,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hiee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ad1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,comer 7for himself and ,mr4  
,khanna7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
prohibit the use of reverse auctions for
 design and construction services       
procurements1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,construction ,consensus        
,procurement ,improvement ,act of #bjbj4
  #b4 ,prohibition on use of a reverse  
auction for the award of a contract for 
complex1 specialized1 or substantial    
design and construction services  7a7   
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,in contrast to a        
traditional auction in which the buyers 
bid up the price1 sellers bid down the  
price in a reverse auction4  7#b7       
,reverse auctions1 while providing value
 for the vast majority of ,federal      
acquisitions1 including certain         

construction-related acquisitions1 are  
limited in value for complex1           
specialized1 or substantial design and  
construction services4  7b7 ,reverse    
auction defined ,in this ,act1 the term 
reverse auction means1 with respect to  
any procurement by an executive agency1 
a real-time auction generally conducted 
through an electronic medium among two  
or more offerors who compete by         
submitting bids for a supply or service 
contract1 or a delivery order1 task     
order1 or purchase order under the      
contract1 with the ability to submit    
revised lower bids at any time before   
the closing of the auction4  7c7        
,prohibition  7#a7 ,in general ,not     
later than #bgj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the ,federal
 ,acquisition ,regulation shall be      
amended to prohibit the use of reverse  
auctions for awarding contracts for     
complex1 specialized1 or substantial    
design and construction services4  7#b7 
,applicability to acquisitions above the

 simplified acquisition threshold ,the  
prohibition on reverse auctions for     
complex1 specialized1 or substantial    
design and construction services shall  
apply only to acquisitions above the    
simplified acquisition threshold 7,,sat7
 for construction and design services   
pursuant to part #cf of the ,federal    
,acquisition ,regulation4  7d7          
,rulemaking for complex1 specialized1 or
 substantial services ,not later than   
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,federal    
,acquisition ,regulatory ,council shall 
promulgate a definition of complex1     
specialized1 or substantial design and  
construction services1 which shall      
include-- 7#a7 site planning and        
landscape design2  7#b7 architectural   
and engineering services 7as defined in 
section #aajb of title #dj1 ,united     
,states ,code72  7#c7 interior design2  
7#d7 performance of substantial         
construction work for facility1         
infrastructure1 and environmental       

restoration projects2 and  7#e7         
construction or substantial alteration  
of public buildings or public works4    
7e7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in   
this ,act shall be construed to restrict
 the use of reverse auctions for the    
procurement of other goods and services 
except as specifically provided for     
under this ,act4  7f7 ,report ,not later
 than two years after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of the ,general ,services
 ,administration shall submit to the    
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate   
and the ,committee on ,oversight and    
,reform of the ,house of                
,representatives a report on the        
effectiveness of this ,act in delivering
 complex1 specialized1 or substantial   
design and construction services to the 
,united ,states ,government4