Section 152 - Competitive proceduresIn division C, the term "competitive procedures" means procedures under which an executive agency enters into a contract pursuant to full and open competition. The term also includes-
(1) procurement of architectural or engineering services conducted in accordance with chapter 11 of title 40;(2) the competitive selection of basic research proposals resulting from a general solicitation and the peer review or scientific review (as appropriate) of those proposals;(3) the procedures established by the Administrator of General Services for the multiple awards schedule program of the General Services Administration if-(A) participation in the program has been open to all responsible sources; and(B) orders and contracts under those procedures result in the lowest overall cost alternative to meet the needs of the Federal Government;(4) procurements conducted in furtherance of section 15 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 644 ) as long as all responsible business concerns that are entitled to submit offers for those procurements are permitted to compete; and(5) a competitive selection of research proposals resulting from a general solicitation and peer review or scientific review (as appropriate) solicited pursuant to section 9 of that Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638 ). Pub. L. 111-350, §3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3683.| HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES |
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 152 | 41:259(b). | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, §309(b), as added Pub. L. 98-369, title VII, §2711(a)(3), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1180; Pub. L. 98-577, §504(a)(3), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3086; Pub. L. 105-85, title X, §1073(g)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1906. |