legislation: 98-s-2841
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| 98-s-2841 | 98 | s | 2841 | A bill to provide statutory guidelines concerning the award of certain contracts, and for other purposes. | Government Operations and Politics | 1984-06-29 | 1984-07-25 | Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from GSA, NASA, GAO, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Defense Department, Energy Department. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000556 | 1 | Requires each Federal agency to transmit: (1) to the Secretary of Commerce for publication in the "Commerce Business Daily" a notice describing any proposed contract for consulting services, management and professional services, or a special study or analysis (service contract) expected to result in an award exceeding $10,000; and (2) to the agency Inspector General a notice describing and justifying any contract modification which increases the cost by $25,000 or more. Requires any report prepared pursuant to a service contract and any agency report derived from such report to disclose specified information concerning the contract and contractor. Directs each agency to prepare and maintain in its files an evaluation of the performance of the contractor for each service contract exceeding $50,000. Requires any contractor and any consultant or subcontractor thereof to include with any service contract proposal or modification submitted to the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, or the Environmental Protection Agency within three years after enactment of this Act a statement disclosing any past, present, or future work-related interest of the contractor which may bias the contractor's judgement or provide the contractor an unfair competitive advantage. Directs the head of each such agency to designate an office to evaluate such statements. Declares that if the office determines, before such a contract is awarded, that a conflict of interest exists, the agency head shall: (1) disqualify the contractor, consultant or subcontractor from eligibility for award of the proposed contract; (2) modify the proposed contract to eliminate such conflict; or (3) include in the agency records and transmit to Congress a statement concerning such conflict if the contract services can be obtained from no other person. Declares that if the office determines, after the agency has entered such a contract, that a conflict of interest exists, the agency head shall: (1) terminate the existing contract; or (2) modify the existing contract to mitigate the conflict and report to Congress if termination is not in the best interest of the Government. Directs the Comptroller General and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, within two years and nine months after the effective date of this title, to evaluate and report to Congress on the operation of provisions concerning contractor conflicts of interest and on the continuation, modification, or termination of such provisions. Directs each agency to include with its request for appropriations each year a statement identifying amounts requested for: (1) the procurement of consulting and professional services and special studies; and (2) all other procurement activities. Requires the annual budget transmitted by the President to Congress to include such requests for each agency and each agency's estimated outlays for such procurement. Directs each agency, by April 1 of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which an annual budget is submitted, to transmit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives an analysis of, and justification for, each such request and outlay. Directs the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to establish a data system for the collection of information regarding all contracts of each agency. Requires the Administrator to make quarterly and annual reports to Congress on the information in the system on each agency. Requires each agency to: (1) compile quarterly a list of all contracts entered into by the agency in the last year and a list of all uncompleted contracts; (2) maintain a written justification of the need of each service contract; and (3) make such lists and statements available to the public. Declares that all contracts, excluding classified contracts, shall be considered public information. Exempts from the provisions of this Act service contracts which are classified under the national security classification system or which related to sensitive law enforcement investigations or sensitive foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities. Amends the Federal Power Act to provide that nothing in such Act authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, after January 1, 1984, to order a public utility to purchase the output of, or to compensate in any way, a generating facility, except as provided with respect to cogeneration facilities and qualifying small power production facilities. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z |