A bill to amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to provide a simplified competitive acquisition technique for certain Federal Government procurements; to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to prescribe a preference for the procurement of commercial and commercial-type products to meet the needs of civilian agencies of the Federal Government; and to require a test program to determine the advisability of increasing the threshold amount for requiring certain notice of solicitations.
Simplified Competitive Acquisition Technique Act of 1986 - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to direct the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to establish a simplified competitive acquisition technique applicable to procurement contracts which are awarded using procedures other than sealed bids and are estimated to cost less than $1,000,000.
Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require agencies, to the maximum extent practicable, to fulfill equipment and supply needs through commercial and commercial-type products.
Directs the Administrator to conduct a three-year procurement notice test program. Provides that agencies under such program shall not be required to furnish a notice of solicitation for a contract expected to cost less than $25,000.
Requires the Administrator to report to specified congressional committees with findings and conclusions within one year after: (1) the acquisition technique is established; (2) the commercial products policy is implemented; and (3) the procurement notice test program is terminated.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management.
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from CBO.
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Roth without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Roth without amendment. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 971.
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