Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to restrict the con-
tract period of any contract described in subsection (c) 
to the minimum contract period necessary— 
(1) to meet the urgent and compelling require-
ments of the work to be performed under the con-
tract; and 
(2) to enter into another contract for the re-
quired goods or services through the use of competi-
tive procedures. 
(b) CONTRACT PERIOD.—The regulations promul-
gated under subsection (a) shall require the contract pe-
riod to not exceed 240 days, unless the head of the execu-
tive agency concerned determines that exceptional cir-
cumstances apply. 
(c) COVERED CONTRACTS.—This section applies to 
any contract in an amount greater than the simplified ac-
quisition threshold entered into by an executive agency 
using procedures other than competitive procedures pursu-
ant to the exception provided in section 303(c)(2) of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
(41 U.S.C. 253(c)(2)) or section 2304(c)(2) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the mean-
ing provided in section 4(1) of the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(1)). 
(2) The term ‘‘head of the executive agency’’ 
means the head of an executive agency except that, 
in the case of a military department, the term means 
the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 102. COMPETITION IN MULTIPLE AWARD CONTRACTS. 
(a) EXPANSION OF APPLICABILITY TO ALL GOVERN-
MENT CONTRACTS.—Title III of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 303M the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 303N. COMPETITION IN MULTIPLE AWARD CON-
TRACTS. 
‘‘(a) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to require 
competition in the purchase of goods and services by each 
executive agency pursuant to multiple award contracts. 
‘‘(b) CONTENT OF REGULATIONS.—(1) The regula-
tions required by subsection (a) shall provide, at a min-
imum, that each individual purchase of goods or services 
in excess of $100,000 that is made under a multiple award 
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contract shall be made on a competitive basis unless a con-
tracting officer of the executive agency— 
‘‘(A) waives the requirement on the basis of a 
determination that— 
‘‘(i) one of the circumstances described in 
paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 303J(b) 
applies to such individual purchase; or 
‘‘(ii) a statute expressly authorizes or re-
quires that the purchase be made from a speci-
fied source; and 
‘‘(B) justifies the determination in writing. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, an individual 
purchase of goods or services is made on a competitive 
basis only if it is made pursuant to procedures that— 
‘‘(A) require fair notice of the intent to make 
that purchase (including a description of the work to 
be performed and the basis on which the selection 
will be made) to be provided to all contractors offer-
ing such goods or services under the multiple award 
contract; and 
‘‘(B) afford all contractors responding to the 
notice a fair opportunity to make an offer and have 
that offer fairly considered by the official making 
the purchase. 
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