To provide for a small business procurement ombudsman.

SA 1908. Mr. ENZI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 VIII, add the following:

SEC. 884. SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT OMBUDSMAN.

(a) In General.--The small business offices in the Office
of the Secretary of Defense and the military departments
shall serve as intermediaries between small businesses and
contracting officials prior to the award of contracts in
cases where a small business prospective contractor notifies
the small business office that it has reason to believe that
the contracting process has been modified to preclude a small
business from bidding on the contract or would give another
contractor an unfair competitive advantage.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to preclude a contractor from exercising the right
to initiate a bid protest under a contract.
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