41 U.S.C. § 413 : US Code - Section 413: Tests of innovative procurement methods and procedures

Search 41 U.S.C. § 413 : US Code - Section 413: Tests of innovative procurement methods and procedures

(a) The Administrator may develop innovative procurement methods
and procedures to be tested by selected executive agencies. In
developing any program to test innovative procurement methods and
procedures under this subsection, the Administrator shall consult
with the heads of executive agencies to -
(1) ascertain the need for and specify the objectives of such
program;
(2) develop the guidelines and procedures for carrying out such
program and the criteria to be used in measuring the success of
such program;
(3) evaluate the potential costs and benefits which may be
derived from the innovative procurement methods and procedures
tested under such program;
(4) select the appropriate executive agencies or components of
executive agencies to carry out such program;
(5) specify the categories and types of products or services to
be procured under such program; and
(6) develop the methods to be used to analyze the results of
such program.
A program to test innovative procurement methods and procedures may
not be carried out unless approved by the heads of the executive
agencies selected to carry out such program.
(b) If the Administrator determines that it is necessary to waive
the application of any provision of law in order to carry out a
proposed program to test innovative procurement methods and
procedures under subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator
shall transmit notice of the proposed program to the Committee on
Government Operations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and request that
such committees take such action as may be necessary to provide
that such provision of law does not apply with respect to the
proposed program. The notification to Congress shall include a
description of the proposed program (including the scope and
purpose of the proposed program), the procedures to be followed in
carrying out the proposed program, the provisions of law affected
and any provision of law the application of which must be waived in
order to carry out the proposed program, and the executive agencies
involved in carrying out the proposed program.