S.Amdt. 2448
What it does: Adds SEC. 153. PROCUREMENT OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT at the end of subtitle E of title I
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 153. PROCUREMENT OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT at the end of subtitle E of title I
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(3) the Department of Defense and Congress should endeavor to maintain budget and program predictability in order to attract and retain a skilled workforce to ensure the technological capabilities required to sustain the preeminence of the United States military helicopter fleets.
Inserted: SEC. 153. PROCUREMENT OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
Inserted: (a) Prohibition on Use of Certain Source Selection Mechanisms for Certain Items.--The Department of Defense may not use a reverse auction or lowest price-technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection process or technique to procure an item of personal protective equipment (PPE) if the item was designed to or modified to meet a specific military requirement.
Inserted: (b) Interagency Procurement.--The requirements of this section shall apply to any department or agency of the United States that procures clothing and individual equipment on behalf of the Department of Defense.
Inserted: (c) Definitions.--In this section:
Inserted: (1) The term "personal protective equipment" means the following:
Inserted: (A) Body armor components.
Inserted: (B) Combat helmets.
Inserted: (C) Combat protective eyewear.
Inserted: (D) Environmental and fire resistant clothing.
Inserted: (E) Footwear.
Inserted: (F) Organizational clothing and individual equipment.
Inserted: (G) Such other items as the Secretary of Defense shall designate for purposes of this section.
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Inserted: (2) The term "reverse auction" means, with respect to procurement by the Department of Defense, a real-time auction on the Internet between a group of offerors who compete against each other by submitting bids for a contract or task or delivery order with the ability to submit revised bids throughout course of the auction, and the award being made to the offeror who submits the lowest bid.
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At the end of subtitle E of title I, add the following:
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SA 2448. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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:
At the end of subtitle E of title I, add the following:
SEC. 153. PROCUREMENT OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
(a) Prohibition on Use of Certain Source Selection Mechanisms for Certain Items.--The Department of Defense may not use a reverse auction or lowest price-technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection process or technique to procure an item of personal protective equipment (PPE) if the item was designed to or modified to meet a specific military requirement.
(b) Interagency Procurement.--The requirements of this section shall apply to any department or agency of the United States that procures clothing and individual equipment on behalf of the Department of Defense.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term “personal protective equipment” means the following:
(A) Body armor components.
(B) Combat helmets.
(C) Combat protective eyewear.
(D) Environmental and fire resistant clothing.
(E) Footwear.
(F) Organizational clothing and individual equipment.
(G) Such other items as the Secretary of Defense shall designate for purposes of this section.
(2) The term “reverse auction” means, with respect to procurement by the Department of Defense, a real-time auction on the Internet between a group of offerors who compete against each other by submitting bids for a contract or task or delivery order with the ability to submit revised bids throughout course of the auction, and the award being made to the offeror who submits the lowest bid.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 21, 2013