referred to in subsection (g), the procurement activity 
shall solicit an offer from Federal Prison Industries, if the 
purchase is expected to be in excess of the micro-purchase 
threshold (as defined by section 32(f) of the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428(f))). 
‘‘(2) A contract award for such product or service 
shall be made using competitive procedures in accordance 
with the applicable evaluation factors, unless a determina-
tion is made by the Attorney General pursuant to para-
graph (3) or an award using other than competitive proce-
dures is authorized pursuant to paragraph (7). 
‘‘(3) The procurement activity shall negotiate with 
Federal Prison Industries on a noncompetitive basis for 
the award of a contract if the Attorney General determines 
that— 
‘‘(A) Federal Prison Industries cannot reason-
ably expect fair consideration to receive the contract 
award on a competitive basis; and 
‘‘(B) the contract award is necessary to main-
tain work opportunities otherwise unavailable at the 
penal or correctional facility at which the contract is 
to be performed to prevent circumstances that could 
reasonably be expected to significantly endanger the 
safe and effective administration of such facility.
‘‘(4) Except in the case of an award to be made pur-
suant to paragraph (3), a contract award shall be made 
with Federal Prison Industries only if the contracting offi-
cer for the procurement activity determines that— 
‘‘(A) the specific product or service to be fur-
nished will meet the requirements of the procure-
ment 
activity 
(including 
any 
applicable 
prequalification requirements and all specified com-
mercial or governmental standards pertaining to 
quality, testing, safety, serviceability, and warran-
ties); 
‘‘(B) timely performance of the contract can be 
reasonably expected; and 
‘‘(C) the contract price does not exceed a cur-
rent market price. 
‘‘(5) A determination by the Attorney General pursu-
ant to paragraph (3) shall be— 
‘‘(A) supported by specific findings by the war-
den of the penal or correctional institution at which 
a Federal Prison Industries workshop is scheduled 
to perform the contract; 
‘‘(B) supported by specific findings by Federal 
Prison Industries regarding why it does not expect 
to win the contract on a competitive basis; and
‘‘(C) made and reported in the same manner as 
a determination made pursuant to section 303(c)(7) 
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253(c)(7)). 
‘‘(6) If the Attorney General has not made the deter-
mination described in paragraph (3) within 30 days after 
Federal Prison Industries has been informed of a con-
tracting opportunity by a procurement activity, the pro-
curement activity may proceed to conduct a procurement 
for the product or service in accordance with the proce-
dures generally applicable to such procurements by the 
procurement activity. 
‘‘(7) A contract award may be made to Federal Pris-
on Industries using other than competitive procedures if 
such product or service is only available from Federal 
Prison Industries and the contract may be awarded under 
the authority of section 2304(c)(1) of title 10 or section 
303(c) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 252(c)(1)), as may be applica-
ble, and pursuant to the justification and approval re-
quirements relating to such noncompetitive procurements 
specified by law and the Governmentwide Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation.
‘‘(8) A contract award may be made to Federal Pris-
on Industries using other than competitive procedures by 
the Federal Bureau of Prisons. 
‘‘(9) A contract award may be made to Federal Pris-
on Industries using other than competitive procedures if 
the product or service to be acquired would otherwise be 
furnished by a contractor preforming the work outside of 
the United States. 
‘‘(c) OFFERS
FROM
FEDERAL
PRISON
INDUS-
TRIES.—A timely offer received from Federal Prison In-
dustries to furnish a product or service to a Federal de-
partment or agency shall be considered for award without 
limitation as to the dollar value of the proposed purchase, 
unless the contract opportunity has been reserved for com-
petition exclusively among small business concerns pursu-
ant to section 15(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(a)) and its implementing regulations. 
‘‘(d) PERFORMANCE BY FEDERAL PRISON INDUS-
TRIES.—Federal Prison Industries shall perform its con-
tractual obligations under a contract awarded by a Fed-
eral department or agency to the same extent as any other 
contractor. 
‘‘(e) FINALITY OF CONTRACTING OFFICER’S DECI-
SION.—(1) A decision by a contracting officer regarding 
the award of a contract to Federal Prison Industries or