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[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1995]
[Wednesday, September 13, 1995 (114), Para 114.19 Recorded Vote]
[Page 1339]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

para.114.19  recorded vote

  A recorded vote by electronic device was ordered in the Committee of 
the Whole on the following amendment submitted by Mrs. COLLINS of 
Illinois:

       Strike out sections 101, 102, 103, and 106 and insert in 
     lieu of section 101 the following:

     SEC. 101. COMPETITION PROVISIONS.

       (a) Conference Before Submission of Bids or Proposals.--(1) 
     Section 2305(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following paragraph:
       ``(6) To the extent practicable, for each procurement of 
     property or services by an agency, the head of the agency 
     shall provide for a conference on the procurement to be held 
     for anyone interested in submitting a bid or proposal in 
     response to the solicitation for the procurement. The purpose 
     of the conference shall be to inform potential bidders and 
     offerors of the needs of the agency and the qualifications 
     considered necessary by the agency to compete successfully in 
     the procurement.''.
       (2) Section 303A of the Federal Property and Administrative 
     Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253a) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new subsection:
       ``(f) To the extent practicable, for each procurement of 
     property or services by an agency, an executive agency shall 
     provide for a conference on the procurement to be held for 
     anyone interested in submitting a bid or proposal in response 
     to the solicitation for the procurement. The purpose of the 
     conference shall be to inform potential bidders and offerors 
     of the needs of the executive agency and the qualifications 
     considered necessary by the executive agency to compete 
     successfully in the procurement.''.
       ``(b) Description of Source Selection Plan in 
     Solicitation.--(1) Section 2305(a) of title 10, United States 
     Code, is further amended in paragraph (2)--
       (A) by striking out ``and'' after the semicolon at the end 
     of subparagraph (A);
       (B) by striking out the period at the end of subparagraph 
     (B) and inserting in lieu thereof ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) a description, in as much detail as is practicable, 
     of the source selection plan of the agency, or a notice that 
     such plan is available upon request.''.
       (2) Section 303A of the Federal Property and Administrative 
     Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253a) is further amended in 
     subsection (b)--
       (A) by striking out ``and'' after the semicolon at the end 
     of paragraph (1);
       (B) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (2) 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(3) a description, in as much detail as is practicable, 
     of the source selection plan of the executive agency, or a 
     notice that such plan is available upon request.''.
       (c) Discussions Not Necessary With Every Offeror.--(1) 
     Section 2305(b)(4)(A)(i) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: 
     ``and provided that discussions need not be conducted with an 
     offeror merely to permit that offeror to submit a technically 
     acceptable revised proposal''.
       (2) Section 303B(d)(1)(A) of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253b) is 
     amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: 
     ``and provided that discussions need not be conducted with an 
     offeror merely to permit that offeror to submit a technically 
     acceptable revised proposal''.
       (d) Preliminary Assessments of Competitive Proposals.--(1) 
     Section 2305(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following: ``With respect to 
     competitive proposals, the head of the agency may make a 
     preliminary assessment of a proposal received, rather than a 
     complete evaluation of the proposal, and may eliminate the 
     proposal from further consideration if the head of the agency 
     determines the proposal has no chance for contract award.''.
       (2) Section 202B(b) of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253b(b)) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following: ``With respect to 
     competitive proposals, the head of the agency may make a 
     preliminary assessment of a proposal received, rather than a 
     complete evaluation of the proposal, and may eliminate the 
     proposal from further consideration if the head of the agency 
     determines the proposal has no chance for contract award.''.
       (e) Federal Acquisition Regulation.--The Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to reflect the 
     amendments made by subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d).

It was decided in the

Yeas

182

negative

Nays

239
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