Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014

To amend title 41, United States Code, to require the use of two-phase selection procedures when design-build contracts are suitable for award to small business concerns, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2013 2. Design-build selection procedures Section 3309 (1) in subsection (d) by striking agency determines with respect to the head of the agency approves the contracting officer’s justification that an individual solicitation must have greater than 5 finalists to be in the Federal Government’s interest. The contracting officer must provide written documentation of how a maximum number of offerors exceeding 5 is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the two-phase selection process. (2) by adding at the end the following: (f) Design and construction contracts Two-phase selection procedures shall be used for entering into a contract for the design and construction of a public building, facility, or work when a contracting officer determines that the contract has a value of $750,000 or greater, as adjusted for inflation in accordance with section 1908 (g) Reports (1) Agency reports Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the effective date of this subsection, and for each of the 4 years thereafter, each agency shall submit to the Comptroller General of the United States and publish in the Federal Register, an annual report regarding all cases in the preceding year in which— (A) more than 5 finalists were selected for phase-two requests for competitive proposals; or (B) for a contract that has a value of $750,000 (as adjusted for inflation in accordance with section 1908 (2) GAO report On the first full fiscal year that is 5 years after the effective date of this subsection, the Comptroller General of the United States shall publish a report that, based on the information provided in the agency reports required under paragraph (1), analyzes the degree to which agencies have complied with the requirements of this section. . 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014 2. Design-build selection procedures (a) Civilian agency contracts Section 3309 (1) in subsection (d), by striking agency determines with respect to head of the agency approves the contracting officer’s justification that an individual solicitation must have greater than 5 finalists to be in the Federal Government’s interest. The contracting officer must provide written documentation of how a maximum number of offerors exceeding 5 is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the two-phase selection process. (2) by adding at the end the following: (f) Design and construction contracts Two-phase selection procedures shall be used for entering into a contract for the design and construction of a public building, facility, or work when a contracting officer determines that the contract has a value of $1,500,000 or greater, as adjusted for inflation in accordance with section 1908 of this title, unless the head of the agency approves the contracting officer’s justification that procedures other than two-phase selection procedures are in the best interest of the Federal Government. (g) Reports (1) Agency reports Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the effective date of this subsection, and for each of the 4 years thereafter, each agency shall submit to the Comptroller General of the United States and publish in the Federal Register an annual report regarding all cases in the preceding year— (A) in which more than 5 finalists were selected for phase-two requests for competitive proposals; or (B) for a contract that has a value of $1,500,000 (as adjusted for inflation in accordance with section 1908 of this title) or greater for which the two-phase selection procedures were not used. (2) GAO report In the first full fiscal year that is 5 years after the effective date of this subsection, the Comptroller General of the United States shall publish a report that, based on the information provided in the agency reports required under paragraph (1), analyzes the degree to which agencies have complied with the requirements of this section. . (b) Defense contracts Section 2305a title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (d), by striking agency determines with respect to head of the agency approves the contracting officer’s justification that an individual solicitation must have greater than 5 finalists to be in the Federal Government’s interest. The contracting officer must provide written documentation of how a maximum number of offerors exceeding 5 is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the two-phase selection process. (2) by adding at the end the following: (g) Design and construction contracts Two-phase selection procedures shall be used for entering into a contract for the design and construction of a public building, facility, or work when a contracting officer determines that the contract has a value of $1,500,000 or greater, as adjusted for inflation in accordance with section 1908 (h) Reports (1) Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the effective date of this subsection, and for each of the 4 years thereafter, each agency shall submit to the Comptroller General of the United States and publish in the Federal Register an annual report regarding all cases in the preceding year— (A) in which more than 5 finalists were selected for phase-two requests for competitive proposals; or (B) for a contract that has a value of $1,500,000 (as adjusted for inflation in accordance with section 1908 (2) In the first full fiscal year that is 5 years after the effective date of this subsection, the Comptroller General of the United States shall publish a report that, based on the information provided in the agency reports required under paragraph (1), analyzes the degree to which agencies have complied with the requirements of this section. . December 12, 2014 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014 - Modifies the procedure for awarding civilian and defense agency design and construction contracts for federal buildings and facilities to require: (1) a contracting officer to provide a written justification to the head of a federal agency for requiring more than five finalists in the bidding process for such contracts and agency approval of such justification; and (2) the use of the two-phase selection process (i.e., the submission of qualifications and then the submission of price and technical proposals in response to a request for proposal) for contracts having a value of $1.5 million or greater, unless the agency head approves the contracting officer's justification that procedures other than two-phase selection procedures are in the best interest of the federal government. Requires each civilian and defense agency to submit to the Comptroller General (GAO) and publish in the Federal Register, during a five-year period, annual reports on all cases in the preceding year in which: (1) more than five finalists were selected for phase-two requests for competitive proposals; or (2) two-phase selection procedures involving contracts with a value of $1.5 million or more were not used. Requires the Comptroller General to publish a report on agency compliance with the requirements of this Act.