S. 2413 — what changed
Bridge Contract Transparency and Accountability Act of 2018
From Introduced in Senate to Reported in Senate. 1 section amended between Introduced in Senate and Reported in Senate.
Sec. 3 Agency transparency and reports
Guidance on information collection— Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall issue guidance for executive agencies to collect information on the use of bridge contracts. The guidance shall include an interim definition of bridge contracts for agencies to use in their reporting until the Federal Acquisition Regulation is amended pursuant to section 2(b)(1).
Reporting to office of federal procurement policy—
In general— Not later than September 30, 2019, and by September 30 of each subsequent year thereafter until 2025, the head of each executive agency shall submit to the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy a report on the use by the agency of bridge contracts.
Elements— The report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following elements:
The common definition for bridge contracts used by contracting offices of the executive agency.
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The total number of bridge contracts entered into during the previous 5 fiscal years.years previous fiscal year.
The estimated value of each contract that required the use of a bridge contract and the cost of the bridge contract or contracts.
The reasons for and cost of each bridge contract.
The types of services or goods being acquired under each bridge contract.
The length of the initial contract that required the use of a bridge contract, including the base and any exercised option years, and the cumulative length of any bridge contract or contracts related to the initial contract.
A description of how many of the contracts that required bridge contracts were subsequently recompeted and how many of those recompeted contracts were the subject of a bid protest.
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A description of how many bridge contracts were entered into as the result of a bid protest.
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was (3)(3)(10)
A description of existing statutory, regulatory, or agency guidance that the agency followed to execute the bridge contracts.
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was (3)(3)(11)
Any other matters determined to be relevant by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy or the General Services Administration.
Publication— The report required under paragraph (1) shall be posted on a publicly available website of the executive agency.
Quarterly notifications—
In general— On a quarterly basis as determined under guidance prescribed by the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, each executive agency shall submit a list of bridge contracts issued during the prior quarter to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to be compiled by the Administrator into a single report and presented to the appropriate congressional committees.
Information required— The lists submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include unique contract identifiers, beginning and end dates of initial contracts, beginning and end dates of bridge contracts, and the reasons or rationale for the use of each bridge contract.
Governmentwide report— Not later than March 31, 2019, and by March 31 of each subsequent year until 2025, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report summarizing the use by executive agencies of bridge contracts, including any recommendations for legislation to ensure accountability and transparency in the use of bridge contracts.
Public notice— Each executive agency shall provide public notice within 30 days after entering into a bridge contract, including the information required to be reported in subsection (b)(2) to the extent it is available.