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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3626 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3626

     To clarify task and delivery order solicitation and contract 
                             requirements.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 18, 2024

 Mr. Peters (for himself and Ms. Ernst) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
     To clarify task and delivery order solicitation and contract 
                             requirements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Conforming Procedures for Federal 
Task and Delivery Order Contracts Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) certain procedures for solicitation and award of task 
        and delivery order contracts have been streamlined for Defense 
        agencies through amendments to Federal law made by--
                    (A) section 825 of the National Defense 
                Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-
                328; 130 Stat. 2279); and
                    (B) section 816 of the National Defense 
                Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-
                92; 133 Stat. 1487); and
            (2) amending title 41, United States Code, to clarify that 
        all Federal agencies and their contractors can benefit from the 
        streamlined procedures for solicitation and award of task and 
        delivery order contracts would align with the purpose of the 
        Federal Acquisition Regulation to provide procurement 
        procedures for use by all executive agencies that are standard, 
        consistent, and conducted in a fair and impartial manner.

SEC. 3. MULTIPLE-AWARD TASK AND DELIVERY ORDER SOLICITATION 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 3306(c)(3) of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``acquired on an 
        hourly rate'';
            (2) by striking ``for services to be acquired on an hourly 
        rate basis'' and inserting ``for the same or similar services 
        (including construction) to be acquired''; and
            (3) by striking ``based on hourly rates''.

SEC. 4. SINGLE-AWARD TASK AND DELIVERY ORDER CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 4103(d)(3) of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``No task or delivery 
        order contract'' and inserting ``Except as provided under 
        subparagraph (B), no task or delivery order contract'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(B) Exception.--A task or delivery order contract 
                in an amount estimated to exceed $100,000,000 
                (including all options) may be awarded to a single 
                source without the written determination otherwise 
                required under subparagraph (A) if the executive agency 
                has made a written determination pursuant to section 
                3304 of this title that procedures other than 
                competitive procedures may be used for the awarding of 
                such contract.''.
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