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(A) is entered into by the non-defense agen-
cy; and
(B) may be used as the contract under
which property or services are procured for one
or more other departments or agencies of the
Federal Government.
SEC. 802. CONTRACT SUPPORT ACQUISITION CENTERS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
(1) ORGANIZATION; DUTIES.—Subchapter I of
chapter 8 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 197. Contract Support Acquisition Centers
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) The Secretary of Defense
shall establish within the Defense Logistics Agency a De-
fense Contract Support Acquisition Center.
‘‘(2) The Secretary of each military department shall
establish a Contract Support Acquisition Center for that
military department.
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—(1) The Director of a Contract Sup-
port Acquisition Center is the head of the Center.
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense shall appoint the Di-
rector of the Defense Contract Support Acquisition Center.
‘‘(B) The Secretary of a military department shall ap-
point the Director of the Contract Support Acquisition Cen-
ter of that department.
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‘‘(3) The Director of a Contract Support Acquisition
Center shall be selected from among commissioned officers
of the armed forces on active duty and senior civilian offi-
cers and employees of the Department of Defense who have
substantial experience in the acquisition of contract serv-
ices.
‘‘(c) DUTIES REGARDING ACQUISITIONS.—(1)(A) The
Director of the Defense Contract Support Acquisition Cen-
ter shall act as the executive agent within the Department
of Defense for each acquisition of contract services in excess
of the simplified acquisition threshold for the Department
of Defense, other than an acquisition referred to in subpara-
graph (B).
‘‘(B) The Director of the Contract Support Acquisition
Center of a military department shall act as the executive
agent within that military department for each acquisition
of contract services in excess of the simplified acquisition
threshold for such military department.
‘‘(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Director of
a Center shall—
‘‘(A) develop and maintain policies, procedures,
and best practices guidelines addressing the acquisi-
tion of contract services for the Secretary appointing
the Director, including policies, procedures, and best
practices guidelines for—
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‘‘(i) acquisition planning;
‘‘(ii) solicitation and contract award;
‘‘(iii) requirements development and man-
agement;
‘‘(iv) contract tracking and oversight;
‘‘(v) performance evaluation; and
‘‘(vi) risk management;
‘‘(B) assign responsibility for carrying out the
acquisition of contract services to employees of the
Center and other appropriate organizational elements
under the jurisdiction of that Secretary;
‘‘(C) dedicate fulltime commodity managers to
coordinate the acquisition of key categories of services;
‘‘(D) ensure that contract services being acquired
to meet the Secretary’s requirements for those services
are acquired by means of a contract, or a task or de-
livery order, that—
‘‘(i) is in the best interests of the Depart-
ment of Defense or, in the case of the Director of
the Center for a military department, the best
interests of that military department; and
‘‘(ii) is entered into or issued, and is man-
aged, in compliance with applicable laws, regu-
lations, and directives, and other applicable re-
quirements;
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‘‘(E) ensure that competitive procedures and per-
formance-based contracting are used to the maximum
extent practicable for the acquisition of contract serv-
ices for that Secretary; and
‘‘(F) monitor data collection under section 2330a
of this title and periodically conduct a spending anal-
ysis to ensure that funds expended for the acquisition
of contract services for the Secretary are being ex-
pended in the most rational and economical manner
practicable.
‘‘(d) DUTIES REGARDING ACQUISITION PERSONNEL.—
The Directors of the Contract Support Acquisition Centers
shall work with appropriate officials of the Department of
Defense—
‘‘(1) to identify the critical skills and com-
petencies needed to carry out the acquisition of con-
tract services on behalf of the Department of Defense;
and
‘‘(2) to develop a comprehensive strategy for re-
cruiting, training, and deploying employees to meet
the requirements for those skills and competencies.
‘‘(e) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of the Di-
rector of a Contract Support Acquisition Center under this
section applies to acquisitions in excess of the simplified
acquisition threshold.