Drives cost savings

Provides contractors the opportunity to protest task or delivery orders in excess of $10 million

• In addition to the authority to protest an order on the grounds that the order increases the scope, period, or maximum value of the contract under which the order is placed

• Competition Advocates must report on extent of competition provided in the placement of orders against multiple award contracts (to include under FSS contracts)

• Reviews of documentation for exceptions to fair opportunity is part of execution reviews/procurement management reviews

• (Note) Section 863 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2009 extended competition standards for orders against multiple award contracts, previously applicable to DoD, government-wide

• A FAR change is in process to implement the law.
• Will apply to orders that exceed the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT)
• Requires notice of sole source orders that exceed the SAT to be posted on FedBizOpps.
• Requires justifications for orders that exceed the SAT and do not provide for competition to be posted to FedBizOpps