,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bb1 #bjag,mr4 
,meadows 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4
 ,connolly1 and ,mr4 ,wittman7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require executive agencies  
to avoid using lowest price technically 
acceptable source selection criteria in 
certain circumstances1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,promoting ,value   
,based ,procurement ,act of #bjag4  #b4 
,use of lowest price technically        
acceptable source selection process  7a7
 ,statement of policy ,it shall be the  
policy of the ,united ,states           
,government to avoid using lowest price 
technically acceptable source selection 
criteria in circumstances that would    
deny the ,government the benefits of    
cost and technical tradeoffs in the     
source selection process4  7b7 ,revision

 of ,federal ,acquisition ,regulation   
,not later than #abj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,federal ,acquisition ,regulation shall 
be revised to require that1 for         
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 an executive
 agency is able to comprehensively and  
clearly describe the minimum            
requirements expressed in terms of      
performance objectives1 measures1 and   
standards that will be used to determine
 acceptability of offers2  7#b7 the     
executive agency 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 the source selection    
authority has a high degree of          
confidence that a review of technical   
proposals of offerors other than the    
lowest bidder would not result in the   
identification of factors that could    
provide value or benefit to the         
executive agency2  7#e7 the contracting 
officer has included a justification for
 the use of a lowest price technically  
acceptable evaluation methodology in the
 contract file2 and  7#f7 the executive 
agency has determined that the lowest   
price reflects full life-cycle costs1   
including for operations and support4   
7c7 ,avoidance of use of lowest price   
technically acceptable source selection 
criteria in certain procurements ,to the
 maximum extent practicable1 the use of 
lowest price technically acceptable     
source selection criteria shall be      
avoided in the case of a procurement    
that is predominately for the           

acquisition of--  7#a7 information      
technology services1 cybersecurity      
services1 systems engineering and       
technical assistance services1 advanced 
electronic testing1 audit or audit      
readiness services1 or other            
knowledge-based professional services2  
7#b7 personal protective equipment2 or  
7#c7 knowledge-based training or        
logistics services in contingency       
operations or other operations outside  
the ,united ,states1 including in       
,afghanistan or ,iraq4  7d7 ,reporting  
,not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 and      
annually thereafter for three years1 the
 ,comptroller ,general of the ,united   
,states shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the
 number of instances in which lowest    
price technically acceptable source     
selection criteria is used for a        
contract exceeding #b1jjj1jjj1 including
 an explanation of how the situations   
listed in subsection 7b7 were considered

 in making a determination to use lowest
 price technically acceptable source    
selection criteria4  7e7 ,definitions   
,in this section3 7#a7 ,executive agency
 ,the term executive agency has the     
meaning given that term in section #ajb 
of title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code1    
except that the term does not include   
the ,department of ,defense4  7#b7      
,contingency operation ,the term        
contingency operation has the meaning   
given that term in section #aja of title
 #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#c7      
,appropriate congressional committees   
,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means the ,committee on      
,oversight and ,government ,reform of   
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate4