Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Conforming Procedures for Federal Task and Delivery Order Contracts Act of 2024”.
Conforming Procedures for Federal Task and Delivery Order Contracts Act of 2024
A BILL
To clarify task and delivery order solicitation and contract requirements.
Sec. 2 Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that—
certain procedures for solicitation and award of task and delivery order contracts have been streamlined for Defense agencies through amendments to Federal law made by—
section 825 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2279); and
section 816 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1487); and
amending title 41, United States Code, to clarify that all Federal agencies and their contractors can benefit from the streamlined procedures for solicitation and award of task and delivery order contracts would align with the purpose of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to provide procurement procedures for use by all executive agencies that are standard, consistent, and conducted in a fair and impartial manner.
Sec. 3 Multiple-award task and delivery order solicitation requirements
Section 3306(c)(3) of title 41, United States Code, is amended—
in the paragraph heading, by striking “acquired on an hourly rate”;
by striking “for services to be acquired on an hourly rate basis” and inserting “for the same or similar services (including construction) to be acquired”; and
by striking “based on hourly rates”.
Sec. 4 Single-award task and delivery order contract requirements
Section 4103(d)(3) of title 41, United States Code, is amended—
in subparagraph (A), by striking “No task or delivery order contract” and inserting “Except as provided under subparagraph (B), no task or delivery order contract”;
by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and
by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:
“(B) Exception—A task or delivery order contract in an amount estimated to exceed $100,000,000 (including all options) may be awarded to a single source without the written determination otherwise required under subparagraph (A) if the executive agency has made a written determination pursuant to section 3304 of this title that procedures other than competitive procedures may be used for the awarding of such contract.”