41 U.S.C. § 1124 — Tests of innovative procurement methods and procedures
submitted 15 years ago by Pub. L. 111-350 to r/title-41-PUBLIC-CONTRACTS · 357 words · no verdicts yet
The Administrator may create programs for selected executive agencies to test innovative procurement methods. Before a test begins, the selected agency heads must approve it, and any requested waiver of law requires notice to and action by the specified congressional committees.
(a) The Administrator may develop innovative procurement methods and procedures for selected executive agencies to test. In developing a test program, the Administrator shall consult agency heads to—(1) identify the need and objectives; (2) develop guidelines, procedures, and success measures; (3) evaluate likely costs and benefits; (4) select agencies or agency components; (5) specify the products or services covered; and (6) develop methods for analyzing results. (b) A test program may not be conducted unless the heads of the selected agencies approve it. (c) If the Administrator decides that a law must be waived, the Administrator shall notify the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and ask them to take the action needed to make that law not apply. The notice must describe the program, including its scope and purpose; the procedures; the affected laws and any provision that must be waived; and the agencies involved.
The Administrator may develop innovative procurement methods and procedures to be tested by selected executive agencies. In developing a program to test innovative procurement methods and procedures under this subsection, the Administrator shall consult with the heads of executive agencies to—
ascertain the need for and specify the objectives of the program;
develop the guidelines and procedures for carrying out the program and the criteria to be used in measuring the success of the program;
evaluate the potential costs and benefits which may be derived from the innovative procurement methods and procedures tested under the program;
select the appropriate executive agencies or components of executive agencies to carry out the program;
specify the categories and types of products or services to be procured under the program; and
develop the methods to be used to analyze the results of the program.
A program to test innovative procurement methods and procedures may not be carried out unless approved by the heads of the executive agencies selected to carry out the program.
If the Administrator determines that it is necessary to waive the application of a provision of law to carry out a proposed program to test innovative procurement methods and procedures under subsection (a), the Administrator shall transmit notice of the proposed program to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and request that the Committees take the necessary action to provide that the provision of law does not apply with respect to the proposed program. The notification to Congress shall include—
a description of the proposed program (including the scope and purpose of the proposed program);
the procedures to be followed in carrying out the proposed program;
the provisions of law affected and the application of any provision of law that must be waived in order to carry out the proposed program; and
the executive agencies involved in carrying out the proposed program.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3688.)
- 2011Enacted · Pub. L. 111-350 · 124 Stat. 3688
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 111-350 on 2011-01-04.
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