PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 1979 (4) The contractor operating the contractor-operated civil engineering supply store is an independent business organization whose customer is a military department and the Armed Forces and who is subject to all the rules of private business and the regulations of the Government. (5) The use of contractor-operated civil engineering supply stores ensures the best price and best buy for the Government. (6) Ninety-five percent of the cost savings realized through the use of contractor-operated civil engineering supply stores is due to savings in the cost of actually procuring supplies. (7) In the past 30 years, private contractors have never lost a cost comparison conducted pursuant to the criteria set forth in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for the provision of civil engineering supplies to the Government. (c) CONDITIONS ON MULTI-FUNCTION CONTRACTS.—^A civil engineering supplies function that is performed, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, by a contractor-operated civil engineering supply store may not be combined with another supply function or any service function, including any base operating support function, for purposes of competition or contracting, until 60 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress a report— (1) notifying Congress of the proposed combined competition or contract; and (2) explaining why a combined competition or contract is the best method by which to achieve cost savings and efficiencies to the Government. (d) GAO REVIEWS. — Not later than 50 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits a report to Congress under subsection (c), the Comptroller General shall review the report and submit to Congress a briefing regarding whether the cost savings and efficiencies identified in the report are achievable. (e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—I f a civil engineering supplies function covered by subsection (c) is proposed for combination with a supply or service function that is subject to the study and reporting requirements of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may include the report required under subsection (c) as part of the report under such section. SEC. 346. CONDITIONS ON EXPANSION OF FUNCTIONS PERFORMED 10 USC 2464 UNDER PRIME VENDOR CONTRACirS FOR DEPOT-LEVEL note. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. (a) CONDITIONS ON EXPANDED USE.— The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department, as the case may be, may not enter into a prime vendor contract for depot-level maintenance and repair of a weapon system or other military equipment described in section 2464(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code, ' before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary submits to Congress a report, specific to the proposed contract, that— (1) describes the competitive procedures to be used to award the prime vendor contract; and (2) contains an analysis of costs and benefits that demonstrates that use of the prime vendor contract will result in savings to the Government over the life of the contract. (b) DEFINITIONS.— In this section:
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