Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 124.djvu/2564

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124 STAT. 2538 PUBLIC LAW 111–240—SEPT. 27, 2010 (2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall— (A) address ways to improve the effectiveness of the procurement center representative program in helping small business concerns obtain Federal contracts; (B) evaluate the effectiveness of procurement center representatives and commercial marketing representatives; and (C) include recommendations, if any, on how to improve the procurement center representative program. (d) ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT CENTER REPRESENTATIVE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall implement a 3-year pilot electronic procurement center representative pro- gram. (2) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the pilot program under paragraph (1) ends, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a report regarding the pilot program. SEC. 1313. CONSOLIDATION OF CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended— (1) by redesignating section 44 as section 45; and (2) by inserting after section 43 the following: ‘‘SEC. 44. CONSOLIDATION OF CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— ‘‘(1) the term ‘Chief Acquisition Officer’ means the employee of a Federal agency designated as the Chief Acquisition Officer for the Federal agency under section 16(a) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(a)); ‘‘(2) the term ‘consolidation of contract requirements’, with respect to contract requirements of a Federal agency, means a use of a solicitation to obtain offers for a single contract or a multiple award contract to satisfy 2 or more requirements of the Federal agency for goods or services that have been provided to or performed for the Federal agency under 2 or more separate contracts lower in cost than the total cost of the contract for which the offers are solicited; and ‘‘(3) the term ‘senior procurement executive’ means an offi- cial designated under section 16(c) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(c)) as the senior procure- ment executive for a Federal agency. ‘‘(b) POLICY.—The head of each Federal agency shall ensure that the decisions made by the Federal agency regarding consolida- tion of contract requirements of the Federal agency are made with a view to providing small business concerns with appropriate opportunities to participate as prime contractors and subcontractors in the procurements of the Federal agency. ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON USE OF ACQUISITION STRATEGIES INVOLVING CONSOLIDATION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (4), the head of a Federal agency may not carry out an acquisition strategy that includes a consolidation of contract requirements of the Federal agency with a total value of more than $2,000,000, 15 USC 657q. 15 USC 631 note. Deadline. 15 USC 644 note.