10 U.S.C. § 4501 — Procurement of contract services: management structure

submitted 25 years ago by Pub. L. 107-107 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 364 words · no verdicts yet

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The Defense Department must maintain a management structure for buying contract services. The structure must cover policies, staffing, dollar-based review categories, and oversight, and “contract services” is defined by section 4502(d)(2).

(a) The Secretary of Defense must establish and carry out a Department of Defense management structure for procuring contract services. At minimum it must address (b) through (e). (b) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, consulting service acquisition executives, must develop and maintain policies, procedures, and best-practice guidelines for acquisition planning, solicitation and award, requirements development and management, contract tracking and oversight, performance evaluation, and risk management. (c) The Under Secretary must work with service acquisition executives and other appropriate officials to identify needed skills, develop a strategy to recruit, train, and deploy employees with those skills, and ensure military departments and Defense Agencies have enough staff and administrative support to perform duties under this section and section 4502. (d) The Under Secretary must create contract-services acquisition categories based on dollar thresholds to set review levels, decision authority, and procedures. (e) The Under Secretary must oversee implementation of this section, section 4502, and the subsection (b) guidelines. (f) “Contract services” has the meaning given in section 4502(d)(2).

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(a)Requirement for Management Structure.—

The Secretary of Defense shall establish and implement a management structure for the procurement of contract services for the Department of Defense. The management structure shall provide, at a minimum, for the matters specified in subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e).

(b)Policies, Procedures, and Best Practices Guidelines.—

The management structure implemented pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide that the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall develop and maintain (in consultation with the service acquisition executives) policies, procedures, and best practices guidelines addressing the procurement of contract services, including policies, procedures, and best practices guidelines for—

(1)

acquisition planning;

(2)

solicitation and contract award;

(3)

requirements development and management;

(4)

contract tracking and oversight;

(5)

performance evaluation; and

(6)

risk management.

(c)Personnel and Support.—

The management structure implemented pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide that the Under Secretary shall work with the service acquisition executives and other appropriate officials of the Department of Defense—

(1)

to identify the critical skills and competencies needed to carry out the procurement of contract services on behalf of the Department of Defense;

(2)

to develop a comprehensive strategy for recruiting, training, and deploying employees to meet the requirements for such skills and competencies; and

(3)

to ensure that the military departments and Defense Agencies have staff and administrative support that are adequate to effectively perform their duties under this section and section 4502 of this title.

(d)Contract Services Acquisition Categories.—

The management structure implemented pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide that the Under Secretary shall establish contract services acquisition categories, based on dollar thresholds, for the purpose of establishing the level of review, decision authority, and applicable procedures in such categories.

(e)Oversight of Implementation.—

The management structure implemented pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide that the Under Secretary shall oversee the implementation of the requirements of this section and section 4502 of this title and the policies, procedures, and best practices guidelines established pursuant to subsection (b).

(f)Contract Services.—

In this section, the term “contract services” has the meaning given that term in section 4502(d)(2) of this title.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title VIII, § 801(b)(1), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1174, § 2330; amended Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1062(a)(8), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2650; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VIII, § 812(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3376; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title VIII, § 845(d), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1848; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title IX, § 902(51), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1548; renumbered § 4501 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1856(c)–(e), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4274.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

2001Enacted · Pub. L. 107-107 · 115 Stat. 1174
2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-314 · 116 Stat. 2650
2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-163 · 119 Stat. 3376
2013Amended · Pub. L. 112-239 · 126 Stat. 1848
2019Amended · Pub. L. 116-92 · 133 Stat. 1548
2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 4274

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 107-107 on 2001-12-28.

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