,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhbf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bj1    
#bjaf ,mr4 ,warner 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,rounds7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to ensure the effective and    
appropriate use of the ,lowest ,price   
,technically ,acceptable source         
selection process4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,promoting ,value ,based ,defense       
,procurement ,act of #bjaf4  #b4        
,statement of policy ,it shall be the   
policy of the ,department of ,defense to
 avoid using ,lowest ,price ,technically
 ,acceptable source selection criteria  
in inappropriate circumstances that     
potentially deny the ,department the    
benefits of cost and technical tradeoffs
 in the source selection process4  #c4  
,revision of ,defense ,federal          
,acquisition ,regulation ,supplement    
,not later the #abj days after the date 

of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,department of ,defense shall revise the
 ,defense ,federal ,acquisition         
,regulation ,supplement 7,,dfars7 to    
require that1 for new solicitations     
issued on or after the date that is #abj
 days after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 ,lowest ,price ,technically 
,acceptable source selection criteria   
are used only in situations in which--  
7#a7 the ,department of ,defense is able
 to comprehensively and clearly describe
 the minimum requirements expressed in  
term of performance objectives1         
measures1 and standards that will be    
used to determine acceptability of      
offers2  7#b7 the ,department of        
,defense would realize no1 or minimal1  
value from a contract proposal exceeding
 the minimum technical or performance   
requirements set forth in the ,request  
for ,proposal2  7#c7 the proposed       
technical approaches will require no1 or
 minimal1 subjective judgment by the    
source selection authority as to the    

desirability of one offeror's proposal  
versus a competing proposal2  7#d7 a    
review of technical proposals of        
offerors other than the lowest bidder   
would result in no1 or minimal1 benefit 
to the ,department2 and  7#e7 the       
contracting officer has included a      
justification for the use of a ,lowest  
,price ,technically ,acceptable         
evaluation methodology in the contract  
file1 if the contract to be awarded is  
predominately for the acquisition of    
information technology services1 systems
 engineering and technical assistance   
services1 or other knowledge-based      
professional services4  #d4 ,avoidance  
of use of ,lowest ,price ,technically   
,acceptable source selection criteria in
 procurements of information technology 
,to the maximum extent practicable1 the 
use of ,lowest ,price ,technically      
,acceptable source selection criteria   
shall be avoided when the procurement is
 predominately for the acquisition of   
information technology services1 systems

 engineering and technical assistance   
services1 or other knowledge-based      
professional services4  #e4 ,reporting  
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 and     
annually thereafter for #c years1 the   
,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  
the congressional defense committees a  
report on the number of instances in    
which ,lowest-,price ,technically       
,acceptable source selection criteria is
 used1 including an explanation of how  
the criteria in section #c was          
considered when making a determination  
to use ,lowest ,price ,technically      
,acceptable source selection criteria4