H.R. 789 — what changed

In general— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall issue rules as follows:

Requiring disclosure of information about a covered solicitation that was issued and cancelled that includes the following:

A justification for the cancellation of such covered solicitation.

Available information about any plans to reissue such covered solicitation and any associated timeframes for such reissuance.

Available information about any plans to include the requirements of such covered solicitation in another contract or task order of the Federal agency.

With respect to a cancelled covered solicitation which the Federal agency does not intend to reissue, establishing procedures for the referral of a small business concern (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) that prepared a bid for such covered solicitation to the Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (as defined in section 15(k) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k))) of the Federal agency for assistance in identifying similar contracting opportunities.

Publication— The information required under subsection (a) shall be made publicly accessible on the single, Government-wide point of entry described under section 1708 of title 41, United States Code.