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HR 7282 97th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Government procurement Public Contracts, Procurement, and Property

A bill to require the Administrator of General Services to take certain actions to improve the management of Federal procurement programs.

Introduced: October 1, 1982 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 15, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation.
Oct 15, 1982
Executive Comment Requested from OMB, GAO, GSA.
Oct 1, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Oct 1, 1982
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares it to be the policy of the Government that: (1) Federal procurement should be accomplished on a competitive basis wherever possible through the General Services Administration (GSA); (2) the use of multiple award schedules should be restricted to cases where competitive single awards are not feasible, sales volume justifies centralized procurement, and a valid need exists for functionally similar items with different prices and features; and (3) where the volume of products purchased is too low to provide a price advantage and commercial "off-the-shelf" products can be substituted for products designed to Government specifications, individual agencies should purchase items locally subject to review by the GSA.

Directs the Administrator of the GSA to implement: such policy; the recommendations on procurement contained in the Comptroller General's report of May 2, 1979; and the policy statement prepared by the Office of Acquisition Policy in response to such report.

Directs the Administrator, within 60 days after enactment, to issue transitional regulations governing purchases from any multiple award schedule. Requires that such regulations: (1) include the requirement that whenever any agency procurement officer or employee determines that an item in such a schedule is available from a commercial source in the area at a lower cost and under conditions which are no less favorable to the Government than is the case under the schedule, the item shall be purchased from that source; and (2) establish procedures for the audit and review of any such purchase and the enforcement of such regulations by the GSA. Repeals such regulations on the effective date of the regulations which are issued to implement the procurement policy declared by this Act and which apply to any item on a multiple award schedule.

Requires the Administrator to submit to Congress periodic reports on actions taken and legislation needed to carry out this Act.

What's happening now October 15, 1982

Referred to Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation.

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