Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5644
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2020-01-16
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Architecture

Building construction

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of</strong> <b>2020</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the use of reverse auctions for awarding federal contracts for construction and design services. Generally, a reverse auction is one in which there are multiple sellers lowering their bids to win a supply or service contract.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5644 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 16, 2020 Mr. Meadows (for himself and Mr. Khanna ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To prohibit the use of reverse auctions for design and construction services procurements, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2020 . 2. Prohibition on use of a reverse auction for the award of a contract for design and construction services (a) Finding Congress finds that, in contrast to a traditional auction in which the buyers bid up the price, sellers bid down the price in a reverse auction. (b) Prohibition Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be amended to prohibit the use of reverse auctions for awarding contracts for design and construction services. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) The term design and construction services means— (A) site planning and landscape design; (B) architectural and engineering services (as defined in section 1102 of title 40, United States Code); (C) interior design; (D) performance of substantial construction work for facility, infrastructure, and environmental restoration projects; (E) delivery and supply of construction materials to construction sites; or (F) construction or substantial alteration of public buildings or public works. (2) The term reverse auction means, with respect to any procurement by an executive agency— (A) a real-time auction conducted through an electronic medium among 2 or more offerors who compete by submitting bids for a supply or service contract, or a delivery order, task order, or purchase order under the contract, with the ability to submit revised lower bids at any time before the closing of the auction; and (B) the award of the contract, delivery order, task order, or purchase order to the offeror is solely based on the price obtained through the auction process.