40 U.S.C. § 1501
Section 1501 · On-line multiple award schedule contracting
Current version, with additions and removals from the February 10, 1996 version.
(A) Provide basic information on prices, features, and performance of all products and services available for ordering through the multiple award schedules.
(A) Provide basic information on prices, features, and performance of all products and services available for ordering through the multiple award schedules.
(B) Provide for updating that information to reflect changes in prices, features, and performance as soon as information on the changes becomes available.
(B) Provide for updating that information to reflect changes in prices, features, and performance as soon as information on the changes becomes available.
(C) Enable users to make on-line computer comparisons of the prices, features, and performance of similar products and services offered by various vendors.
(C) Enable users to make on-line computer comparisons of the prices, features, and performance of similar products and services offered by various vendors.
(1) Pilot program
(1) Pilot program
(2) Applicability to multiple award schedule contracts
(2) Applicability to multiple award schedule contracts
Except as provided in paragraph (4), the pilot program shall be applicable to all multiple award schedule contracts for the purchase of information technology and shall test the following procedures:
Except as provided in paragraph (4), the pilot program shall be applicable to all multiple award schedule contracts for the purchase of information technology and shall test the following procedures:
(A) A procedure under which negotiation of the terms and conditions for a covered multiple award schedule contract is limited to terms and conditions other than price.
(A) A procedure under which negotiation of the terms and conditions for a covered multiple award schedule contract is limited to terms and conditions other than price.
(B) A procedure under which the vendor establishes the prices under a covered multiple award schedule contract and may adjust those prices at any time in the discretion of the vendor.
(B) A procedure under which the vendor establishes the prices under a covered multiple award schedule contract and may adjust those prices at any time in the discretion of the vendor.
(C) A procedure under which a covered multiple award schedule contract is awarded to any responsible offeror that—
(C) A procedure under which a covered multiple award schedule contract is awarded to any responsible offeror that—
(i) has a suitable record of past performance, which may include past performance on multiple award schedule contracts;
(i) has a suitable record of past performance, which may include past performance on multiple award schedule contracts;
(ii) agrees to terms and conditions that the Administrator determines as being required by law or as being appropriate for the purchase of commercial items; and
(ii) agrees to terms and conditions that the Administrator determines as being required by law or as being appropriate for the purchase of commercial items; and
(iii) agrees to establish and update prices, features, and performance and to accept orders electronically through the automated system established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(iii) agrees to establish and update prices, features, and performance and to accept orders electronically through the automated system established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(3) Comptroller General review and report
(3) Comptroller General review and report
(A) Not later than three years after the date on which the pilot program is established, the Comptroller General of the United States shall review the pilot program and report to the Congress on the results of the pilot program.
(A) Not later than three years after the date on which the pilot program is established, the Comptroller General of the United States shall review the pilot program and report to the Congress on the results of the pilot program.
(B) The report shall include the following:
(B) The report shall include the following:
(i) An evaluation of the extent to which there is competition for the orders placed under the pilot program.
(i) An evaluation of the extent to which there is competition for the orders placed under the pilot program.
(ii) The effect that the streamlined procedures under the pilot program have on prices charged under multiple award schedule contracts.
(ii) The effect that the streamlined procedures under the pilot program have on prices charged under multiple award schedule contracts.
(iii) The effect that such procedures have on paperwork requirements for multiple award schedule contracts and orders.
(iii) The effect that such procedures have on paperwork requirements for multiple award schedule contracts and orders.
(iv) The impact of the pilot program on small businesses and socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses.
(iv) The impact of the pilot program on small businesses and socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses.
(4) Withdrawal of schedule or portion of schedule from pilot program
(4) Withdrawal of schedule or portion of schedule from pilot program
The Administrator may withdraw a multiple award schedule or portion of a schedule from the pilot program if the Administrator determines that (A) price competition is not available under such schedule or portion thereof, or (B) the cost to the Government for that schedule or portion thereof for the previous year was higher than it would have been if the contracts for such schedule or portion thereof had been awarded using procedures that would apply if the pilot program were not in effect. The Administrator shall notify Congress at least 30 days before the date on which the Administrator withdraws a schedule or portion thereof under this paragraph. The authority under this paragraph may not be delegated.
The Administrator may withdraw a multiple award schedule or portion of a schedule from the pilot program if the Administrator determines that (A) price competition is not available under such schedule or portion thereof, or (B) the cost to the Government for that schedule or portion thereof for the previous year was higher than it would have been if the contracts for such schedule or portion thereof had been awarded using procedures that would apply if the pilot program were not in effect. The Administrator shall notify Congress at least 30 days before the date on which the Administrator withdraws a schedule or portion thereof under this paragraph. The authority under this paragraph may not be delegated.
(5) Termination of pilot program
(5) Termination of pilot program
Unless reauthorized by law, the authority of the Administrator to award contracts under the pilot program shall expire four years after the date on which the pilot program is established. Contracts entered into before the authority expires shall remain in effect in accordance with their terms notwithstanding the expiration of the authority to award new contracts under the pilot program.
Unless reauthorized by law, the authority of the Administrator to award contracts under the pilot program shall expire four years after the date on which the pilot program is established. Contracts entered into before the authority expires shall remain in effect in accordance with their terms notwithstanding the expiration of the authority to award new contracts under the pilot program.
In this section, the term “FACNET” means the Federal Acquisition Computer Network established under section 426 of title 41.