S.Amdt. 5418

SA 5418. Mr. VOINOVICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 240, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:

SEC. 854. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TIRE PRIVATIZATION INITIATIVE.

(a) Implementation and Administration of Ground and Air Tire Contracts.--In implementing and administering ground and air tire contracts of the Department of Defense (Contract No. SPM7L10-07-D-7002 and Contract No. SPM7L10-07-D-7001), the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall--

(1) require that fair, equal, and competitive procurement procedures among all qualified manufacturers are employed to ensure that the Department of Defense receives the best value when procuring new tire types, and when procuring tires that are newly added to the contract's industrial base requirements;

(2) ensure that all tire manufacturers have equal timely information about the future needs of the Department of Defense for tires, including contractor-prepared forecasts; and

(3) provide all manufacturers with equal quarterly information on the number of tires shipped to the Department of Defense and the number of each type of tire shipped by each manufacturer.

(b) Impartial Evaluation of Bids.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall serve as an impartial evaluator of bids in connection with ground and air tire contracts and shall ensure that the offeror with the most advantageous proposal receives the greatest share of business of the Department of Defense.

(c) Analysis of Tire Pricing.--

(1) Analysis.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall conduct an analysis of the pricing of tires under existing ground and air tire contracts to determine which tires have high prices even though multiple qualified sources for such tires exist.

(2) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the analysis conducted under paragraph (1).