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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2006 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2017 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 

procurement practices of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Procurement Effi3 ciency and Transparency Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. INFORMATION ON COST OR PRICE SAVINGS FROM 

5 COMPETITION. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 81 of title 38, United 

7 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 8128 

8 the following new section: 

9 ‘‘§ 8129. Information on cost or price savings from 

10 competition 

11 ‘‘(a) RECORDING OF INFORMATION.—With respect to 

12 any contract awarded by the Secretary that is reported 

13 in the Federal Procurement Data System described in sec14 tion 1122(a)(4)(A) of title 41, United States Code, or any 

15 successor system, the Secretary shall record information 

16 on the amount of any cost or price savings realized by 

17 using competitive procedures in awarding such contract. 

18 ‘‘(b) PLACEMENT OF RECORDS.—The Secretary shall 

19 place recorded information under subsection (a) as follows: 

20 ‘‘(1) With respect to contracts recorded in the 

21 Electronic Contract Management System, or any 

22 successor system, in such system. 

23 ‘‘(2) With respect to contracts not covered by 

24 paragraph (1), in a location determined appropriate 

25 by the Secretary. 


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1 ‘‘(c) CALCULATION OF COST SAVINGS.—(1) In car2 rying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall calculate the 

3 amount of cost or price savings realized by using competi4 tive procedures in awarding a contract by— 

5 ‘‘(A) subtracting the total value of the selected 

6 offer or quote from the average of the total values 

7 of all offers or quotes evaluated; or 

8 ‘‘(B) subtracting the total value of the selected 

9 offer or quote from the total value of the median 

10 offer or quote evaluated. 

11 ‘‘(2) If the difference calculated pursuant to para12 graph (1) is negative, the Secretary shall record such dif13 ference as zero. 

14 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall make calculations under 

15 paragraph (1) with respect to a contract— 

16 ‘‘(A) at the time at which the Secretary obli17 gates amounts under such contract; or 

18 ‘‘(B) if such contract contains options, at the 

19 time at which the option is exercised.’’. 

20 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

21 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

22 after the item relating to section 8128 the following new 

23 item: 

‘‘8129. Information on cost or price savings from competition.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. USE OF STANDARDIZED PROCUREMENT TEM2 PLATES. 

3 To the extent practicable, the Secretary of Veterans 

4 Affairs shall make available and use on a Department5 wide basis the standardized procurement templates used 

6 by the Central Office of the Department, the Veterans 

7 Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administra8 tion, and the National Cemetery Administration. In car9 rying out this section, the Secretary may customize such 

10 templates to address particular procurement situations. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2017. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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