Preserving Small Business Prime Contracting Opportunities Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8941
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2022-09-21
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Preserving Small Business Prime Contracting Opportunities Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill revises the procedures for federal agencies to select alternative procurement methods when the participation of small businesses as prime contractors is unlikely.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8941 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 21, 2022 Mr. Mfume (for himself and Mr. Meuser ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to increase, prime contracting opportunities for small business concerns, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Small Business Prime Contracting Opportunities Act of 2022 . 2. Increasing prime contracting opportunities for small business concerns Section 15(a)(4) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 644(a)(4) ) is amended— (1) in subsection (A)(iii), by striking an unnecessary or unjustified and inserting a ; (2) in subparagraph (B)— (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking With respect to and all that follows through issuing a solicitation and inserting Not later than 30 days before issuing a solicitation for a proposed procurement, ; and (B) by amending clause (i) to read as follows: (i) why the proposed procurement cannot be divided into smaller quantities, lots, or tasks to permit offers on less than the total requirement; ; and (3) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows: (D) Failure to agree on an alternative procurement method (i) Selection If the procurement center representative and the contracting agency fail to agree on an alternative procurement method under subparagraph (C), the Administrator shall select an alternative procurement method from the recommendations presented by the procurement center representative under such subparagraph and notify the head of the appropriate Federal agency. (ii) Determination Not later than 60 calendar days after receipt of a notification under clause (i), such head shall adopt the selected alternative procurement method unless such head, on a nondelegable basis, issues a determination to the Administrator that includes— (I) a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed procurement; and (II) an explanation of how the benefits of the proposed procurement outweigh the harm to small business concerns compared to the selected alternative procurement method. (iii) Submission The Administrator shall submit any determinations issued under clause (ii) along with the report required under subsection (p)(4). .