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(B) WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER CONTRACT AWARD.—In the case of 
a procurement permitted by subsection (a)(2), subparagraph (A) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘30 days’’ for ‘‘14 days’’. 
(2) AVAILABILITY ON WEBSITES.—The documents referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) of paragraph (1) shall be made available on the website 
of the agency and through a Government-wide website selected by the 
Administrator. 
(3) EXCEPTION TO AVAILABILITY AND APPROVAL REQUIREMENT.— 
This subsection does not require the public availability of information 
that is exempt from public disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5. 
§ 3305. Simplified procedures for small purchases 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—To promote efficiency and economy in contracting 
and to avoid unnecessary burdens for agencies and contractors, the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation shall provide for special simplified procedures for 
purchases of property and services for amounts— 
(1) not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold; and 
(2) greater than the simplified acquisition threshold but not greater 
than $5,000,000 for which the contracting officer reasonably expects, 
based on the nature of the property or services sought and on market 
research, that offers will include only commercial items. 
(b) LEASEHOLD INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY.—The Administrator of 
General Services shall prescribe regulations that provide special simplified 
procedures for acquisitions of leasehold interests in real property at rental 
rates that do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The rental rate 
under a multiyear lease does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold 
if the average annual amount of the rent payable for the period of the lease 
does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON DIVIDING CONTRACTS.—A proposed purchase or 
contract for an amount above the simplified acquisition threshold may not 
be divided into several purchases or contracts for lesser amounts to use the 
simplified procedures required by subsection (a). 
(d) PROMOTION OF COMPETITION.—In using the simplified procedures, 
an executive agency shall promote competition to the maximum extent prac-
ticable. 
(e) COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL ACQUISI-
TION REGULATION.—An executive agency shall comply with the Federal Ac-
quisition Regulation provisions referred to in section 1901(e) of this title. 
§ 3306. Planning and solicitation requirements 
(a) PLANNING AND SPECIFICATIONS.— 
(1) PREPARING FOR PROCUREMENT.—In preparing for the procure-
ment of property or services, an executive agency shall— 
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(A) specify its needs and solicit bids or proposals in a manner 
designed to achieve full and open competition for the procurement; 
(B) use advance procurement planning and market research; 
and 
(C) develop specifications in the manner necessary to obtain full 
and open competition with due regard to the nature of the prop-
erty or services to be acquired. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS.—Each solicitation under 
this division shall include specifications that— 
(A) consistent with this division, permit full and open competi-
tion; and 
(B) include restrictive provisions or conditions only to the extent 
necessary to satisfy the needs of the executive agency or as au-
thorized by law. 
(3) TYPES OF SPECIFICATIONS.—For the purposes of paragraphs (1) 
and (2), the type of specification included in a solicitation shall depend 
on the nature of the needs of the executive agency and the market 
available to satisfy those needs. Subject to those needs, specifications 
may be stated in terms of— 
(A) function, so that a variety of products or services may qual-
ify; 
(B) performance, including specifications of the range of accept-
able characteristics or of the minimum acceptable standards; or 
(C) design requirements. 
(b) CONTENTS OF SOLICITATION.—In addition to the specifications de-
scribed in subsection (a), each solicitation for sealed bids or competitive pro-
posals (other than for a procurement for commercial items using special 
simplified procedures or a purchase for an amount not greater than the sim-
plified acquisition threshold) shall at a minimum include— 
(1) a statement of— 
(A) all significant factors and significant subfactors that the ex-
ecutive agency reasonably expects to consider in evaluating sealed 
bids (including price) or competitive proposals (including cost or 
price, cost-related or price-related factors and subfactors, and 
noncost-related or nonprice-related factors and subfactors); and 
(B) the relative importance assigned to each of those factors 
and subfactors; and 
(2)(A) in the case of sealed bids— 
(i) a statement that sealed bids will be evaluated without discus-
sions with the bidders; and 
(ii) the time and place for the opening of the sealed bids; or 
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