10 U.S.C. § 1073a — Contracts for health care: best value contracting

(a) Under regulations issued by the administering Secretaries^*, health-care contracts under this chapter must be awarded to the offeror or offerors that provide the best value to the United States, as far as possible while still providing high-quality health care^* and protecting the United States’ financial and other interests. (b) When deciding best value, (1) the agency must consider the factors listed in the regulations, and (2) it must give more weight to technical and performance factors than to cost and price factors. (c) These regulations apply to any contract worth more than $5,000,000.