---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 U.S.C. § 1129"
title: "41"
title_heading: "Public Contracts"
number: "1129"
heading: "Center of excellence in contracting for services"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/41/1129"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Federal Procurement Policy"
  - "Division B — Office of Federal Procurement Policy"
  - "Chapter 11 — Establishment of Office and Authority and Functions of Administrator"
  - "Subchapter II — Authority and Functions of the Administrator"
---

# §1129. Center of excellence in contracting for services


The Administrator shall maintain a center of excellence in contracting for services. The center shall assist the acquisition community by identifying, and serving as a clearinghouse for, best practices in contracting for services in the public and private sectors.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3690.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1129 | 41:405 note. | Pub. L. 108–136, title XIV, § 1431(b), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1671. |

The words “Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act” are omitted, and the word “maintain” is substituted for “establish”, to eliminate obsolete words.