S.Amdt. 4416

SA 4416. Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Warner) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 H of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 899C. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON USE OF SOLE SOURCE
CONTRACTS.

(a) In General.--Not later than September 30, 2017, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a
review and submit to the congressional defense committees a
report on the use by the Department of Defense of sole source
contracts.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include the following elements:
(1) An assessment of the extent to which the Department of
Defense used the various source selection approaches in
fiscal year 2015 in comparison to what the Government
Accountability Office found in its 2014 report.
(2) A description of the factors considered by Department
of Defense personnel when determining which source selection
approach to use.
(3) An assessment of the extent to which these approaches
resulted in effective competition.
(4) A description of whether the resulting contract awards
were protested and the results of those protests.
(5) An analysis of whether the use of a particular source
selection approach contributed to successful acquisition
outcomes, such as the delivery of timely, high quality, and
cost-effective goods and services that met the warfighter's
needs or contributed to cost overruns, schedule delays,
performance shortfalls, or the need to award follow-on
contracts to address these shortfalls.
(6) Any recommendations to improve the Department's source
selection procedures.
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