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10 U.S.C. § 3901 — Contracts: prohibition on competition between Department of Defense and small businesses

submitted 33 years ago by Pub. L. 103-160 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 103 words · no verdicts yet

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This section bars the Department of Defense from competing in certain small-business procurements.

(a) If the Secretary of Defense plans a competitive procurement and it will be conducted as described in subsection (b), the Secretary must exclude the Department of Defense from competing. (b) This applies when the procurement excludes private-sector entities other than small business concerns to carry out section 8 or 15 of the Small Business Act.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)Exclusion.—

In any case in which the Secretary of Defense plans to use competitive procedures for a procurement, if the procurement is to be conducted as described in subsection (b), then the Secretary shall exclude the Department of Defense from competing in the procurement.

(b)Procurement Description.—

The requirement to exclude the Department of Defense under subsection (a) applies in the case of a procurement to be conducted by excluding from competition entities in the private sector other than small business concerns in furtherance of section 8 or 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637 or 644).

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VIII, § 848(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1724, § 2304a; renumbered § 2304e, Pub. L. 104–106, div. D, title XLIII, § 4321(b)(6)(A), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 672; amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 812(a)(2)(C)(vi), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1847; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1731(a)(39)(A), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1814; renumbered § 3901, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1838(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4242; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(v)(2)(A), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2154.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1993Enacted · Pub. L. 103-160 · 107 Stat. 1724
  • 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-106 · 110 Stat. 672
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1847
  • 2019Amended · Pub. L. 116-92 · 133 Stat. 1814
  • 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 4242
  • 2021Amended · Pub. L. 117-81 · 135 Stat. 2154

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-160 on 1993-11-30.

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