This bill updates federal procurement law to make contracting rules more consistent across all civilian federal agencies, extending streamlined procedures that had previously only applied to Defense Department contracts. It amends title 41 of the U.S. Code to broaden the types of task and delivery order contracts eligible for simplified solicitation procedures, expanding coverage beyond hourly-rate service contracts to include similar services and construction work more generally. The bill also adds a requirement that contracting officers have no reason to believe pricing would be unfair when using certain streamlined multiple-award procedures. Additionally, it creates a new exception allowing agencies to award large single-source task or delivery order contracts, valued over $100 million including options, without a separate written justification, as long as the agency has already determined that non-competitive procedures are appropriate under existing law. This primarily affects federal agencies that award task and delivery order contracts and the companies that compete for or hold such contracts, aiming to create more uniform, efficient procurement rules government-wide.
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