116th Congress > House > Vote 35

Date: January 16, 2019

Result: 415-6 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 36

Sponsor: MARSHALL, Roger Wayne (R-KS)

Bill number: HR190

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Description: Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act

Bill summary:

Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019

This bill eliminates the inclusion of option years in the award price for certain sole source contracts (i.e., contracts awarded without a competitive process). Under current law, option years in the award price for such contracts limit their dollar award threshold.

Specifically, the bill revises requirements for the award of these contracts to (1) qualified Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses, (2) small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, (3) economically disadvantaged small businesses owned and controlled by women, and (4) small businesses owned and controlled by women in substantially underrepresented industries.

The Government Accountability Office must evaluate the policies and practices used by the Small Business Administration and other federal agencies to ensure that contracting officers are properly classifying sole source contracts under procurement programs for businesses owned by women and disabled veterans in the Federal Procurement Data System.



Bill titles: To amend the Small Business Act to eliminate the inclusion of option years in the award price for sole source contracts, and for other purposes.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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