build contracts are suitable for award to small business concerns.

Introduced: March 26, 2015 Introduced by: Sam Graves Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Aug 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Mar 26, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 26, 2015
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 Latest action August 13, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2015

Modifies criteria for the use of design-build selection procedures for civilian and defense contracts for the design and construction of a public building, facility, or work. Requires the use of 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) when a contracting officer determines that such a contract has a value of $750,000 or greater. Maintains current criteria for these contracts if a contracting officer determines that they have a value of less than $750,000.

Requires the contracting officer to provide written documentation of how more than five finalists in a solicitation for a contract is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the two-phase selection procedures.

Requires: (1) executive agencies to report on contracts for which more than five finalists were selected for phase-two requests or for which the contract was awarded without using two-phase selection procedures, and (2) the Government Accountability Office to report on the compliance of such agencies with design-build contract procedures.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1526 Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2015
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3 Republican 3
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DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Feb 11, 2016
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Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Jun 9, 2015
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · May 13, 2015
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Webster, Daniel
Florida · Apr 30, 2015
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Apr 29, 2015
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Apr 13, 2015
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