41 U.S.C. § 114
Section 114 · Court of Federal Claims
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 67 court decisions — leading case United States v. Mason (1973)
Most recently applied in 121 Fed. Cl. 553 - Aar Manufacturing, Inc. v. United States (June 2015)
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In this subtitle, the term “standards” means the criteria for determining the effectiveness of the procurement system by measuring the performance of the various elements of the system.