Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-2750
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2013-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: 
Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2013 - Modifies the procedure for awarding design and construction contracts for federal buildings and facilities to require: (1) a contracting officer to provide a written justification to the head of an 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., 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 $750,000 or greater.
 
Requires each agency that awards design and construction contracts to submit to the Comptroller General (GAO) and publish in the Federal Register an annual report on: (1) all contracts for which more than five finalists were selected for phase-two requests for competitive proposals, and (2) contracts having a value of $750,000 or greater for which the two-phase selection process was not used. 
 
Requires the Comptroller General to publish a report that analyzes the compliance of federal agencies with the requirements of this Act.

action_date: 2014-12-12
text: 
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. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500.
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 113-668.
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 113-668.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Introduced in House